Texas A&M AgriLife used SmartDeploy to turn a Texas-sized PC imaging headache into a pint-sized solution. IT procurement for Texas A&M AgriLife was ad hoc and slow, but its user base is large and demanding. Given that AgriLife encompasses not just departments at Texas A&M University—specifically, the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences—but also two state government agencies with 250 branch locations across Texas, the fractured procurement process was understandable. But with each branch location buying PCs piecemeal directly from vendors, and with no standardized software installations, AgriLife’s IT procurement process was unsustainable. Every remote software installation required an onsite visit, and even at Texas A&M’s campus at College Station, software installation an

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