LANDesk Software announced LANDesk Management Suite 8.1 on Wednesday. The new version of the company’s IT asset management solution features improvements to inventory control capabilities, license monitoring, device discovery and more. It’s a free upgrade for existing customers; a full license is US$89. The company told MacCentral that the upgrade file will be available for download from their Web site on May 4.
Also available for download on the same day will be the new version of LANDesk Patch Manager, which just added support for Mac OS X. Patch Manager helps IT administrators securely deploy patches throughout their organization and keep all site-wide applications and operating systems up to date. In addition to Mac OS X compatibility, the new Patch Manager release adds support for custom-developed and proprietary applications. It’s also a free upgrade; full license pricing is $12 per node.