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Centrify Wins TMC Cloud Computing Excellence Award for Active Directory-Based Security and Compliance of Cloud-Hosted Servers
SUNNYVALE, CA, Feb 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of security and
compliance solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access
to cross-platform systems and applications using Active Directory,
today announced that TMC, a global integrated media company, has
named Centrify CloudTools as a 2011 Cloud Computing Excellence Award
winner, presented by Cloud Computing Magazine.
Centrify CloudTools earned this industry award for its proven ability
to allow organizations to dynamically apply Active Directory-based
authentication and access control to a broad set of Linux systems
running within cloud hosting providers, such as Amazon EC2 and the
RightScale Cloud Management Platform. "Recognizing leaders in the
advancement of cloud computing, TMC is proud to announce Centrify as
a recipient of the first Cloud Computing Excellence Award," said Rich
Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "CloudTools has demonstrated innovation as well as
the ability to improve the security of cloud environments."
The Cloud Computing Excellence Awards recognize the companies that
have most effectively leveraged cloud computing in their efforts to
bring new, differentiated offerings to market. Winners of the Cloud
Computing Excellence Award were published in the January 2012 issue
of Cloud Computing Magazine.
Managing dynamic cloud-based systems requires automated security
infrastructure to allow critical security and compliance policies to
be applied consistently as every new system is initialized within a
hosted environment. For newly provisioned Linux servers in the cloud,
CloudTools immediately secures the root accounts, locks down the
servers, and joins them to the customer's on-premises Active
Directory domain. With CloudTools, only administrators defined by the
licensor of the server, and not the cloud service provider, have
access to and control over the server. All access to the server is
provided through Active Directory credentials, enabling server
activity to be associated with a specific user. Similarly, when a
server is terminated from a hosted service, it can automatically be
removed from Active Directory.
"TMC delivers important information to IT staff across industries,
and we are extremely proud to be recognized with this cloud
excellence award," said Frank Cabri, Centrify VP of Marketing.
"Whether systems are deployed on-premise or in the cloud, Centrify
helps customers ensure that policies governing authentication, access
privileges and auditing are centrally managed and enforced
consistently to meet security and compliance mandates."
Centrify CloudTools are available for free to customers of Centrify
Suite 2012 (Centrify's family of licensed software solutions) and are
also a new component of Centrify Express 2012 (Centrify's free suite
of Active Directory-based integration solutions for UNIX, Linux and
Apple Mac OS X systems that offers authentication, single sign-on,
remote access, file-sharing, and reporting for cross-platform
systems). Used in conjunction with the Centrify Suite or Centrify
Express, Centrify CloudTools enable an "enterprise-out" approach that
establishes Active Directory as the center of trust between
enterprise and cloud servers, whether private or hosted, to make them
as secure and compliant as those in an on-premises data center.
About TMC
TMC, celebrating their 40th Anniversary in 2012, is a
global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities
in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes the Customer
Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Next Gen Mobility and
Cloud Computing (formerly InfoTECH Spotlight) magazines. TMCnet.com,
which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the
leading source of news and articles for the communications and
technology industries. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world's
leading B2B communications event. In addition, TMC runs multiple
industry events: 4G Wireless Evolution; M2M Evolution; Cloud
Communications Expo; SIP Tutorial 2.0:Bringing SIP to the Web;
Business Video Expo; Regulatory 2.0 Workshop; DevCon5; HTML5 Summit;
CVx; AstriCon; StartupCamp; MSPAlliance MSPWorld; and more. Visit TMC
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information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.
About Centrify
Centrify delivers integrated software and cloud-based
solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to
cross-platform systems, mobile devices and applications by leveraging
the infrastructure organizations already own -- Microsoft Active
Directory. From the data center and into the cloud, more than 4,000
organizations, including 40 percent of the Fortune 50, rely on
Centrify's identity consolidation and privilege management solutions
to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security and meet compliance
requirements. For more information about Centrify and its solutions,
call +1 (408) 542-7500 or visit http://www.centrify.com/.
Centrify, DirectAudit, DirectControl and DirectSecure are registered
trademarks and DirectAuthorize and DirectManage are trademarks of
Centrify Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Contact:
Dan Spalding
Email Contact
(408) 960-9297
SOURCE: Centrify Corporation
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