Anne,

Thanks,

Looks like something I will need to play with in my free time. Also I might
help with customers looking for training and load testing.

Thanks and have a good weekend,

Howard

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Brock, Anne <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes, it works with both web and windows client applications.
>
> Here's the link to the info on the bmc site:
> http://www.bmc.com/products/proddocview/0,2832,19052_19429_125713036_167534,00.html
>
> The "Getting Started" guide on the Support Documentation site has a section
> called "General Workflow" that walks through the end user experience pretty
> well.
>
> Thanks,
> Anne Brock
> Principal SC
> BMC Software
>
> *** note my opinions are not necessarily those of BMC Software ***
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of Howard
> Richter
> Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 12:17 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: BMC's Desktop Capture product
>
>
> **
> Anne,
>
> Is it for both web and client users, like a macro recorder?
>
> Howard
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Brock, Anne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>        **
>        Well, now that you all mention it....
>
>        BMC's Desktop Capture allows  customers to run essentially a
> recorder on their PC while recreating their problem. The advantage to the
> support people is they send the customer a link; the customer runs the link
> at their convenience; and the recording is automatically attached to the
> Incident Ticket. The support person and customer don't have to link up via
> phone or some kind of desktop sharing program. The recorder captures a lot
> of information, including performance and system information. So this is
> more than just doing a Webex recording.
>
>        The end user has the comfort of running at their own time and
> without having an IT Technician accessing their desktop. The support person
> spends less time on the phone.
>
>        And, if you have BMC's Application Problem Resolution product
> (formerly Identify), the data from the Desktop Capture can be fed in to
> that.
>
>        If you go to bmcwebinars.webex.com <http://bmcwebinars.webex.com/>
>  and search for "Desktop Capture", you'll see two upcoming webexes, one on
> March 3rd, one on March 18th, that you can register for Not sure where the
> Feb. 26th sign up is.
>
>        Or of course you can always contact your account rep who will be
> happy to set up a web demo for you!
>
>        Thanks,
>        Anne Brock
>        Principal SC
>        BMC Software
>
>        *** note my opinions are not necessarily those of BMC Software ***
>
> ________________________________
>
>
>        From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Rowe
>
>        Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:39 AM
>        To: [email protected]
>        Subject: Re: BMC's Desktop Capture product
>
>
>        **
>        That I don't know. BMC will have a webinar on Feb 26.
>
>        How would such a capture be of use to the Tier 1 or Tier 2 folks?
>
>        On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Lammey, Peter A. <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>                **
>                Does it capture performance as well (how long it took a user
> to go from screen to screen or how long it took to go to a submit to modify
> window on a ticket, etc)?
>
>
>
>                Thanks
>                Peter Lammey
>                ESPN IT Client Architecture and Automation
>                860-766-4761
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>                From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Rowe
>                Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 1:21 PM
>                To: [email protected]
>                Subject: BMC's Desktop Capture product
>
>
>                **
>                Has anyone on the list used BMC's Desktop Capture, BDC? BMC
> is billing it as a Flight Recorder that will capture everything the user is
> doing in Remedy up until he or she encounters an error in the ITSM app he or
> she is using. Then the user forwards that capture to the Tier 2 folks who
> are saved "lots of time, etc." by the recording.
>
>                It sounds like a loop recorder of, for instance, a minute or
> so of desktop activity that stops recording on an error. Actually, it sounds
> pretty interesting.
>
>                --
>                Bob Rowe, Remedy Action Request System Development and
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