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Meeting Notes for March 2nd, 2006
Changing the Game with the New Latitudes
Lannette Dunkson, Dell, ( lannette_dunkeson@dell.com )
Announcements:
- Desktops will not change until September, which is different from their usual June-July release. Waiting for new Intel chipset so presentation was on Latitudes only.
- Addressed the Optiplex 270 issue concerning defective capacitor problems found on motherboard from a particular supplier. Capacitor will budge, leak and break open. If you have several systems purchased at the same time and some are experiencing this problem contact Lannette.
Next Generation Latitudes:
- Display with wide aspect design
- Smaller and lighter on all models
- Dual core processor available
- Biometrics built-in
- Extended battery with express charge and battery health meter
- Integrated Wi-Fi & Mobile Broadband
- Complete Care
- Computrace theft recovery (must get 3 year complete care option)
- Quickset features
- Wi-Fi Catcher – detects signal w/o opening or powering on system, can shut off
- Dx20 will have additional security options
- Fingerprint, TPM 1.2, Smart Card
- Approximate timeline
- D820 & D620 will be announced and begin shipping the end of this month
- D520 = May release
- D420 = merge of D410 & X1 with August release
Altiris Management for Dell Clients
George Peck, Altiris, (gdpeck@altiris.com)
- Dell/Altiris Partnership
- Client Systems Management
- Inventory, deployment, software delivery
- Application management, patch management, recovery solution
- Altiris Management Suite for Dell server
- Deployment, monitor, patch management solution
- Support for Windows, Linux, Unix, Pocket PC, Palm, Mac & Network devices
- Lifecycle management
- Procurement
- Staging
- Production
- Retirement
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