Other Deployment Technologies
The sheer number of commercial software deployment and management solutions makes it impossible to provide even a shallow reference here. For an interesting but slightly outdated look at other options, HP's white paper on the deployment of desktop and software management and other related material one can be obtained at http://www.hp.com/go/overview. Other examples of a complete management solution include InstallShield's NetInstall suite (http://www.installshield.com) or Microsoft's System Management Server (SMS, available at http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/default.asp).
Academic and Open-Source Initiatives
There are many interesting deployment frameworks. We will cite just a few. Although we don't have the space ...
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