Quest Authentication Services wins 2010 Redmond Magazine Readers Choice Award

In the “Best Interoperability Product” category we were awarded Preferred Product status. We were also the only Active Directory (AD) bridge product to make the list at all. You can read all about it at their website.
What I do like about Redmond Magazine and the readers choice award is it really is the readers choice:

Redmond sent its Readers Choice survey to 40,000 subscribers of the magazine, each of whom could only fill out the survey once. Vendors are not allowed to vote. This year, we're again awarding "ISV Winner" status to non-Microsoft, independent vendor entries that didn't win their categories outright but managed to beat everybody else but Microsoft.

This is one more proof point that Quest Authentication Services 4.0 is hitting the mark with new, leading features like:

Detailed Auditing and Alerting: Consolidating Unix data into Active Directory is just part of the picture. Authentication Services 4.0 solves the challenge of how to audit, report and alert on who makes changes to critical Unix data that is now stored in Active Directory. Version 4.0 includes award winning functionality to deliver full visibility and change alerting into who made changes, to what, when, where, and even why.

Web-based Administrative Console: Effective management is essential when integrating Unix with Active Directory. The new web-based administration console dramatically simplifies deployment, expands management to local Unix users and groups, provides granular reports on key data and attributes, and streamlines the overall management of the Active Directory Bridge product.

One-time Password Authentication: Easily add another layer of security in situations that require it. For example when deploying Unix systems to tightly controlled network environments (E.G. a DMZ). With new functionality included in Authentication Services 4.0, Active Directory users can be required to authenticate with a One Time Password to Unix systems. Everything that is required for an out-of-the-box solution comes with 4.0 including hardware and Software tokens, PAM modules, Group Policy management capabilities and end-user licenses.

Freeware Administrative Console: The administrative console is available free-of-charge to any organization wishing to take advantage of its local Unix user and group management capabilities.

Advanced Management: Support for the flexible scripting of PowerShell, additional ADUC integration, and automated configuration tools.

Group Policy: Patented Group Policy functionality expands to include macro support, which enables a single GPO to be re-used across multiple Unix systems. In addition Mac OS X Group Policy support keeps pace with the latest OS from Apple (OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard).

Privileged Account Management: Authentication Services 4.0 includes optimized integration with Quest Privilege Manager for Unix. Solve Unix security initiatives that need to control which users can access which system and what elevated rights they have. For example use Active Directory group memberships and Group Policy for streamlined management tasks.

Wait until you see what we have coming in 2011 – more awesomeness is on the way!

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