Quest Reduces Cost and Risk of Delivering a Customized User Workspace
27/06/2012 1:00pm
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While traditional tools for managing Windows desktops allow IT to
perform the basic functions of deploying software and collecting desktop
inventory information, today’s users require much more. They need their
customized user environment to be available and productive from the
moment they log on, which means IT must deliver precisely the right
combination of access to data, applications and other resources onto
each user’s unique desktop — fast. Quest announces today its latest
version of Quest Workspace™ Desktop
Authority®, offering a simple, yet holistic, solution that
centralizes management of the entire user environment across physical
and virtual Windows desktops, transforming the desktop into a productive
user workspace, and empowering IT to manage the freedoms of each user
and still retain control of a secure overall environment.
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News Facts:
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To target and create policies that precisely configure the right user
environments instantly, IT must have a deep understanding of
everything from file shares to printers to applications, intelligently
mapped to each user or group. This requires the capability to gather
and access this extremely granular level information from one
console — using one provider — rather than piecing together the
capabilities of multiple tools.
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Quest Workspace Desktop Authority 9 provides a single console that
lets IT access and manage all components needed to quickly configure
the entire user environment, enabling users to log on and be
productive and satisfied immediately, giving IT the ability to balance
user freedom with control and security, and preparing the company to
compete in today’s dynamic market.
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Quest Workspace Desktop Authority 9 now offers the following key
features:
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Broad access Web console – IT no longer needs to install a
local client to access Desktop Authority, but now can use a web
browser to administer desktop policies across the organization.
The new console particularly supports larger companies by allowing
multiple administrators to work concurrently.
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VDI support – Users enjoy a seamless roaming experience
when signing in through different devices, where they can access
their tailored configuration on a physical machine, terminal
server/Remote Desktop Session Host or virtualized desktop (VDI).
All the while, IT can work in the background to adjust
configurations based on the best practice for that technology.
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Fast, effective Windows 7 and Office 2010 migration – Desktop
Authority eases and speeds migration to newer platforms
with support for common folder redirection in Windows 7 (music,
videos, contacts, etc.) and in Office 2010, so users can have
confidence that their content will remain intact in the new
environment, with less involvement from IT.
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Internet browser management – IT will save time and provide
a consistent, secure user environment with central management of
privacy and security settings for Internet Explorer and Mozilla
Firefox.
What sets Desktop Authority apart:
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Patented Validation Logic – Desktop Authority 9 leverages its
patented validation logic technology to deliver a targeted,
personalized user workspace that simplifies configuration and results
in a more secure overall corporate environment. Some IT organizations
use Microsoft Group Policy Preferences to configure the user
environment, but this approach can require many steps to create
targeted user policies. Desktop Authority’s patented targeting engine
provides IT with much deeper control, especially in complex
organizations with many levels of delegation and group membership.
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Desktop Authority lets IT establish a group of users with a single
set of criteria, offering instant targeting of the entire profile,
or an individual element, by intelligently mapping groups to their
specific access rights, regardless of their size and unique
requirements. Since most IT departments run hundreds of settings
for each user group, this means a dramatic reduction in the time
required to complete this task.
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The risk and complexity associated with daily desktop management
also fall dramatically because IT can now configure each user with
only what they need, when they need it, without restructuring
Active Directory.
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Complements Microsoft SCCM, Altiris, LANDesk – Desktop
Authority offers the only way for IT to add the highly targeted
capabilities for user environment management and support needed to
complement these existing desktop management systems, and provide a
simple, holistic desktop and user management solution that will keep
companies ahead of competition.
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USB & Port Security – Desktop Authority lets IT
organizations move beyond implementing rudimentary practices for
securing external devices by providing a high level of granular
control rights that protect the environment from a host of security
threats — data theft, introduction of malware, unapproved applications
and content — on more than 30 different devices, including Bluetooth
and USB, while targeting security policies based on needs.
Supporting Quotes:
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Shayne Higdon, senior vice president and general manager, User
Workspace Management & Monitoring, Quest Software“Workspace
Desktop Authority provides a simple, easy-to-use interface that
enables organizations to centrally configure, manage, secure and
support both physical and virtual Windows desktops. It reduces the
burden of desktop management by providing IT with the market’s most
flexible and granular control over desktops and user settings.
Companies with this capability to provide user freedom, but still
maintain IT control over security, will be well-positioned to
vigorously compete in today’s market. Workspace Desktop Authority is
just one more representation of the innovative solutions Quest offers
to simplify and reduce the cost of IT management.”
Supporting Resources:
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Quest Software, Inc.: http://www.quest.com/
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More Quest news: http://www.quest.com/newsroom/
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Twitter: http://mobile.twitter.com/quest
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Facebook: http://www.quest.com/facebook
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
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Quest TV: http://www.quest.com/tv/
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Quest User Workspace Management: http://www.quest.com/user-workspace-management/
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Quest Workspace Desktop Authority: www.quest.com/desktop-authority/
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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