I think you looking for an MDM.
MDM -- moble device management
Airwatch, Meraki, MobileIron, Profile Manager on OS X Server, or Zenprise
Meraki -- A free MDM [ expect lots of email and phone calls about upgrades ]
http://www.meraki.com/products/systems-manager/
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4067210?tstart=0
Good howto by Sergio Sosa.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2594001?start=15&tstart=0
Apple Configurator is free. Requires Mac OS X 10.7. Profile Manager is included with Mac OS X servers. You can run the servers software on the latest mac.