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FileWave announces support for Linux with FileWave™ Server and FileWave™ Booster
February 25, 2008
Software distribution with FileWave™ will be possible even in pure Windows environments
Wil, Switzerland, February 25, 2008
FileWave, the technological leader for software management tools on Windows and Mac OS systems, announced an important expansion of its multi-platform software management suite FileWave™. As of today, the FileWave™ Server and FileWave™ Booster will for the first time be made available for systems based on Linux. The initial platforms being supported are Red Hat/Fedora based Linux. Future support for other Linux-based platforms will be announced according to demand.
Originally a program designed exclusively for Macintosh, FileWave™ currently supports the installation and configuration of software on Windows clients. But the administrative components have previously always required Mac OS as an operating system.
"Where Apple Macintosh is concerned, FileWave™ offers unique functionality and speed during the distribution and installation of software, even in large networks with several thousand clients," explains Ben Forsyth, Director of Software Development at FileWave (USA), Inc. "The porting of FileWave to Linux makes our technology available for additional platforms: FileWave™ will consequently become a cross-platform solution for software distribution today and into the future."
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
FileWave announces version 3.5 of its software management suite, FileWave™
January 11, 2008
Users of Mac OS 10.5, Leopard, enjoy full compatibility with FileWave™ 3.5
Wil, Switzerland, January 11, 2008
FileWave, a technology leader for software management on the Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux systems, announces the release of FileWave™ 3.5 for Mac OS Leopard. In addition to distributing, installing and configuring operating system upgrades, FileWave permits users to efficiently mass deploy and manage all other types of software, from large ready-to-use applications such as Adobe Creative Suite 3 and Microsoft Office to vital security patches, both in a single- and a multi-platform environment.
The new Mac OS Leopard release, with its more than 300 enhancements, transforms the Mac into a dramatic new desktop. FileWave™ 3.5, with its own significant performance enhancements and greater administrative flexibility, transforms the process of installing a complicated and time-consuming upgrade into a straightforward and hassle-free affair. FileWave™ 3.5’s user interface improvements combine new icons with a cleaner look to make the program easier to use than ever. New customers will also benefit from the ability to mass deploy the FileWave Client on first-time installation. And all users will realize noticeable performance improvements with login and server updating.
"We are pleased to have a FileWave fully compatible with Mac OS Leopard", says Ben Forsyth, CEO and Head of Development at FileWave (USA), Inc. "we used this release opportunity to add significant performance improvements and reliability to FileWave™ in addition to making it fully compatible with Leopard."
As part of the release of FileWave™ 3.5, FileWave is offering a special promotional discount to prospective customers that purchase FileWave™ before March 31, 2008.
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
FileWave announces exciting new features in Asset Trustee™
May 23, 2007
Asset Trustee™ 8.0 provides automated software usage reports for Windows and Mac OS X computers for the business, government and education markets
Wil, Switzerland, May 23, 2007
FileWave, a technology leader in Windows and Mac OS X systems management software, today announced the release of Asset Trustee™ 8.0. This new version enables customers to meet ever-growing IT and regulatory requirements by means of a more flexible and powerful asset and inventory management solution. Additional new features include network device discovery capabilities, enhanced reporting options and an improved user interface with updated styling.
Asset Trustee™ 8.0 provides full Windows and Mac OS X support for all components and contains universal binaries for Intel and PowerPC Mac OS X components. Automated tasks within it now include the ability to archive computers and to flag machines that have not reported their status back in a definable number of days.
"The new discovery and archiving features are welcome and valuable additions to Asset Trustee™," says Ben Forsyth, CEO and Head of Development for FileWave (USA), Inc. "Discovery empowers our customers to find all devices on their network and then use this data with our FileWave™ product to deploy software. With the archiving feature they will be notified which computers have not reported back in a specifiable period of time – another useful enhancement. Asset Trustee™ truly is an enterprise-class product offered at extremely affordable prices for all business, education and government customers."
The upgraded version 8.0 also provides reports about network interfaces, about whether applications or patches have been installed by FileWave™ and about the version number of patches. There are also significant performance improvements throughout the application.
Asset Trustee™ is FileWave's IT software and hardware inventory management solution for Windows PCs and Mac OS as well as for all SNMP supported devices. Client computers automatically send all information to the centralized SQL database, where easily run reports verify license compliance and compute financial values useful in Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) compliance.
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
Manatee County School District Choose FileWave to Manage their Software Deployment and Inventory Collection
February 5, 2007
Based in Florida, USA, Manatee County School District's mission is to inspire its students with a passion for learning; with more than 42,000 students and 7,000 employees' technology plays a significant role in its ability to serve its community well.
Being able to manage and keep track of hardware and software assets whilst ensuring software updates, patches, the rollout of new applications and virus definitions were timely was becoming an ever increasing challenge.
George J. Vensel Ph.D., Director of Technology and Information Services at M.C.S.D. said, "With more and more manual resources being required to handle software distribution and inventory management we recognised that if we were to keep pace then a more automated solution was required. We set about searching the marketplace for a suitable software management system vendor, one that would become a strategic collaborative partner. We found that FileWave spoke a language that we understood; this together with their Software & Patch Management application, FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™ for Asset Management and Inventory set them apart from the competition."
