NAC Explores Network Access Control.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Network Applications Consortium Brings Together Leading Users, Vendors and Standards Bodies to Explore Emerging Relationship Between Network Access Control and Identity Management (IdM) The Network Applications Consortium (NAC See network access control. ) brought leading users, vendors and standards bodies together for two days last week to develop a fuller understanding of the emerging relationship between identity management and network access control. Hosted by Progress Energy in Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. , the NAC 2005 Spring Conference discussions centered on the need to control access based on both the identity of the user/device and the healthy functioning of the end-point device's security capabilities. This is becoming a key business enabler for end-user organizations that require a high degree of third-party participation in their business processes. Participants agreed that the conference was an important step towards making third-party access more efficient and secure. Participating vendors included BigFix, Caymas, Cisco, ENDFORCE, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , InfoExpress, Microsoft, Sygate, Symantec, Vernier vernier (vûr`nēr), auxiliary scale, either straight or an arc of a circle, designed to slide along a fixed scale. Its unit divisions, usually smaller than those on the fixed scale, permit a far more precise reading. Networks and Zone Labs. Participating alliance partners and standards organizations included Burton Group, DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., Portland, OR, www.dmtf.org) An industry consortium founded in 1992 that is involved with the development, support and maintenance of management standards for PCs. Its goal is to reduce the cost and complexity of PC management. , Jericho Forum, and the Trusted Computing Group See TCG. . For more information about the NAC or for access to the conference report, contact Doug Obeid: email 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. @netapps.org or phone +1 (808) 874-8408 or (415) 282-8670. About the Network Applications Consortium Founded in 1990, the NAC is a consortium of information technology (IT) user organizations representing combined revenues of over $800 billion. Members include large, complex, distributed end-user organizations, many of which are global in scope, representing many industries as well as government and higher education. NAC's collaborative process -- involving members, alliance partners and vendors -- is designed to radically improve its members' ability to deliver agile IT infrastructure in support of business objectives. |
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