Manage-IT vs. The Competition

Other configuration and lockdown products for Server-Based Computing are available from other vendors. Unlike Manage-IT, these products suffer from many drawbacks including:

• Architectures that substitute a proprietary shell for the native shell (Windows Explorer). In the absence of the Explorer shell, many applications that are written as Explorer shell extensions will fail to launch. Proprietary shells also deny users the many rich benefits of the native Explorer shell.
   
• Significant increases in CPU and memory requirements.
   
• Some of these products start their proprietary shell alongside the native shell (Windows Explorer). In the event that the vendor’s shell crashes (as has been often reported), the native (unsecured) shell is automatically exposed to the user.
   
• False claims to the effect that their products obviate the need to implement roaming (or mandatory) profiles and policies. In contrast, we believe that the use of policies and profiles is indispensable in a Terminal Server environment in order to ensure a consistent and reliable experience across a multi-server farm.
   
• Cost-prohibitive price models (per-server, per-user, or both) that undermine the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) promise of Server-Based Computing.

High recurring annual maintenance (subscription) costs.

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