<html><body><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">The latest versions of Windows and Mac OS provide a variety of new features and functions that optimize security and enhance the end-user experience. As these Operating systems evolve, BigFix is keeping pace by delivering two new categories of operational control, available to </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">All</font></b><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">BigFix Lifecycle</font></b><font size="4" face="Calibri"> customers: The </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">BigFix Self Service Application</font></b><font size="4" face="Calibri"> and </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">BigFix Profile Management </font></b><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">_____________________________________________________________</font><br><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">The IBM BigFix team is excited to announce the release of </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">The BigFix Self Service Application!</font></b><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Our new Self-Service Application provides a simple, modern graphical interface for end-users to initiate software installs, re-configure settings, remove software, or select from any other BigFix action deployed as an Offer. The Self-Service Application includes live search, icon support, enhanced progress reporting, category filtering; and effectively replaces the existing Software Distribution Offers Client Dashboard and the ClientUI Offers & Progress tabs.</font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">The WebUI Software Distribution, Custom and Common apps have also been updated to enable attaching icons to Software packages and additional Offer deployment options to facilitate use of new Self-Service Application capabilities.</font><br><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">Our new Self Service Application provides value for customers in several ways:</font><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Allows for re-use of pre-existing BigFix automation </font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br>· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Empowers end-users and increases productivity</font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br>· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Improves the efficiency and delivery of software and services </font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br>· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Reduces Helpdesk requests for commonly requested apps/services </font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri">For additional Self-Service Application info and documentation, see: </font><br><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Self%20Service%20Application"><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Self%20Service%20Application</font></u></a><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br> </font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">Discuss this announcement on the forum at: </font><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489"><u><font size="4" face="Calibri">https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489</font></u></a><br><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">Actions to take:<br>Updated WebUI and SWD sites will be gathered and loaded automatically. To deploy the Self-Service Application, run the Self-Service Application deployment Fixlets located in the IBM BigFix Software Distribution, site 77<br><br>Published Site Versions:<br>Software Distribution, site 77</font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">WebUI Common, site 37</font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">WebUI Custom, site 12</font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">WebUI SWD, site 13</font><font size="4" color="#FF0000" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Thank you.<br><br>IBM BigFix Team.</font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><br><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">The IBM BigFix team is very pleased to announce the release of </font><b><font size="4" face="Calibri">BigFix Profile Management! </font></b><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">BigFix Profile Management is an automated, simple, WebUI-based feature that allows Administrators to enforce security settings on Windows 10 and Mac OS X desktop and laptop devices. Security settings are divided into four main categories (Password/Passcode, Device Security, App Security, and Restrictions) allowing for maximum flexibility. Administrators define profiles that enforce one or more categories of settings and deploy them to devices to ensure continuous compliance. </font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">More specifically, Profile Management is a high value solution that offers the following features: </font><ul><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Security Administrators can establish and enforce different levels of security: the security posture of the entire organization is enforced by creating and deploying corporate profiles containing the minimal set of common security settings. At the department level, local Administrators can create and deploy additional profiles with settings that are more restrictive than the minimal set enforced at the corporate level. </font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Supports creation and deployment of profiles to Windows 10 and Mac OS X devices</font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Ensures continuous enforcement by automatically reapplying profiles to devices that become noncompliant</font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri">Administrators can reset the security configuration on specific devices when they must be assigned to different departments or when security policies change at the local or corporate level</font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">· </font><font size="4" face="Calibri"> Administrators can create new copies of existing profiles to change a subset of security settings. </font><ul><br></ul></ul><font size="4" face="Calibri">You can find more information about BigFix Profile Management at the following link:</font><p><a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.lifecycle.doc/Lifecycle/Profiling_Users_Guide/c_profile_ug_intro.html"><b><u><font size="4" color="#0000FF" face="Calibri">http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.lifecycle.doc/Lifecycle/Profiling_Users_Guide/c_profile_ug_intro.html</font></u></b></a><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><br>
<p><font size="4" face="Calibri">Discuss this announcement on the forum at: </font><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489"><u><font size="4" face="Calibri">https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489</font></u></a><br><font size="4" face="Calibri"> </font><br><font size="4" face="Calibri">Actions to take:<br>BigFix Lifecycle customers will automatically gather and enable the WebUI Profile Management site. Operator access to Profile Management can be adjusted via Operator and Role definitions in the BigFix Console. <br><br>Published Site Versions:<br>WebUI Profile Management, site 1</font><br>
<p><font size="4" face="Calibri">Thank you,</font><p><font size="4" face="Calibri">IBM BigFix Team</font><p><p><br><br><BR>
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