Manage hanheld computers and wireless network infrastructure efectively with Avalanche Mobility Center

To ensure this higher level of productivity care must be taken to maintain the system with special attention on software upgrades, data security, and diagnostic capabilities.

Avalanche Mobility Center (MC) provides comprehensive management of each element of a wireless system, provisioning and maintaining all major brands of handheld mobile computers, wireless infrastructure devices and peripheral items such as printers and barcode scanners.

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• Avalanche MC increases your network's flexibility by managing hardware from multiple vendors. When rolling out the network or adding new access points, switches, handheld devices and peripherals, Avalanche MC automatically discovers the hardware and applies the initial configurations and profiles. Its unified console lets you mange network and security settings, software updates and other applications for both the network and connected mobile devices and makes it easy to add new local and wireless sites.

• Avalanche MC lets you set and continually enforce all network and security configurations, including SSID, WEP, LEAP, WPA and 802.1X parameters. It also detects rogue access points and client devices, protecting the network from unauthorized equipment and malicious intrusions. What's more, Avalanche MC gives you automatic WEP key rotation and centralized access control lists to extend your network security policies.

• With Avalanche MC you can create packages for distribution to large numbers of mobile devices across multiple sites and regions. In addition, you can target devices based on key criteria such as device model, make, location, and more! You'll be able to execute custom scripts - both pre and post installation - therefore ensuring maximum flexibility for upgrade and package installation.
   

• You can protect your mobile devices and the data on them, even when they are away from your wireless network. Using the optional CE Secure plug-in, user authentication is added to each device, together with rules which can encrypt or remove data when devices are lost or stolen.
   

• Avalanche MC's intuitive interface provides visual assessments of network conditions - capacity, utilization, signal quality, and more - so you can respond quickly. You'll set specific performance thresholds that trigger alert notices to email lists, pagers or monitoring systems and ENMS systems such as HP OpenViewTM. Avalanche MC will proactively diagnose, troubleshoot and repair many error conditions without administrator intervention.

• Avalanche MC automates installation and support functions for remote wireless LANs and mobile devices. For example, you can define global updates for network and security configurations, firmware, applications, utilities, drivers and more. Updates can be scheduled and distributed over the air or serially to targeted network infrastructure or mobile devices.