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Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield: Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefieldAnd Now for Something Completely Similar...http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2350.htmlCould you make a map for open source companiesLike Red Hat, Sun, IBM, etc.?You could...But no Open Source company has made litigation threats that other Open Source projects are violating their intellectual property. Microsoft has.Keyword...OPENBeing...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, patent, Centrify; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield: On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...; Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Centralized Management for UNIX, Linux, Mac and Java With Active Directory and DirectControl: Centrify enables a secure, connected computing environment by seamlessly integrating the UNIX, Linux, Mac, Java and web platforms with Microsoft Active Directory's identity, access and policy management services. This white paper introduces the solution architecture and benefits of Centrify DirectControl, and describes how DirectControl addresses one of the top issues...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Centrify, Java, Linux, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software; White papers 2006-03-30
Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance in Heterogeneous Environments: In a heterogeneous environment of Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac systems, having a strategy for consolidated identity and policy management will make the difference between passing or failing an audit or inspection. In this white paper, the Robert Frances Group, a recognized leader in business and technical consulting to Global...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Centrify, Environment, Compliance, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Regulatory Compliance, Directory Services, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; White papers 2005-10-01
Active Directory and DirectControl: Microsoft's Active Directory is the standard in most organizations for authentication, authorization and policy management for Windows systems. Active Directory has proven highly scalable, very secure and resilient under almost any load. However, these organizations usually have no single technology for providing these services to UNIX, Linux, Mac, and Java...; Tags: Centrify, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2005-04-01

Centrify's Solution for Migrating UNIX Directories to Active Directory: Microsoft’s Active Directory is the standard in most organizations for authentication, authorization and policy management for Windows systems. In the Unix, Linux and Mac world, multiple directory technologies exist for handling user accounts, passwords, system access and usage policy, resulting in security risks, increased infrastructure costs, and lost productivity. Because...; Tags: Centrify, Unix, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2005-02-01
Using Centrify's DirectControl with VMware's ESX Server: VMware's ESX Server has become a popular solution for running multiple virtual operating systems on a single Intel-based server. By default, each ESX Server uses a local store for usernames and passwords of administrators responsible for managing each virtual machine. However, many organizations are centralizing directory services to simplify administration...; Tags: Centrify, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, VMWare ESX, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware; White papers 2005-02-01

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Doing the Microsoft patent math: Just over a year ago, Microsoft officials threw down the patent gauntlet, claiming free and open-source software violated 235 of its patents -- but refused and continue to refuse to get more specific. Today, thanks to a post by my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow, there's a new piece of...; Tags: Patent, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Deadlines Passed, But Merchants are Still Out of Compliance: The PCI-DSS deadlines for level 1 and level 2 merchants have come and gone, but questions still linger on how to meet compliance. This webinar covers the following topics: The risk management and operational costs associated with data breaches and why PCI is important to offset those...; Tags: Ipswitch Inc., Compliance, PCI, Storage, Hardware; Webcasts 2008-02-13
Finding evidence of Mac life at LinuxWorld: There's not much Macintosh news at LinuxWorld San Francisco, after all, it's LinuxWorld, not the annual Macworld. However, wandering among the booths packed with integrated development environments IDE, mobile development platforms, server hardware and big storage, I was able to dig up a bit of enterprise Mac.Centrify this week released...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, RAID, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2007-08-09
Vista and TCO: Vista and TCOBest of Both WorldsWhile Vista will indeed help in managing PCs in the K-12 Ed space, its still Windows and more difficult to manage than Mac OS X in an Open Directory environment. That being said, with a new lab of "Core 2 Duo" iMacs and Parallels Workstation,...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, TCO, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2006-10-07