an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message landesk software type private industry enterprise management software founded 1985 headquarters south jordan utah united states key people steve daly ceo steve morton cmo tom davis cto website www.landesk.com landesk software provides systems management security management service management asset management and process management solutions to organizations . 1 contents 1 corporate history 2 products 3 sponsorships 4 see also 5 references 6 external links corporate history edit originally founded in 1985 as lan systems the company s software product assets were acquired by intel in 1991 forming intel s landesk division . 2 landesk introduced the desktop management category in 1993 . that same year idc named landesk the category leader . 3 in addition landesk introduced virtual it technology in 1999 changing large packet distribution with landesk targeted multicast technology . in 2002 landesk software became a standalone company with headquarters near salt lake city utah under ceo joe wang . 4 in 2006 avocent purchased the company for 416 million . 5 also in 2006 landesk added process management technologies to its product line and extended into the consolidated service desk market with landesk service desk . in august 2008 avocent acquired touchpaper an itsm vendor to merge within landesk division . in december 2009 emerson electric acquired avocent to merge within its network power division . landesk split from avocent to become an independent business unit . in february 2010 emerson stated its intention to sell landesk during first half of 2010 . 6 emerson announced in the first quarter 2010 report that the landesk business unit of avocent was not a strategic fit for emerson and expected it to be sold within six months . consequently the results of landesk were being reported as discontinued operations . on 23 august 2010 thoma bravo llc announced its intention to acquire landesk to establish as independent company . 7 on june 20 2012 landesk announced its purchase of wireless technology company wavelink . 8 on april 8 2013 landesk announced its purchase of network vulnerability assessment and patch management company shavlik 9 on may 20 2014 landesk acquired letmobile a tel aviv based company which developed a secure mobile e gateway ; following the acquisition the company established an r & d innovation center in israel . 10 on august 31 2015 landesk acquired xtraction solutions a company that brings business intelligence to it operations initiatives . 11 on march 14 2016 landesk acquired appsense a provider of secure user environment management solutions . 12 industry awards include clear choice test network world 2008 . global product excellence asset management solution info security products guide 2009 . 2009 product of the year winners earth web . products edit the company s products have asset inventory discovery security vulnerability detection and remediation software distribution it compliance reporting patch management software license management security policy enforcement and endpoint device power consumption management . landesk software is used to manage over 250 million desktops servers and mobile devices . 13 its software is used to manage devices running windows macintosh and linux operating systems . landesk sells directly and through partners worldwide and has regional offices and development centers in brazil china france germany ireland italy japan mexico and britain . the division has employees in 18 countries . systems lifecycle management landesk management suite landesk inventory manager landesk application virtualization portable application creator endpoint security management landesk security suite landesk antivirus landesk patch manager it process automation landesk process manager it service management landesk service desk password central avatier s password station landesk asset lifecycle manager sponsorships edit landesk has worked with technology vendors and industry standards bodies to develop emerging and open standards across the systems and security management landscape including the dmi and cim initiatives as well as enabling technologies such as wake on lan and alert on lan . landesk cofounded the desktop management task force dmtf and spearheaded the web based enterprise management wbem initiative . 13 see also edit systems management security management process management service desk change management configuration management list of systems management systems software distribution power management itil references edit mitchell dave july 11 2003 landesk management suite 7 review the latest update to a fully fledged network management package networking reviews techworld . doyle tc september 1 2003 from intel to independence how joe wang is transforming landesk varbusiness p. 114 . landesk profile vendors it management . hamblen matt may 12 2003 landesk eases hardware upgrade pains computerworld p. 6 . in brief avocent to buy landesk for us 416m infoworld april 27 2006 . first quarter 2010 results reported emerson 2010 . thomabravo wavelink purchase shavlik purchase landesk acquires israeli letmobile for 20 million http www.arnnet.com.au article 584010 landesk acquires former landesk one partner xtraction solutions la http www.crn.com news virtualization 300080028 landesk acquires virtualization vendor appsense adds endpoint security to its portfolio.htm a b http news.thomasnet.com companystory 533976 external links edit landesk official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title landesk & oldid 737296449 categories system administrationremote administration softwarecompanies established in 1985companies based in utah1985 establishments in utahhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2009all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 21 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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