Quest Software

Extending System Center Operations Manager 2007 to AS400 / iSeries Mainframes

2008-09-12T16:25:00Z

Unleash the Power of System Center Operations Manager

Quest Management Pack for AS400- Operations Manager 2007 Edition (QMP for AS400) extends the capabilities of System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Operations Manager) to IBM AS400/iSeries mainframes. IT administrators can now use their preferred tool, Operations Manager, for monitoring and proactive issue resolution of Windows and AS400 alike.

Achieve enterprise-wide monitoring with Operations Manager
Utilize Microsoft technologies to monitor your entire heterogeneous environment with remote management capabilities
Ensure optimal performance and maximum availability of heterogeneous systems and services
Reduce operational costs and complexity
Flexible solution that can be rapidly deployed

For more information on extending Operations Manager to AS400, click here.

Bi-Directionally Connect System Center Operations Manager to Other Management Platforms

2008-09-12T16:18:00Z

Unleash the Power of System Center Operations Manager

Quest Management Connectors (QMC) unite the System Center Operations Manager 2007 platform with more than 15 non-Microsoft management platforms. IT Administrators can leverage their desired management solution for monitoring and proactive issue resolution of Windows and non-Windows systems alike.

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Extending the Power of System Center Configuration Manager to non-Windows Systems & Devices

2008-09-12T15:59:00Z

Unleash the Power of System Center Configuration Manager

System Center Configuration Manager is an ideal solution for change and configuration management of Windows-based systems. However by itself, Configuration Manager can’t deliver change and configuration management capabilities to non-Windows systems. Thanks to the Quest System Center solutions for Configuration Manager, organizations with complex IT environments can now natively extend the capabilities of Configuration Manager from the Windows domain to heterogeneous systems such as UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, VMWare ESX, Network Devices and more.

Centralize and standardize change and configuration management across heterogeneous environments
Native integration into the Configuration Manager infrastructure
Leverage your existing investment in System Center Configuration Manager
Reduce the cost and complexity of managing multiple systems and applications

For more information on extending Configuration Manager to: UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X and VMWare ESX, click here.

For more information on extending Configuration Manager to over 100 other Network, Storage, Security, Telecom and Power devices as well as Applications, Mainframes and more, click here.

Quest Helps Red Energy Simplify Identity Management and Connect Its Heterogeneous Environment

2007-05-14T17:22:00Z

When Australian-based Red Energy wanted to create a unified identity management infrastructure based on Active Directory, the company turned to Quest Software and its Vintela Authentication Services, Vintela Single Sign-on for Java, and Password Manager solutions.

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How Dell Streamlined Authentication and Identity Management Using Quest's Vintela Authentication Services

2007-05-14T17:19:00Z

When security, management, and compliance demands required Dell authentication and identity management systems to be consolidated into a single common directory, the Dell IT group turned to Quest Software's Vintela Authentication Services, which enabled the integration of Micorosft Windows, Unix, and Linux platforms with the Microsoft Active Directory directory service.

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Understanding Unix Attribute Storage and the Active Directory Schema

2007-05-14T17:11:00Z

Solutions that integrate Unix, Linux and Mac OS X identities and systems with Windows accounts and Active Directory (AD), require a means of storing the various Unix attributes in AD. In AD, these attributes can be centrally managed along with the Windows account attributes.

This white paper discusses how various currently available market solutions approach this requirement differently. These differences need to be understood clearly, as the solution may have important operational, performance and interoperability impacts. This white paper will help you to better understand the options surrounding using the AD schema in these integration scenarios so you can minimize these impacts.

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NIS and Legacy Unix Migration to Active Directory

2007-05-14T17:09:00Z

Using Vintela Authentication Services to establish an integrated authentication environment and enable regulatory compliance.

Vintela Authentication Services simultaneously supports ongoing production operations and provides a migration path to complete Active Directory integration and NIS replacement without adversely impacting existing systems and processes. The combination of flexible deployment options, data transparency and Quest-provided tools enable migrating and consolidating data from various stores into a single, consistent, enterprise-wide identity. The use of standards, such as RFC 2307, as the native store for Unix identity information, aligns with standard Unix practices. Quest’s Vintela products are architected to naturally integrate with the majority of real world Windows and Unix deployments.

