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Centralised software deployment

Instead of visiting hundreds of workstations in person, network technicians can install or upgrade software from a central location across the network by "broadcasting" the changes. It saves time for network administrators and money for the organisation. Also, since the task is done just once, fewer errors are likely to be made.

If workstations are all alike, it is easy to upgrade operating systems on them automatically by using an 'image'. Norton's Ghost, for example, allows you to set up a typical workstation just the way you like it and copy that computer's complete setup to an image. This image can then be sent across the network and dumped onto any workstation's hard disk to upgrade it or repair a corrupted system.

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