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"To me, the most valuable feature of Clarity CA is the timesheet. It's the only feature I use because I just support the tool, and I just enter time on it. Others use Clarity CA for other purposes, such as resource management, project management, scheduling, and financials. The tool also has a fairly simple integration with other systems, so at the moment, it's working fine. I also like that you can write your own code in Clarity CA, and you can make changes to it based on your needs."

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"If we make a change to a job and I want to pull a drive off of a set of computers, I can do it without having to leave my desk. Before we started using the solution, I would have had to go to every machine. That was a much more cumbersome way of handling it."

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"What could be improved in Clarity CA is its UI, but I know the Clarity team is working on a new UI, so I'm expecting its UI to get better. The software also has too many functions, so it would be good if the functions or features could be split up, rather than needing to buy the whole Clarity CA package, when you'll only use a few of its functions. This increases the cost of the software, so that's another area for improvement. How Clarity CA is marketed could also be improved."

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"It would be nice if it were a little easier to maneuver around the patch management. I would like to use that more, but it got very cumbersome and complicated when I tried to use it in the past. I haven't used that much since then."

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  • "It's fairly expensive to use Clarity CA. There's a yearly license fee for the solution based on the users, and there's a one-time implementation fee as well."
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  • "Cost was a big factor when we made the decision to go with it. It wasn't very expensive, and it's not even very expensive now. I pay less than $500 a year for it."
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    Also Known As
    Client Automation, CA Client Manager, CA Client Automation
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    Overview

    Clarity Client Automation (CA) consistently provides a fully transparent view of an organization's complete IT asset base and implements remote client management abilities and full automation for the administration of the end-user computing environment - either virtual or physical. Clarity CA can take on any IT environment, no matter how complex. It simplifies the everyday operational tasks that can slow down an enterprise's IT operations. Clarity CA will ensure that enterprise organizations are able to operate more effectively and deliver better outcomes and profitability.

    Clarity CA is able to help organizations improve performance and the security of servers, desktops, laptops, and other devices with user self-service and policy-based client automation and dynamic analytics. The solution is also able to streamline the management process of virtual and physical environments, minimizing administration complexities while enhancing service delivery. This solution consistently supports the organization's transformation to a next-generation device management protocol.

    Clarity CA Benefits

    • Cost-effective: Clarity CA enables organizations to realize key performance indicators (KPIs). The solution delivers full transparency of all critical device information, allowing organizations the ability to minimize spending, reduce power consumption, discover cost-effective processes, and make appropriate business choices that support effective, efficient business outcomes.
    • Minimize risk: Clarity CA plays an integral role in helping organizations maintain the highest levels of efficiency. The solution will keep the environment secure by staying abreast of the numerous patches and updates demanded by today’s dynamic environments. Clarity CA is able to deliver critical asset data to satisfy compliance regulations, thereby minimizing any financial loss to the organization for noncompliance.
    • Improve productivity: Clarity CA is able to automate everyday mundane tasks that can slow down productivity by freeing up critical resources to concentrate on the design and implementation of dynamic technology processes.

    Clarity CA Features

    • Secure desktop control: Clarity CA allows IT personnel to accurately and securely view, manage, modify, control, and access the remote desktop and mobile systems regardless of the distance from the main branch.
    • Patch administration: Clarity CA’s content research team is available 24/7 to offer valuable and trustworthy software patch management. They are able to assist with auditing and analysis, testing, packaging, deployment, and more.
    • Software deployment: Clarity CA is able to simplify the deployment and updates of software throughout a diversified business ecosystem. The solution facilitates the maintenance of software configurations and rollouts throughout numerous platforms and geographic locations.
    • Device tracking: The solution offers a dynamic suite of device tracking and identification abilities that ensure organizations can appropriately manage and secure their physical and virtual environments.
    • Automated migration processes: Users are able to benefit from pre-built process-automation workflows, templates, and web-based wizards to simplify and normalize system migrations and deployments. Clarity CA gives IT personnel increased options when implementing individual, departmental or corporate-wide system refresh processes by allowing personalization and standardization throughout the migration process.

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    Centralized, secure desktop management software for Windows environments. With KACE Desktop Authority you can proactively configure, manage, secure and support each unique user workspace, quickly and easily, through a single console.

    Sample Customers
    First Horizon National Corporation, Olympus, Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago LimitedŒ _Petrotrinî, Racing and Wagering Western Australia
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    Clarity CA is ranked 3rd in Client Desktop Management with 2 reviews while KACE Desktop Authority is ranked 4th in Client Desktop Management. Clarity CA is rated 8.0, while KACE Desktop Authority is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Clarity CA writes "Multipurpose and useful for managing projects and resources; easy to integrate with other systems, and has a knowledgeable technical support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of KACE Desktop Authority writes "Saves me time and effort when adding and subtracting drives, and Premier Support handles updates". Clarity CA is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, whereas KACE Desktop Authority is most compared with ManageEngine Endpoint Central.

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