Centeris Joins Microsoft & Other Industry Leaders in Interop Vendor Alliance.Centeris to Work with Industry Leaders on Cross-Platform Server Administration and Identity Management Solutions BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Centeris Corporation, a pioneer in Microsoft [R] Windows [R] and Linux server integration and management technology, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft Interop Alliance, which was designed to enable various information technology companies to collaboratively improve interoperability with Microsoft technologies. Centeris is one of the first organizations to join the Alliance, and will work with the Alliance community to help solve interoperability issues with its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Likewise 2.0, a server management solution that helps organizations to manage Windows and Linux on the same network. "The Alliance demonstrates Microsoft's firm commitment to interoperability, which has become a major issue as more organizations are using or experimenting with multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. on their networks," said Barry Crist, chief executive officer of Centeris. "As one of the founding members in the Alliance, we have a great opportunity to share our expertise in administration and identity management allowing companies to integrate Linux and non-Windows systems with Active Directory. We appreciate Microsoft's invitation to join this community and look forward to helping more companies manage their heterogeneous environments." Likewise allows systems administrators to seamlessly manage networks that are simultaneously running Windows and Linux without needing specialized staffing or additional IT resources. System administrators can use Likewise to integrate Linux with Microsoft Active Directory for centralized management of Linux servers and workstations, configuring machines to perform single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. , and set up Linux Apache servers to authenticate intranet Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. users against Active Directory permissions information. "As an Alliance partner, Centeris will have a unique opportunity to showcase its products and services to a community of companies that are interested in pushing forward interoperability issues and technologies," said Sam Rosenbalm, business development manager, Microsoft. "Centeris will also have the opportunity to work with other companies in testing multi-vendor interop scenarios. We look forward to engaging Centeris in future interoperability discussions with Microsoft and our Alliance community." About the Interop Vendor Alliance Formed in 2006, the Interop Vendor Alliance is an industry-wide group working to identify and share opportunities to better connect people, data and diverse systems through better interoperability with Microsoft systems and to jointly market interoperability solutions of its members. Founding members include AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , BEA Systems BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) is one of the major companies developing enterprise infrastructure software. BEA makes middleware, products that help software run on top of databases. , Business Objects, CA, The Carbon Project, Centeris Corporation, 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, GXS GXS Global Exchange Services (GE) GXS Gun X Sword (anime) , IP Commerce Inc, JNBridge, KERNEL Networks, Levi, Ray & Shoup Inc, Microsoft Corporation, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Network Appliance, Novell, Q4bis, Quest Software, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Software AG, SugarCRM, Sun Microsystems, Symphony Services, Xcalia, and XenSource. Additional information about the Interop Vendor Alliance can be found on its Web site at http://www.interopvendoralliance.org. About Centeris Centeris solutions give customers the freedom to choose the server platform best suited to their business needs. Our flagship product, Centeris Likewise, makes it easy for midsized and enterprise companies running Microsoft Windows networks to configure and manage Linux servers. Likewise provides familiar Windows-based management tools and improved integration of Windows and Linux servers, helping companies achieve the full benefits of running mixed networks. Centeris Corporation is a Bellevue, WA-based software company funded by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Ignition Partners, Intel Capital and Trinity Ventures. Centeris is led by senior executives from technology companies such as Microsoft, F5 Networks, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. and Mercury. For more information, visit www.centeris.com. |
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