AppSense Unveils Environment Manager 7.0 with Advanced Profile Management.Enhances Stability and Security with Robust User Profile Capabilities for Resellers and Customers MELVILLE, N.Y. -- AppSense, a specialist in optimal system management, today announced the availability of Environment Manager 7.0, enabling IT to control and customize configurations that are secure, predictable and preserved in their best-known state. The new upgrade offers advanced user profile management, which makes it easy for IT to create and manage stable, compact profiles for even the most mobile users. AppSense also announced a new program to help resellers and customers eliminate the complexity and costs of unwieldy profiles, and overcome profile-related application security challenges. The new program provides resellers with an economic and easy to implement value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. , enabling them to use AppSense Profile Management to quickly rebuild and reuse profile components. Customers can use these same capabilities to manage profiles on an ongoing basis. "Efficient profile management is critical for employee productivity, particularly when users are hot-desking and moving from office to office, or to different terminal server sessions. Unfortunately, profiles can be incredibly tedious to manage," said Charles Sharland, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AppSense. "The advanced capabilities in Environment Manager 7.0 ensure that all user profile settings--including those that mandate which applications and features users are authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to download--are easily maintained with minimal IT administration." "Managing profiles can be difficult, yet it is extremely important for an efficiently-run organization. AppSense's product enhancements, combined with its new reseller program, will enable Citrix solution providers to add even greater value to their customers in this critical IT management area," said David Jones David Jones is a common name, particularly in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals with this name. Variations include Dave Jones and Davy Jones. , corporate vice president, business development, for Citrix. Profile Management with AppSense Profile Management typically controls what happens when a user logs on. For example, drives and printers may need to be mapped; Desktop and Start Menu items need to be deleted and created; files and folders need to be copied and moved. As profile sizes and the opportunities for file corruption increase, so does the cost of rebuilding corrupted profiles and the time required for burgeoning profiles to be copied at logon See login. 1. (jargon) logon - login. 2. (networking) logon - In ACF/VTAM, an unformatted session-initiation request for a session between two logical units. . AppSense Environment Manager 7.0 dramatically improves and simplifies user profile management: * Only specific settings are copied at logon/logoff times, keeping file sizes to a minimum and maintaining faster logon times. * Only the required settings for the particular server silo are copied over ensuring no configuration issues. * The solution requires minimal attention once configured, ensuring fast logon times, aiding stability and reducing any loss of service for the user. * Eliminates the costs of unstable and unwieldy profiles. * Resolves roaming profile issues that are traditionally encountered when users are logged on to multiple Citrix terminal services The Windows 2000 counterpart of Windows Terminal Server in Windows NT. See Windows Terminal Server. servers. * Reduces TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. through centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management of user profiles (lower support calls, lower remediation costs). Availability AppSense Environment Manager 7.0 is available immediately from AppSense resellers worldwide. About AppSense Today organizations of all sizes are challenged with improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their IT infrastructure. The drive to improve system security, increase performance and reduce costs are common goals. AppSense software secures thousands of organizations and is installed on hundreds of thousands of desktops and servers across the world in mid-to-large organizations and across many industries such as the public sector, finance, pharmaceutical and healthcare. AppSense solutions have been designed for desktops and servers which are based upon the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platform and are ideal for Windows, Terminal Servers, Citrix Presentation Server Software from Citrix that provides a timeshared, multiuser environment for Unix and Windows servers. Formerly MetaFrame, Citrix Presentation Server uses the ICA protocol to turn the client machine into a terminal and governs the input/output between the client and server. , Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. and other critical business systems. AppSense operates through a world-wide channel of certified partners with offices in the US, UK, Germany, The Netherlands and Australia. For more information visit: www.appsense.com. AppSense is a trademark of AppSense Ltd. Citrix[R] is a registered trademark of Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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