Higher Education

As Apple computers become more and more popular in the consumer market, colleges and universities are updating their school machines to keep pace. If students own MacBooks and iMacs, they want platform compatibility from schools in labs, libraries, classrooms, and for homework assignments. With the advent of virtualization options for Apple computers to run both OS X and Windows, the appeal of Macs in higher education is no longer limited to the video lab. But as Mac populations grow, university computing staffs are challenged to find effective ways to maintain and manage these machines at a high level. This is where the Casper Suite can help.

The Casper Suite was originally developed in a higher education environment to manage faculty, student, staff, and lab machines. Because software loads vary so much from user to user and department to department, an easy, efficient way to manage imaging and updates is required to keep computers up to date. The Casper Suite's package based approach to image configuration is the basis for managing initial images and for deploying updates or new software titles.

The Casper Suite also includes a flexible framework for managing client machines, giving the administrator the option of being relatively hands-off for a faculty member who desires minimal support while also allowing for tight control of lab machines by setting user preferences, removing restricted software titles, self-healing damaged packages, and reimaging machines easily and automatically. You decide how much control you need. The Casper Suite enables you to manage your Macs your way. Try it out in a lab or your department - your colleagues will wonder how you suddenly got back nights with the family and weekends fishing!