[Casper] Casper v the others

[Ernst, Craig S.]

Sean,

There are many things I am sure, but one of the most important things that I can attest to are the people behind the product. I know many of them both personally and professionally, and you can't get a more dedicated and personable group of people. So you have to sometimes look beyond the software product and know what's behind it as well. Not to mention this fine group of people on this list are awesome, too. =)

I told JAMF that they should respond to this question because, out of anyone on this list, they probably have the most perception about their competitors, and I don't believe you'll get the sales pitchy answers about why they are better. I tried LANrev a few years back, but didn't really get very far with it. Many of the people on this might have used some of those products, but for several that may have been years ago, like me, and they may not have an accurate account of the products today. So be careful.

Some of these products can do cross-platform (not sure if that's important to you), but sometimes that means sacrificing something somewhere. That might be quality, functionality/features, or support. JAMF has committed to the Mac platform and focused on doing it better than anyone else (my opinion). With the pending release of Version 6 I think there will be even more reason that JAMF comes out on top.

Craig

On 6/18/08 5:47 AM, "Sean.Calderbank at bauer.co.uk" <Sean.Calderbank at bauer.co.uk> wrote:


Hello Casper Community,

I have been asked to put a report together on the Pros and Cons of Casper v Filewave, LANrev, RADmind and LANDesk. Has anyone done such a thing? Rather than spend months doing this when we will almost certainly go with Casper, I was wondering if I could get some ideas from people who has already done this exercise in the Casper community. Are there any resources on the Web that I can access on this? Are there any tick box comparisons of what each product does against the others?

Any help with this would save me a massive amount of legwork and I would be truly grateful!

Thanks

Sean



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