“Systems Management Server may be a Microsoft Corp. product that
is designed for Microsoft environments, but some people see a
bigger mission for the product.
“Developers at the system management add-on vendor Computing
Edge Corp. (www.computingedge.com) have crafted a Unix client for
SMS that enables systems managers to replicate any of the
standard SMS actions, normally reserved for Microsoft clients,
aboard Unix systems.”
“Initially, the company is targeting Unix systems made by
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc., as well as systems
running Linux. The product is expected to ship this month…”