Vanderbilt U Keeps Computers in Order with Persystent

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 09/22/08
After a brief pilot, Vanderbilt University in Nashville will be implementing Persystent Technologies' Persystent to maintain PC configuration compliance. The software automatically repairs and restores an infected or corrupted PC's operating system and software applications, on or off the network, while also enforcing configuration policies.

The automated repair process kicks in when the PC is turned on. Persystent repairs the files that are out of compliance with the authorized image for a computer.

"We found that Persystent will greatly improve our ability to manage our desktop computers," said F. Clark Williams, Jr., director, IT support, office of the dean of students.

Persystent has been deployed at the University of Maryland and Seminole Community College in Sanford, FL.

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

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