An agent comprises: a transmission unit configured to transmit location information to a device based on an instruction from a manager; a cache unit configured to cache software; and a determination unit configured to determine, when an obtainment request for software is received from a device, whether the software corresponding to the location information indicated in the obtainment request is cached. The agent further comprises: a first distribution unit configured to distribute, in a case where the software is cached, the software cached in the cache unit to the device; and a second distribution unit configured to obtain, in a case where the software is not cached, the software based on the location information indicated in the obtainment request, cause the cache unit to cache the software, and distribute the software to the device.