PRESS RELEASE
March 14, 2002
Remote Desktop Management Tool Now Available for Mac OS X
CUPERTINO, California—March 14, 2002—Apple® today announced Apple Remote Desktop™ for Mac® OS X software, which enables users, teachers and administrators to remotely manage other Mac® desktops anywhere on a local network, AirPort® wireless network or across the Internet. With Apple Remote Desktop, teachers can view students’ computer screens, perform group demonstrations and help individuals with real-time screen-sharing, text chat and the “request attention” command. System administrators can provide remote assistance, get comprehensive system profiles, reconfigure system settings and quickly and easily distribute software applications across hundreds of computers—all from one central location over both Ethernet and AirPort wireless networks.
- fast and easy software distribution, enabling administrators to copy new or updated applications to multiple systems with drag-and-drop simplicity;
- communication tools such as real-time text chat and the “request attention” command, creating one-to-one interaction between teachers and students in a classroom or administrators and users across a network;
- system monitoring which enables administrators and teachers to spot and fix problems by remotely viewing and then taking control of a user’s screen;
- the ability to observe up to 250 screens on a rotating cycle of four screens at a time by administrators; and
- the ability to capture system profiles including installed hardware and software to create detailed reports.
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