1E’s experience leading hundreds of global Windows migrations has enabled us to create a comprehensive toolset that makes deploying new operating systems as simple as deploying software. Nomad Enterprise, which consists of two components, Nomad Branch 2.5 and PXE Lite 1.5, complements Microsoft’s Operating System Deployment (OSD) Feature Pack. This powerful solution is effective even in the largest, geographically dispersed organizations.

Reduce software distribution costs and effort
Nomad Enterprise enables OS releases, software applications and updates to be distributed quickly and efficiently to remote serverless branch offices and to bandwidth-challenged environments. Nomad Enterprise ensures that software packages are only copied once over the WAN (Wide Area Network) to make the most efficient use of available network bandwidth. This eliminates the need for time consuming site visits or the presence of local servers at branches, delivering major cost savings for branch-oriented businesses, such as retail and banking.

What’s new in Nomad Branch 2.5?
Nomad Branch has undergone significant enhancements to support Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007:

•	Seamless integration with Configuration Manager 2007 - Nomad Branch integrates directly into the Configuration Manager Admin Console to enable Nomad Branch to be set as an alternate download Provider for Packages, Software Updates and Task Sequences.
•	Download Prioritization - Nomad Branch supports the setting of the Configuration Manager download priority. This enables a critical download, such as a software update, to interrupt a large download, such as an OS image.
•	Progress Reporting - In Configuration Manager, Nomad Branch supports the sending of status messages that report on Package download progress. The frequency of messages and the maximum messages allowed can be configured.

Benefits at glance:

Reduce servers
Nomad Enterprise brings huge savings in terms of cost and effort by eliminating the need for secondary site servers. As only a few centrally located servers are needed, it is easier to implement the SMS/ConfigMgr hierarchy in these environments. Hardware costs are reduced significantly, as well as management costs as the environment is simpler to maintain.

Multicast option for larger branch sites
If you want to scale to larger environments, for example 100s of machines, the Nomad Enterprise Multicast option offers the solution. It uses multicast to distribute locally, serving all PCs at once, and reduces LAN traffic and the load on branch PCs. As multicast is limited to the local subnet, no network infrastructure changes are required.