Weston Software Inc. Announces Two New Products: PowerOne for Local Accounts and Groups, and PowerOne for Directory Authentication
Supporting the hybrid enterprise - manage Macintosh, Linux and UNIX accounts and devices from the Windows management console across all environments, with Active Directory authentication.
- Stamford-Norwalk, CT (1888PressRelease) April 27, 2011 - Weston Software Inc today announced two new products: PowerOne for Local Accounts and Groups, and PowerOne for Directory Authentication. Both support today's hybrid enterprise - the heterogeneous, distributed collection of platforms and devices that power today's organizations.
PowerOne for Local Accounts and Groups lets the Windows administrator manage users, groups, and devices running Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX from the Microsoft Management Console - agentlessly. This frees up the specialists skilled in Mac, Linux and UNIX by allowing the Windows administrators to add new users, reset passwords, change group policies, and remove users without requiring detailed knowledge of each platform's commands.
PowerOne for Directory Authentication links users, groups, and devices to Active Directory for authentication. The administrator can grant users single sign-on across all managed platforms, when desired; and when required, administrators can configure additional authentication through native Active Directory just as they can on Windows. The credentials are stored in the Windows Vault (called Credential Manager in prior Windows releases).
Uniquely in the marketplace, these products do not require any agent on the managed platforms. PowerOne products deploy at network speed. In laboratory environments, PowerOne‟s bulk load facility binds users and groups to Active Directory at a sustained rate of five per second, or 18,000 per hour. In contrast, agent-based solutions typically consume two to four hours per agent. Overall throughput is governed by the processing power and network bandwidth available to Active Directory. PowerOne offers secure delegation, comprehensive logging, along with full reporting and auditing across all managed platforms. Both products comply with vendor best practices for security, logging, and command structure.
"This is a game-changer for managing distributed environments," according to Hank Voight, founder and CEO of Weston Software Inc. "The legacy Active Directory bridge products take forever to fully install, and typically break with each new patch or upgrade. They don‟t provide comprehensive logging, and they require specialized skills to operate. With PowerOne, we say 'Good-bye' to all that nonsense."
The product is available now. Pricing depends on the number of endpoints. For more information contact Weston Software Inc at 203-292-8440 or visit westonsoftwareinc.com
About Weston Software, Inc
Weston Software, Inc. (WSI) delivers Windows-based agentless management and administration tools for Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh. Founded in 2007, WSI was named HP AllianceONE Converged Infrastructure Partner of the Year for 2010. Weston Software, Inc. is a Microsoft BizSpark Partner, a founding member of the Interop Vendor Alliance, and serves customers in Education, Federal Government, Finance, and Media and Entertainment.
PowerOne is a trademark of Weston Software, Inc. Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. 728 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880-5200
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