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Extending Native Active Directory Capabilities to Unix and Linux

2007-05-14T17:05:00Z

Today, many organizations require IT support for a variety of mission-critical software solutions. IT management has become more complex with the need to address mixed-platform environments, which include Windows, Unix, Linux and Java platforms. Incompatibilities between these disparate platforms can complicate management tasks that would otherwise be straightforward in a single-platform environment.

This technical brief discusses Vintela Authentication Services, the industry's leading solution for integrating native Active Directory access, authentication, and authorization with Unix and Linux platforms and applications.

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Additional Information - Vintela Authentication Services

2006-11-13T22:48:00Z

For additional information on Vintela Authentication Services, please visit us at Quest.com.

Extending the Power of System Center Operations Manager 2007 to Over 200 non-Windows Systems & Devices

2006-11-13T22:29:00Z

Unleash the Power of System Center Operations Manager

Today's IT environments are very complex, typically including a large Windows environment along with non-Windows operating systems, storage devices, networking equipment, power equipment, security equipment, mainframes, and more - making end-to-end service management cumbersome.

System Center Operations Manager 2007 (Operations Manager) is the ideal solution for Management of Windows resources. It provides both comprehensive monitoring and alerting, as well as the ability to proactively address issues before they impact the organization. With Quest Management Xtensions - Operations Manager 2007 Edition (QMX for Operations Manager), organizations with heterogeneous environments can now leverage Operations Manager to manage their entire IT infrastructure.

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Additional Information - Quest Management Xtensions for SMS

2006-11-13T22:25:00Z

For additional information on the only tool that natively extends the capabilities of Microsoft's Systems Managment Server (SMS) 2003 to Unix, Linux and Mac OS X systems, please visit our website.

Case Study - Quest Management Xtensions for SMS

2006-11-13T22:13:00Z

Managing Heterogeneous IT Systems with Microsoft Systems Management Server

This case investigates the enterprise experience around leveraging existing investments with an integrated solution for managing diverse systems.

For this study, third-party analyst firm, EMA has conducted in-depth interviews with enterprises using Quest® Management Xtensions for SMS (formerly know as Vintela Management Extensions).

The case study outlines:

Enterprise environments
Business requirements
How enterprises evaluated potential solutions
The implementation experiece
Resulting business benefits

Data Sheet - Vintela Authentication Services

2006-11-13T21:27:00Z

Vintela Authentication Services allows you to seamlessly extend the security and compliance of your Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure to Unix and Linux platforms and applications. It addresses the compliance need for cross-platform access control, the operational need for centralized authentication and single sign-on, and enables simplified, heterogeneous identity management.

Extend the Power of SMS 2003 to Unix, Linux and Mac OS X

2006-11-13T21:09:00Z

Quest Management Xtensions for SMS from Quest Software is the only solution that natively extends the capabilities of Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 to Unix, Linux and Mac OS X systems.

System change and configuration management is one of the critical components of any IT management strategy. Unfortunately, software and hardware inventory, software and patch distribution, and software metering can be some of the most costly and time-consuming tasks assigned to support personnel. In today's heterogeneous enterprise—which typically includes a large Windows environment along with Unix, Linux and Macintosh resources—systems management is cumbersome. Change and configuration management is often performed with multiple tools, and through redundant tasks performed separately for each platform.

Now IT administrators can use their preferred solution, SMS 2003, to manage both Windows and non-Windows systems - without having to invest in additional infrastructure, training, staff or difficult-to-manage point solutions. The result is less complexity, more uniform systems management and a significant reduction in costs due to the elimination of redundant infrastructure and multiple platform-specific tools.

Centralize and standardize systems management across heterogeneous environments
Leverage your existing investment in SMS 2003
Reduce the cost and complexity of managing multiple systems and applications
First-level support directly from Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS)

Note: Quest Management Xtensions for SMS was formerly known as Vintela Management Extensions - "VMX").

Quest Software Delivers Path to Unified Identity Infrastructure

2006-11-13T20:40:00Z

Vintela Authentication Services Helps Heterogeneous Organizations Simplify Identity Management Based on Active Directory

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., October 16, 2006 – As announced separately today, Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) offers an Active Directory-based strategy to identity management challenges that results in a dramatically simplified approach to the problem. A key component of this strategy is the elimination of multiple identity stores, identities and authentication mechanisms across heterogeneous platforms. With version 3.1 of its Vintela Authentication Services, Quest supports and enables the step-by-step progress toward a single, unified Active Directory-based identity infrastructure that encompasses Unix and Linux systems, users and applications.

