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Software Firm Eases Compliance, Improves Security by Linking Heterogeneous Systems

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Overview Many businesses today use a wide variety of technology solutions, including Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Mac operating systems; Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2 databases; Microsoft, Apache, and WebSphere Web applications; and a variety of storage solutions. IT management needs multiple specialists to integrate and manage such environments, and users have to remember multiple user names and passwords. Centrify's auditing, access control, and identity management software solutions centrally secure heterogeneous systems, Web applications, databases, and storage systems using Active Directory.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Security Standards, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security

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