IBM® Tivoli® Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment helps organizations reduce the time and costs associated with desk-side support and direct interaction with target systems. Standardize on fewer "golden master" images for heterogeneous systems through Universal image, Driver injection and Optimized image repository features. Automate remote deployment of operating systems from one simple interface and eliminate costly on-site support. Minimize security risks by ensuring that your data is safe and that your desktop systems conform to best practice 'secure' configurations. Simplify hardware driver installation for various server models through the ability to group and select the appropriate drivers by computer manufacturer. Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) certification for Windows XP, Vista cloning. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images reduces labor costs by better managing “image sprawl”—Discover, capture, store and deploy virtual images and physical server images from a single repository. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images optimizes server assets and reduce energy costs with anywhere-to-anywhere server image conversions (Physical-to-Virtual, Virtual-to-Physical or Virtual-to-Virtual). Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images improves your agility and flexibility through snapshot/recover of servers with complete hardware independence. Operating systems supported: Linux, Other Operating Systems, Solaris (Sun microsystems), Windows family.