Quest Software Broadens Management of Microsoft Active Directory; Announces New Management Console and New Versions of Active Directory Products.BOSTON -- Since the introduction of Active Directory, Quest Software The computer-software manufacturer Quest Software (Quest Software, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QSFT), headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, dates from 1987. Quest develops, sells, and supports database management, Windows management, and application management software products Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT) has offered a wide range of products that today manage more than 10 million user accounts, helping IT professionals make the most of their directory environment. Today, Quest continues to enhance the value of Active Directory with the new Quest Management Console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. for Active Directory, as well as new versions of its products for user activity tracking and change control, granular recovery, Group Policy management and password management. Today Quest also announced other new additions to its comprehensive support for the Microsoft platform including a new suite for managing SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. (see related releases). "Active Directory is a critical part of many organizations' IT infrastructures," said Jackson Shaw, senior director of product management, Quest Software. "Quest offers a wide range of products to help organizations ensure optimal management of Active Directory, and we have now tied these best-of-breed products together in a single interface, based on the familiar Microsoft Management Console A Windows NT/2000 feature that provides a common environment for running management software from Microsoft and third parties. Any type of administration service such as network management, antivirus management, disk management and authentication can be created as a Microsoft Management (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ). The Quest Management Console provides a single view of Quest products and native Active Directory management tools - increasing administrator productivity." "At Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. we wanted more control over our IT environment, and we got that by bringing all our users onto one directory, Microsoft's Active Directory," said Randy Ferber, project manager, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. "Quest's products for Active Directory have added even more value by allowing us to automate processes and to understand what our users are doing as they access various system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. . Quest also gives us detailed reporting capabilities to understand what is (or is not) happening in our Active Directory environment." In addition to the new management console, Quest has enhanced several of its Active Directory products. These four products all integrate with the Quest Management Console to provide optimal Active Directory management. --Quest InTrust(R) for Active Directory provides automated tracking of all changes to Active Directory and Group Policy settings. Version 2.5 is now available as a Microsoft Operations Manager See datacenter manager. (MOM) management pack, enhancing the monitoring value of MOM by providing valuable information about changes to Active Directory and Group Policy objects. All details behind the changes are reported, including who made the change, when the change was made, where the change was made, and the before and after values. --Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory enables fast, granular, online recovery of Active Directory. Version 7.5 enables more frequent backups, ensuring that recent data is always available for recovery, while saving time and reducing storage costs. The new version also provides distributed creation of backups to optimize network utilization, and leverages existing backup infrastructures, such as Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service, to speed recovery. Recovery Manager has been implemented by more than 1,000 organizations, and continues to offer unique capabilities such as recovery of any Active Directory object, including sites, subnets and Exchange storage groups, detailed comparison reports to accelerate recovery, and support for Microsoft ADAM Adam, the first man, in the Bible Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. . --Quest Group Policy Manager helps administrators create, test and implement Windows Group Policy in a controlled way. In version 3.0, administrators can schedule Group Policy object updates at the most convenient times and enforce a multi-level approval process that will help to ensure compliance and decrease the chance of errors. --Quest Password Reset Manager enables end users to reset passwords securely. Version 4.0 allows for more customization of password policies A password policy is a set of rules designed to enhance computer security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords and use them properly. A password policy is often part of an organization's official regulations and may be taught as part of security awareness training. , permitting administrators to define different password policies, either by organizational unit In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer or by group membership. This new version also includes required enrollment policies and GINA GINA - Generic Interactive Application. An application framework based on Common Lisp and OSF/Motif, designed to simplify the construction of graphical interactive applications. extensions that are compatible with non-Microsoft GINAs. Pricing and Availability The Quest Management Console for Active Directory is available now for download at no cost. Version 2.5 of Quest InTrust for Active Directory is available now, with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. pricing beginning at $12 per enabled user account (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). Scheduled to be available this week, Version 7.5 of Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory has North American pricing beginning at $10 per enabled user account (USD), and Version 3.0 of Quest Group Policy Manager is priced at $8 per enabled user account (USD). Version 4.0 of Quest Password Reset Manager availability is scheduled for early next month and is priced at $7 per enabled user account (USD). For more information and to download free evaluation copies please visit: http://www.quest.com/active_directory/. About Quest Software Inc. Quest Software Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 18,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest's Windows Management solutions simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows, as well as integrate Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment. Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com. Quest and Quest Software are registered trademarks of Quest Software Inc. The Quest Software logo and all other Quest Software product or service names and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of Quest Software Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This release may include predictions, estimates and other information that might be considered forward-looking statements, including statements concerning the availability and market acceptance of the Quest Management Console for Active Directory and our new versions of InTrust for Active Directory, Recovery Manager for Active Directory, Group Policy Manager and Password Reset Manager. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ from those anticipated as a result of various factors, including: the impact of adverse changes in general economic conditions on our relationships with customers, strategic partners and vendors; reductions or delays in information technology spending; variations in demand or the size and timing of customer orders; competitive conditions in our various product areas; rapid technological change; risks associated with the development and market acceptance of new products and product strategies; disruptions caused by acquisitions of companies and/or technologies; fluctuating currency exchange rates and risks associated with international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. ; the need to attract and retain qualified employees; and other risks inherent in software For a discussion of these and other related risks, please refer to our recent SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof. |
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