IBM Endpoint Manager applications
IBM Endpoint Manager comprises several applications.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management
- Use this product to provide administrators with an agent-based tool that delivers accurate visibility into the state of endpoints and automatically remediates issues. The Remote Control capability allows you the remote takeover and monitor of workstations and servers in your deployment. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Lifecycle Management.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Patch Management
- Use this product to provide an automated, simplified patching process to all distributed endpoints. It manages both operating system and software application patches. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Patch Management.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Power Management
- Use this product to manage and monitor the power usage settings on the computers in your network. It manages and applies the company conservation policies that you set with the use of dashboards, wizards, and web reports. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Power Management.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance
- Use this product to protect endpoints, to automate remediation, and to assure regulators that you are meeting security compliance standards. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Core Protection
- Use this product to have real-time antimalware function against
viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, rootkits, web threats, and
their new variants. It uses protection methods such as file and web
reputation, personal firewall, and behavior monitoring for:
- Network connected endpoints.
- Roaming, Internet-connected endpoints.
- Virtual endpoints.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Software Use Analysis
- Use this product to scan monitored computers to:
- Identify which software is installed
- Match the signatures that are discovered by the scan against the software catalog
- Create reports
- Compare the results with the information about costs and entitlement that is provided in the contracts.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices
- Use this product to manage security controls, software and hardware inventory, and application management over corporate and employee-owned smartphones and media tablets that access enterprise resources. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Device Management.
- IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation
- Use this product if you need powerful automation. You can use it to sequence automation actions in steps across multiple endpoints. For more information about this product of the suite, see IBM Endpoint Manager for Server Automation.
You can decide to add products that belong to the suite later by buying extra licenses; they will automatically be available for use on the IBM Endpoint Manager Console. You do not have to install any additional software or buy new hardware when you add products that belong to the suite. Only Asset Discovery and Software Use Analysis require the installation of new components, but the installation is done through IBM Endpoint Manager itself.
Many customers start with one product, such as Patch Management, then they expand the scope of their deployments, buying new licenses, as they come to appreciate the full capabilities of the product suite.
Consider that some capabilities are common to more than one product in the IBM Endpoint Manager product suite. For example, as you can see in the picture, the capability to apply OS and software application patches is available in the Patch Management product, as well as in the Security and Compliance, and Lifecycle Management products. You can buy any of these licenses to manage patches.
All these products take advantage of the continuous evaluation on the agent and of the gathering process to acquire data from repositories and send to the targets.