LANlord was a

DOS DOS is shorthand for the MS-DOS and IBM PC DOS family of operating systems. DOS may also refer to: Computing * Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel * Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...

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, and

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workstation A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating systems. The term ''workstat ...

management system originally developed by

Client Server Technologies Group Client(s) or The Client may refer to: * Client (business) * Client (computing), hardware or software that accesses a remote service on another computer * Customer or client, a recipient of goods or services in return for monetary or other valuabl ...

, which got seed funding from

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who ultimately later sold the LANlord group in February 1994 to

Central Point Software Central Point Software, Inc. (CP, CPS, Central Point) was a leading software utilities maker for the personal computer, PC market, supplying utilities software for the DOS and Microsoft Windows markets. It also made Apple II copy programs. Throu ...

(acquired by Symantec Corporation in 1994). LANlord offered a client–server architecture where distributed clients, called Agents, ran on workstations and reported back to, and took orders from, centralized servers that were accessed via a remote Manager Console. LANlord features include automatic inventory of hardware, software, driver and configuration information, software metering, virus detection and repair, remote viewing and editing of system files and integration with Microcom's

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, a "

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" software.

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