Central Desktop Delivers Enterprise-Grade Security to Business Teams of All Sizes Through Its Complete Web Collaboration Platform.As Web 2.0 Technologies Gain Adoption In Business Security Becomes Top Concern PASADENA, Calif. -- Central Desktop, the complete business collaboration platform An emerging category of computer software, collaboration platforms are unified electronic platforms that support synchronous and asynchronous communication through a variety of devices and channels. for business teams today announced the release of the Central Desktop Security Pack to meet the growing needs of business teams for enterprise-grade security for SaaS adoption. (See: www.centraldesktop.com/security for details). This new feature set addresses security requirements that Central Desktop's customers have been asking for to help them comply with internal security requirements. The enterprise-grade security offering delivers state-of-the-art perimeter, network, server, application and data security to ensure greater data privacy and availability for customers. This applies to both SMBs and organizations that work within industries that require security compliance such as, healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. as well as business teams within larger organizations that have more stringent requirements enforced by their IT departments (Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. , HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , etc). These new near-enterprise grade features are turnkey, affordable, easy to use and easy to administer which is critical to business teams that rely on Central Desktop's SaaS platform A SaaS Platform is a computer program or collection of more than one computer program that acts as a host to applications that reside on it. The platform manages underlying computer hardware and software resources and uses those resources to endow its hosted applications with to manage day-to-day business. "We have over 10 GB of information stored and shared by over 200 users in our 125 retail stores nation-wide all accessing the Central Desktop platform on a daily basis," said Ken Sully, 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. , iSold It. "I evaluated a number of different solutions, including Google's offering, and they lacked the features, flexibility and security we needed. Now with the secure 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. features in this release, I've been able to integrate even more functionality into my workspaces without forcing users to log-in to a different system. This is just not available anywhere else for the low cost that Central Desktop offers." Unlike many of its competitors, the Central Desktop platform runs on a proven infrastructure designed to provide maximum performance and reliability with state-of-the-art physical and data security and redundancy. Central Desktop's security policy was architected with multiple layers, safeguards and redundancy to ward off external security threats. "We believe that we are one of the only SaaS companies in the team collaboration space to offer this level of security on a turnkey basis. The security and integrity of our customer's data is integral to the success of our customer's businesses and our reputation as well," said Isaac Garcia, CEO and Co-Founder, Central Desktop. Central Desktop provides its software services to more than 100,000 users worldwide. Its average customer is a fast-paced, small-to-medium sized business organization or a team or department within a large Fortune 500 or Global 2000 company. All of these customers, companies and organizations, regardless of their size, trust and rely on Central Desktop to manage their day-to-day business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Central Desktop is also proud to serve local, state and federal government agencies, healthcare institutions, financial institutions, non-profits, religious and educational organizations including schools, colleges and universities around the world. More on The Central Desktop Security Pack The Central Desktop Security Pack is an optional add-on to Company Plans for companies and organizations that require deeper and more granular granular /gran·u·lar/ (gran´u-lar) made up of or marked by presence of granules or grains. gran·u·lar adj. 1. Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains. 2. security features to comply to internal, corporate or 3rd party compliance codes (Corporate Governance, HIPAA, etc). The Security Pack is a prerequisite pre·req·ui·site adj. Required or necessary as a prior condition: Competence is prerequisite to promotion. n. for companies and organizations that wish to integrate a Single Sign-On experience between Central Desktop and a third party application (additional configuration may be required). The Security Pack is available to all Company Plan subscribers for an additional $99 per month. There are no additional "per user" fees. The key features and functions available with the Security Pack can be found at www.centraldesktop.com/security. About Central Desktop Central Desktop delivers a Complete Business Collaboration platform for teams to connect, share, collaborate and manage operations both internally and externally on customizable web workspaces. Its solution is delivered purely as a web-based platform (SaaS) that combines the most robust collaboration tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. available with consumer-level service and affordability. Central Desktop enables teams of all sizes to work virtually and seamlessly without the need for IT resources, leveling the playing field for SMBs wishing to do business with the Fortune 5000 through technology by simply launching a browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used . Central Desktop was founded in 2005, and is a privately-held company located in Pasadena, California Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 133,936 and the 160th largest city in the United States. The California Finance Department estimates the Pasadena population to be 146,166 in 2005. . For more information, visit www.centraldesktop.com. (c) Central Desktop. All rights reserved. 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