“We understand that many organizations today have complex IT environments including multiple directories, identities and authentication mechanisms,” said Dave Wilson, vice president, Vintela solutions, Quest Software. “While they realize that maintaining multiple identities across platforms is not optimal, the prospect of integrating, migrating and consolidating these identities has seemed daunting. With this version of Vintela Authentication Services, Quest fully empowers customers with a cost-effective, standards-based, stepwise path to unified identity management based on an existing investment in Active Directory.”

Vintela Authentication Services now streamlines the process of including Unix and Linux systems and users in an Active Directory-based identity platform. Quest supports a full spectrum of identity integration options – from full migration to selective integration – giving customers the freedom to proceed at their own pace toward the goal of a single Active Directory-based infrastructure that encompasses all systems and users.

Administrators who choose complete migration of Unix identities to Active Directory can use the new Unix Identity Migration Wizard for a structured, automated and reversible migration designed to maximize security. In addition, the new Ownership Alignment Tool provides the functionality to take organizations “the last mile” toward true directory consolidation. These new components of Vintela Authentication Services allow organizations to realign and assign correct ownership of conflicting user IDs and files before, during or after migration to Active Directory.

Administrators who want the benefit of integration with Active Directory, but choose to maintain separate Unix identities as an interim phase, can benefit from the existing Unix Personality Management functionality of Vintela Authentication Services.

Administrators who are not yet ready for full migration of identities, but still want to leverage Active Directory-based authentication, can use the Personality Services Switch, which keeps existing Unix infrastructure (for example - Network Information Service) in place while allowing Active Directory to serve authentication credentials for the Unix or Linux systems. Users are transparently linked to Active Directory account credentials during this step-by-step transition.

Additional new capabilities of Vintela Authentication Services include:

Compliance and Security Features – Vintela Authentication Services leverages native Windows Security Policy in Active Directory, so that access to Unix systems follows the same stringent standards available to Windows systems. The product also provides Unix host access control through Group Policy, enabling organizations to achieve fine-grained delegation for administrative access control and policy consistency between Windows and Unix/Linux.
Enhanced Integration with Quest Products –

Quest Reporter, which ships with every license of Vintela Authentication Services, now generates customized reports of Unix and Linux personalities by user and hosts and by organizational unit.
Quest Group Policy Manager can now track changes, test, review and enforce version control on Unix and Linux Group Polices.
Quest ActiveRoles Server now provisions Unix and Linux identities in Active Directory, ensuring each identity has the correct access and resources.

Expanded Platform Support – Vintela Authentication Services offers full functionality for all supported platforms. Version 3.1 includes new support for Fedora Core 3, RedHat Enterprise Server 3.0/4.0, VMWare ESX Server 3.0, Mac OS X, SGI Irix Tru64 and Ubuntu (Debian).

Pricing and Availability
North American pricing for Vintela Authentication Services begins at $325 per server and $45 per user (USD). A $20 application-only authentication license is also available for Java, Apache, SAP and other applications. The Unix Identity Migration Wizard is begins at $12 per user (USD). Version 3.1 is expected to be available in early November 2006. For more information and to download a free evaluation copy please visit: http://www.quest.com/Vintela_Authentication_Services/.

About Quest Software, Inc.
Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps thousands of customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest’s Windows Management solutions simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows, as well as integrate Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

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Forward Looking Statements
This release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might be considered forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the availability and market acceptance of our new version of Vintela Authentication Services. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from those anticipated as a result of various factors, including: the impact of adverse changes in general economic conditions on our relationships with customers, strategic partners and vendors; reductions or delays in information technology spending; variations in demand or the size and timing of customer orders; competitive conditions in our various product areas; rapid technological change; risks associated with the development and market acceptance of new products and product strategies; disruptions caused by acquisitions of companies and/or technologies; fluctuating currency exchange rates and risks associated with international operations; the need to attract and retain qualified employees; and other risks inherent in software businesses. For a discussion of these and other related risks, please refer to our recent SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof.