RM vs Impero or any other Alternative

[sahilkhan]

i am looking to get away from RM to an alternative system, RM is not cutting it for me, i have no experience of any other system

it would be great if someone can post some Pro's and Con's of Impero or an alternative system which can help me fight the case so i can get rid of RM,

any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks

[Arreks]

Impero

Pros: everything

Cons: you'd have to sell your kidney on the black market to afford it

 

Having used Impero for nearly a year and having tried most alternatives, it's honestly the best you can get.

[Steven_Cleaver]

I did have a look at Impero and did look good but am already using some tools from a company called Burconix Ltd I think the site only mentions version 2 of the tools but whilst these were excellent Version 3 has made a really big jump BCX Management Version 3 Version 3 Notes

[pickman]

+1 for impero

 

Really user friendly and easily usable by staff. Still keep finding new things it can do.

 

It is pricey though

[halbaradkenafin]

+1 for impero

 

Really user friendly and easily usable by staff. Still keep finding new things it can do.

 

It is pricey though

 

Definitely +1'ing this. I've used it at both schools I've been in and never had any complaints, lots of praise in comparison to the previous systems (RM Tutor in one and Ranger Remote Control in the other).

 

You'll always love being able to log in to a full room of PCs and run a series of commands from your office (or the teacher PC in the room if it's term time). We've had to rebuild one PC suite since September and after the initial build start with PXE boot and MDT it was just sit back and watch the class work through the script you've created in their handy GUI.

[Gibson335]

Not sure if you meant replacing RM CC? or just their class tool.

 

+ 1 for Burconix if you meant moving away from CC, and a +1 for Impero either way.

[Sylv3r]

Impair is a great product and we use it here.

 

Not sure if it would replace your network though, your going to have to setup scripts etc for mapping printers logging down access to students and staff etc, but Impero on the top will give you a lot of useful features - printer credits, patch management, power management etc.

[Lorfarius]

We were on CC3 until 2013 and went for Impero as a good alternative. It's been great these past 2 years, only problem of note was an issue with older PCs not having decent Wake on LAN (these were from 2005 so no surprise) but once those were phased out its been pretty good.

[ben_mayo]

I've only ever used two systems one being Impero and the other being ABTutor.

 

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, I personally prefer AB as I knew the in's and out's of that program and could do a lot with it. Still getting used to Impero but so far it can also do a lot.

 

Its personal preference really.