Datasheet BigFix POS Device Support
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1 BIGFIX POINT-OF-SALE DEVICE MANAGEMENT DATA SHEET BIGFIX POINT-OF-SALE DEVICE MANAGEMENT EXTENDING THE POWER OF THE BIGFIX PLATFORM TO WINDOWS POS DEVICES BIGFIX BIGFIX POINT-OF-SALE DEVICE MANAGEMENT The Need for Point-of-Sale Device Management Windows Point-of-Sale (POS) devices are business-critical for many enterprises, particularly Retail, and managing the vast quantity and diversity of these devices can be an enormous challenge. POS devices present unique management challenges not addressed by most management products, including random reboots by untrained staff, extremely low bandwidth, unreliable connections including modem and satellite links, and separate download and control channels. In addition to device-specific challenges, changing, auditing, and enforcing configuration changes across the entire Windows POS fleet is critical from an IT and business perspective. For example, some states have “tax holidays” during which no sales tax is collected from customers. To support this, POS tax rate tables must be set to zero the evening before the holiday and then reset back to normal the evening after. Organizations need to audit and enforce these changes on a large scale. Failure to do so can result in lost revenue and/or penalties. Organizations need to manage all of their Windows POS devices from the same high performance security and systems management platform that they use for the rest of their infrastructure: BigFix. BIGFIX POS DEVICE SUPPORT INCLUDES Patch Management. • BigFix Patch Management provides the ability to centrally manage patches across all of your Windows POS devices, using the same console and infrastructure that you use for Windows, UNIX, Linux and Mac endpoints. With BigFix, you can precisely target, install and validate critical updates to your entire device fleet within hours. Inventory and Asset Management. • BigFix provides real-time inventory data for all managed Windows POS devices, including hardware properties, software installations and device configurations. Ensuring Continuous Compliance. • BigFix allows organizations to document patch levels, configuration changes and asset status, more readily meeting data disclosure requirements and passing compliance audits such as PCI DSS.
Transcript of Datasheet BigFix POS Device Support
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bigfix point-of-sale device managementextending tHe power of tHe bigfix platform to windows pos devices
BIGFIX
bigfix point-of-sale device management
The Need for Point-of-Sale Device Management
windows point-of-sale (pos) devices are business-critical for many enterprises, particularly retail, and managing the vast quantity and diversity of these devices can be an enormous challenge. pos devices present unique management challenges not addressed by most management products, including random reboots by untrained staff, extremely low bandwidth, unreliable connections including modem and satellite links, and separate download and control channels.
in addition to device-specific challenges, changing, auditing, and enforcing configuration changes across the entire windows pos fleet is critical from an it and business perspective. for example, some states have “tax holidays” during which no sales tax is collected from customers. to support this, pos tax rate tables must be set to zero the evening before the holiday and then reset back to normal the evening after. organizations need to audit and enforce these changes on a large scale. failure to do so can result in lost revenue and/or penalties.
organizations need to manage all of their windows pos devices from the same high performance security and systems management platform that they use for the rest of their infrastructure: bigfix.
BigFix POS Device SuPPOrT iNcluDeS
Patch Management. • bigfix patch management provides the ability to centrally manage patches across all of your windows pos devices, using the same console and infrastructure that you use for windows, Unix, linux and mac endpoints. with bigfix, you can precisely target, install and validate critical updates to your entire device fleet within hours.
inventory and Asset Management. •bigfix provides real-time inventory data for all managed windows pos devices, including hardware properties, software installations and device configurations.
ensuring continuous compliance. •bigfix allows organizations to document patch levels, configuration changes and asset status, more readily meeting data disclosure requirements and passing compliance audits such as pci dss.
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BIGFIX
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Product Benefits
gain real-time visibility into windows pos devices that process business-•critical transactions, including patch levels, inventory, configuration, and overall statusdeploy and verify software patches and configuration changes to windows •pos devices within minutes or hours—not days or weeksmeet stringent security requirements for data protection on all windows-•based retail systems and continuously validate compliance with pci dssthe same highly scalable bigfix platform that manages windows, mac, •Unix, and linux endpoints now also supports windows pos devicesfully deploy bigfix agents to your entire windows pos fleet in hours•centralize security auditing, policy control, and remediation to significantly •reduce risk and device management overhead
Product Features
dynamic, policy-based bandwidth throttling capability optimizes network •performance over high-latency, low-bandwidth networksprovides real-time inventory visibility, patch management and security •configuration management for windows pos devicessupport for pos devices running windows xp embedded, windows •embedded point of service (wepos), windows posready standard 2009, and windows posreadyleverage bigfix systems lifecycle management control for tasks such as •policy-driven software distribution and maintenance window controlaudit, control and report on all configuration settings, including security •and business metrics (like sales tax rates)agent footprint, cpU utilization and connectivity requirements optimized for •pos devices
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SuPPOrTeD PlATFOrMS
windows xp embedded •
windows xp embedded •standard 2009
windows embedded point of •service 1.1 sp3
windows posready•
“restaurant managers need to manage restaurants, not pcs.”
Michael Schaefer Senior Wide Area Network Analyst,
O’Charley’s Restaurants
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(Purolator Courier Ltd Managed Service Provider)
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