Configuresoft Delivers Continuous Compliance for Smurfit Kappa.Enterprise Configuration Manager Ensures Clean IT by Automating Security, Compliance and Control of Computing Environment for Leading Paper Packaging Manufacturer COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo. -- Configuresoft, the world's leading enterprise server configuration management company, today announced that Smurfit Kappa Group The Smurfit Kappa Group is Europe's leading corrugated packaging company, following the merger of Jefferson Smurfit Group and Kappa Packaging. This merger was finalized by the end of 2005. , a world leader in paper-based packaging, has selected Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) to enable cross-platform continuous compliance to meet the company's fiscal deadlines. "We wanted to be able to implement a solution that would ensure compliance automation," said Johan Kroone, vice president of information systems at Smurfit Kappa Group. "ECM's enterprise visibility, ease-of-use, and out-of-the-box templates were unmatched by anything else offered in the market." By using ECM, Smurfit Kappa is able to collect the most detailed, critical configuration data from every Windows and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstation and server on the network. ECM provides comprehensive data collection and auditing capability, consolidating the information in a configuration management database (CMDB CMDB Configuration Management Data Base CMDB Composite Modified Double Base (Propellant) CMDB Control and Monitor Display Builder CMDB Call Management Database ) for immediate access, analysis and reporting--which are essential in maintaining compliance. By focusing on proper internal controls and auditing, Smurfit Kappa not only conducts the required due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. to comply with the regulations, but more importantly, maintains better performance in the long run. A key element in Smurfit Kappa's selection of Configuresoft was the Company's Center for Policy & Compliance (CP&C), which delivered toolkits and detailed technical controls to speed compliance for a variety of regulatory and operational standards, ranging from IS017799, CobiT and NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. to GLBA GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Modernization Act of 1999) GLBA Gay and Lesbian Business Association GLBA Great Lakes Booksellers Association GLBA Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve , and Sarbanes-Oxley. CP&C toolkits greatly accelerated the deployment and adoption of a continuous compliance solution. "Configuresoft's unique combination of automation and readymade compliance toolkits greatly accelerated compliance for servers across a wide variety of regulatory and operational standards," said Andrew Bird, vice president of Configuresoft. "This ensures the organization is in a state of continuous compliance delivering clean IT across the enterprise which keeps the auditors' teeth from biting." About Smurfit Kappa Group Smurfit Kappa Group is a world leader in corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. a European leader in containerboard and also has market leading positions, in both paper grades, in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . The Group currently employs a workforce of approximately 42,000 people. The Group's operations span 23 European and 9 Latin American countries, with capacity which includes approximately 5.9 million tons of containerboard and approximately 5.5 million tons of corrugated. About Configuresoft Configuresoft, the world's leading enterprise server configuration management provider, delivers the Configuration Intelligence[R] that brings automation and intelligence to IT operations. Hundreds of organizations, including 13 of the world's 25 largest companies, rely on Configuresoft to effectively and efficiently manage the complexity of today's physical and virtualized IT environments. Configuresoft's team of security and policy experts ensure continuous compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley and industry standards such as PCI DSS and Microsoft and VMware Hardening Guides. To contact Configuresoft, please call (888) 447-2220 or visit www.configuresoft.com. |
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