With today’s state of the economy companies are looking more and more to freeware, shareware and open source software to help cut cost. I know of a great imaging tool that works well and is completely free (for non commercial use). However the commercial product is competitively priced. You can get a 5 user license for $100. Pricing click here.
It is called DriveImage XML.
This tool is a nice alternative to Acronis and Norton Ghost. Here are some of it’s capabilities: