eWEEK Labs Notes Innovative Features of Marimba's Windows Migration Solution

8/9/2002 - Marimba, the Software Change-Management Company, announced that Marimba's new Windows Migration solution has been reviewed by eWEEK. The magazine noted several innovative features, citing Marimba's ability to help IT managers and their staffs plan and easily implement Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 migration projects.

"With this comprehensive review, eWEEK confirms that Marimba has created an easy-to-use Windows Migration solution that helps organizations gather inventory information about enterprise-wide systems, target systems for upgrade, manage deployments and allow for the successful upgrade of end-user systems," said Kia Behnia, Marimba's vice president of marketing.

eWEEK's review details the Marimba Windows Migration solution's innovative features and the ease with which it enables IT managers and support staff to plan and implement Windows migration projects. Highlights of the review, and product strengths noted include:

  • "Marimba Migration Module made short work of upgrading systems with a minimum of desktop support visits."
  • "Marimba Migration Module…works nicely with Symantec Corp's Ghost 7.5…to set up a migration environment."
  • "What's different in this offering, and what we found most useful, is that the company has codified and documented the steps necessary for a successful operating system migration."
  • "It's a straightforward process to go from installing the Marimba agent and gathering basic inventory information about the target systems to making the upgrades to ensure end-user systems can handle the new operating system."
  • "After using the Marimba Migration Module to deploy the Ghost agent and kick off the operating system installation, it was simple to make the Marimba agent a part of our standard desktop."

About Marimba (www.marimba.com)
Marimba, Inc., the Software Change-Management Company, is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Marimba's Desktop/Mobile Management, Server Management, and Embedded Management product families allow Global 2000 companies to better manage their IT resources, increase operational efficiency and reduce IT costs.

Marimba is a registered trademark of Marimba, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries.

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