M.C.S.D. explored several vendors before deciding that not only did FileWave's technology exceed their requirements, but also their early experience of FileWave's people with a clear commitment from the outset to the project, instilled a level of confidence that FileWave was indeed an ideal partner.
Implementation is underway.
20,000 FileWave licenses across the network will provide a reliable and secure way for M.C.S.D. to automatically install, configure and manage software from a central administration point. Whilst 20,000 Asset Trustee licenses will automatically collect software and hardware information from their network and keep track of their IT inventory on a centrally managed database.
Nurdan Symanzick, Managing Director of FileWave (USA) Inc. commented, "We pride ourselves that our solutions are not only technically adept, but also easy to install and use. We recognise that customer service is the key to success and are very excited to be working with Manatee County School District, their commitment to excellence matches our own ethos, and together we will ensure the success of this project."
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
Asset Trustee™, a fully automated inventory solution that collects software and hardware information from across a clients' entire network. This populates a centrally managed database enabling the client to manage and track its IT assets effectively and efficiently.
FileWave™, a cross platform software management solution that automatically installs, configures and manages new software implementations, patches and updates from a central administration point. The end user continues to work uninterrupted whilst FileWave™ get on with business in the background.
Proud of its dedication to customer service, the company is privately owned and finances its own growth in terms of R&D and international activities.
FileWave's international presence is further enhanced by a network of carefully selected partners that share their ethic of delivering high-quality support and technical expertise in the software management arena.
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
FileWave announces complete support for Windows and Linux
February, 2007
Software distribution and asset management with FileWave™ will be possible in future even in pure Windows environments and on Linux clients
Wil, Switzerland, February 2007
During the FileWave User's Conference in Lucerne/Switzerland on September 28-29, FileWave, the technological leader for software management tools on Windows and Mac OS X systems, announced an important expansion of its multi-platform software management suite FileWave™: in the course of 2007, the components FileWave™ Server and FileWave™ Booster will for the first time be made available for systems based on Linux and Windows. FileWave™ Admin will also be made available for Windows. In addition, the company is developing the FileWave™ Client for Linux.
Originally a program designed exclusively for Macintosh, FileWave™ today supports the installation and configuration of software on Windows clients. But the administrative components have previously always required Mac OS X as an operating system.
"Where Apple Macintosh is concerned, FileWave™ offers unique functionality and speed during the distribution and installation of software even in large networks with several thousand clients," explains Ben Forsyth, CEO and Head of Development at FileWave USA. "The porting of FileWave on Windows and Linux makes our technology available for additional platforms – FileWave™ will consequently become a cross-platform solution for software distribution and asset management in the future."
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.
FileWave Extends the Reach of both Asset Trustee & FileWave
January, 2007
FileWave, the leading provider of installation and software management tools for Mac OS X, adds support for Windows and Linux delivering the first, truly cross platform solution available for enterprises.
Re engineered, FileWave V3.0 will automatically install any software or patch from Adobe CS2 to Windows Service Packs on 10 to 10,000 or 100,000 Macintosh, Windows and Linux based computers.
In addition, existing Mac customers will benefit from new and enhanced features. These include a brand new FileWave Multi Admin feature that increases productivity by making it even easier to use across multiple locations and networks, and FileWaveLet which now integrates with Asset Trustee Discovery, a new feature outlined below.
Customers using Asset Trustee, FileWave's solution for the collection and management of hardware and software assets across all networks, will also benefit from the availability of new functionality. Asset Trustee Discovery is a new feature developed to aid in the discovery of computers and network equipment. Discovery will automatically discover and report back all devices on all of an enterprise's networks. In addition a feature reporting Network Cards is available to further extend Asset Trustee's functionality. Asset Trustee is cross platform on Mac OS X and Window today.
Nurdan Symanzick, Managing Director of FileWave said, "In keeping with our core values this announcement is intended to further meet the needs of our customers, and reinforce our market position. We are ‘software solution pioneers' that listen to our customer's requirements with the goal of exceeding their expectations. In releasing version 3.0 we are helping our customers work more productively in an easier and more user friendly way."
About FileWave
FileWave develops, sells, and integrates the software management tools FileWave™ and Asset Trustee™. The products are used for the distribution, capture, and administration of software applications in company-wide Apple Macintosh-based network environments. FileWave solutions are in use at such companies as Nike, Jung von Matt, Burda, Scholz & Friends, Focus, Gruner+Jahr, LEGO, Publicis, and Viacom. For additional information, log onto: www.filewave.com
| Contact USA: | Contact Europe: |
| Ben Forsyth | Nurdan Symanzick |
| FileWave (USA) Inc. | FileWave (Europe) GmbH |
| Phone: 415 865 2500 | Phone: +41 71 9143080 |
| Fax: 415 865 2501 | Fax: +41 71 9143081 |
| Email: press@filewave.com | Email: press@filewave.com |
© 2006 FileWave and the FileWave logo are trademarks of FileWave
and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. FileWaveTM is patent pending.
All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.














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