CHU de Clermont-Ferrand deployed Absolute on 270 of the most vulnerable PCs and laptops in deployment which are used by staff in public areas and out in the community. As a result of Absolute’s partnerships with leading device manufacturers, Persistence® technology is embedded into the core of devices at the factory. If the agent has been removed or the hard drive is completely reformatted or replaced, Persistence ensures that it is automatically reinstalled. “We think Absolute is a very effective solution because it can’t be removed, even when the operating system or hard drive is reinstalled,” says Grandjean. “Absolute is very simple and yet highly effective. You hardly need to do anything and once it is activated, it is almost impossible to remove. I think the concept of Absolute is very clever because it is as if it has anticipated everything that a thief might think of doing,” says Grandjean. “Apart from the fact that we now have an additional level of computer security and an effective way to recover stolen hardware, I can communicate to the rest of the organisation and others that we have a solution like Absolute, which acts as deterrent against future theft. For the hospital, having Absolute and telling people about it are important tools in helping us reduce the significant disruption, inconvenience and cost that device theft causes.
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