avast! 5 small business console, part 1

Although you haven’t heard much about it so far, we are working on an all-new version of network management tool for small businesses – (for now) named the “Small Business Console” (SBC). This post will give you some insight on what you can expect (more posts on the subject will follow soon).

So what’s new?
Everything!
We’ve decided for a complete rewrite using new technologies that will give users more flexibility in the way they use the SBC. This will include remote management, a feature that was lacking from the predecessor, new graphics design, more automated features, … All of this should give the users a flexible tool just like ADNM is, but also a tool that is much easier to use. Our most wished goal is of course an “install and forget” solution, and if we don’t succeed with that, we hope to get very close at least. Read on to read a few details…
One of the new features we have been working on lately is the auto-discovery of computers in your small business domain. The Small Business Console components will actively search your network for new or unknown computers. Once these computers are found, you will be presented with the option of adding them into the group of computers that should be protected by the net clients (or can have the system do (continue reading...)