Symantec Ghost v8.2 Corporate Edition

Symantec Ghost Solution Suite is the industry's most
widely-used enterprise imaging and deployment solution
with ease-of-use for managing the entire PC lifecycle
including OS deployment, software distribution, PC
migration and retirement. It reduces IT costs by
streamlining networked desktop and laptop management
in an enterprise environment.

Administrators can now choose to create and deploy
entire operating systems, application packages, user
"personalities," security "hot fixes" using either
file- or sector-based imaging technology. Additionally
a unique file preservation capability preserves the
Client Staging Area's contents during a restore,
thereby maintaining a local backup and recovery image
for an original state recovery. With the Ghost Client
installed, there's no need to visit the target PC in
order to conduct routine deployment or maintenance.

Centralized and remote management, a Client Staging
Area, local cloning support, and multicast file
transfer enable fast and easy PC management. From the
Symantec GhostÖ central management console, IT
managers can quickly deploy whole application packages
or specific PC changes such as registry changes or
desktop settings. Even Symantec DeployCenter images
can be deployed through the Symantec Ghost console.
Additionally, users can remotely clone multiple
workstations and then quickly configure critical
workstation data such as TCP/IP settings and machine,
workgroup, and domain names. Symantec Ghost provides a
secure software solution that empowers IT
administrators to migrate operating system and
application settings, and user data quickly and
cost-effectively.

A 32-bit version of Ghost for Microsoft« Windows«
Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) allows
administrators to create image files on hard drives
that are accessible via WinPE through a variety of
methods, including the GhostCast Server. IT
Administrators can also retire PCs by safely erasing
the contents of the hard disks and ensuring that
confidential files cannot be recovered.