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Quest Software Breaks Down Barriers to Mobile Device Management
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:QSFT) -
The growing popularity of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives
promises greater user productivity and satisfaction, but it can come at
a high cost to the corporation-increased access and support issues as
well as heightened security risks-if not implemented correctly. While
traditional mobile device management (MDM) tools can help IT control the
devices accessing a network, they lack the ability to integrate hardware
and software inventory into one database and console, which is the
desired management environment to accommodate diverse virtual offices
and evolving user needs. As part of its overarching User
Workspace Management strategy, Quest announces new solutions that
let organizations seamlessly manage Microsoft (News - Alert)-based and non-traditional
devices, data and applications.
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News Facts:
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Quest Software (News - Alert) extends support for Android, iPad, iPhone devices and
Macs with new and updated Quest Management Xtensions (QMX) solutions,
which extend Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
capabilities to over 120 non-Microsoft platforms. With direct
integration into System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Quest QMX
tools enable organizations to streamline data access while leveraging
a single pane of glass to simplify management and security.
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Quest QMX extension for Android (News - Alert) now allows organizations to manage
these prominent smartphones and tablet devices through complete
inventory, remote commands (wipe, lock, password reset) and
configuration.
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Additionally, Quest's QMX
extension for Apple products support enhanced management
capabilities to simplify operation with corporate applications and
data.
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The QMX extension for iOS incorporates in-demand capabilities,
including more detailed control and management features to
inventory, report on and distribute applications and updates to
these devices as well as keep the organization secure with
selective lock and wipe capabilities in the event of a lost device.
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With the QMX extension for Mac, administrators can use
standardization and network readiness in Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager to deploy corporate images to one or more
Mac laptops and PowerBooks. This lets IT quickly resurrect a
device that an end-user had completely destroyed.
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For virtual desktop environments, Quest offers the vWorkspace®
Connector for Android, Connector for iPad 1.2 and Connector for Mac OS
X with latest reeases that increase performance and stability. These
offerings help corporations address the goals of organizational BYOD
initiatives by delivering line-of-business Windows applications to
tablet devices.
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Direct, secure integration breaks down barriers to managing mobile
devices, delivering the new dynamic workspace when and where users
require, at the level of security corporations demand.
Drake University opens the classroom doors to student devices with
Quest's integrated tools
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Drake University is a private,
fully accredited, coeducational university located in Des Moines, Iowa
with more than 3,500 undergraduate and more than 2,100 graduate
students.
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Drake recently found that there was a strong need for the student
body, faculty and staff to have their Apple (News - Alert) products (Mac and iOS)
coexist with Active Directory in its environment, which is ultimately
managed by Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. The
university needed a way to integrate these devices into its network
without increasing management complexity or creating security risks.
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Deploying QMX has allowed Drake to immediately benefit from
comprehensive, centralized yet simplified management across all
hardware and software in its network. One database now stores all
data, and one console provides views into the entire network,
resulting in significant time savings to perform software updates and
on-going management functions. Audits that used to take 50 hours now
take less than five minutes, while reducing cost and risk associated
with licensing compliance. Additionally, the university expects to
save thousands of dollars in hardware refreshes each year.
Supporting Quotes:
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Shayne Higdon, senior vice president and general manager, User
Workspace Management and Monitoring, Quest Software
"IT departments are finding that the old, limited way of integrating
'non-traditional' devices, such as Android, iPhones, iPads and MacBooks,
into a primarily Microsoft enterprise only adds more complexity. Quest
recognizes that in order to manage these devices seamlessly, efficiently
and securely, you need to integrate them directly into existing
management platforms that hold user data. With our new and updated QMX
tools, Quest can empower organizations to transform what would have been
a dumb terminal into a truly valuable and secure extension of the user
office environment."
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Ben Hector, network engineer 2, Drake University
"At Drake University, we've seen the rapid adoption of Mac OS and iOS
devices over the past two years, but we were unable to track and monitor
them properly. We deployed Quest Management Extensions (QMX), which
directly integrates with our management system to pull in data on both
hardware and software into one database. The deployment of QMX was a
no-brainer-it allows our university management to address compliance and
budget concerns while letting our IT organization simplify device
management across disparate platforms and hardware."
Supporting Resources:
About Quest:
Established in 1987, Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) provides simple and
innovative IT management solutions that enable more than 100,000 global
customers to save time and money across physical and virtual
environments. Quest products solve complex IT challenges ranging from database
management, data
protection, identity
and access management, monitoring,
user workspace management
to Windows management
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