Red Energy Chooses Quest Software to Simplify Identity Management.Quest Helps Renewable Electricity Retailer Improve Security and Compliance SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- 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) today announced that its identity management solutions have been selected by Red Energy to simplify provisioning, password management, auditing and compliance. Quest's solutions are instrumental in helping Red Energy meet its identity management goal of one user ID per person, regardless of the many disparate systems or applications accessed. A stand-alone retailer, Red Energy provides Victoria, Australia, residents with electricity produced from renewable sources. With numerous applications running on heterogeneous platforms such as Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , Unix and Linux, Red Energy faces the challenge of managing multiple user identities, directories and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. methods across the organization. This caused an inefficient use of resource. During a recent company restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , Red Energy's IT department developed a strategy to integrate all of its systems into a single repository of account information for all types of authentication or authorization. "It was important to get our identity management solution right from day one," said Steve Byrne Steve Byrne is a half-Korean, half-Irish stand-up comedian from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Byrne is featured on the new NBC series The Real Wedding Crashers and was a featured comic on The Tonight Show. , enterprise architect, Technology & Development, Red Energy. "Quest's solutions make things simpler by enabling us to efficiently manage users across multiple systems, and extending Active Directory benefits like stronger passwords and Group Policy to all platforms. Quest's tools were extremely easy to get up and running - the choice was essentially a no-brainer." After evaluating a number of options, Red Energy determined that Quest's solutions were best aligned with the company's overall identity management strategy. "Red Energy wanted a cross-platform solution that supported its Unix and Linux environments, but also made optimal use of its Microsoft Active Directory environment," said Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson (ca. , vice president, Identity Management, Quest Software. "Quest's Vintela Authentication Services is one piece of our identity management strategy that allows a company to seamlessly extend the security and compliance of its Active Directory infrastructure to other platforms." Red Energy also implemented Quest Password Manager A password manager is software that helps a user organize passwords and PIN codes. The software typically has a local database or files that holds the encrypted password data. , which allows end users to automatically reset forgotten passwords, greatly reducing the number of help desk requests. Prior to implementing the solution, Red Energy experienced an average of 300 password resets a month for only 230 total employees - a number which significantly dropped once Password Manager was deployed. In addition, Red Energy is utilizing Quest's Vintela 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. for Java software to provide a unified authentication platform for Java and J2EE applications A J2EE application or an enterprise application is any deployable unit of J2EE functionality. This can be a single J2EE module or a group of modules packaged into an EAR file along with a J2EE application deployment descriptor. and services from Red Energy's Active Directory infrastructure. This reduces the amount of developer time spent on provisioning users and frees them to focus on activities that are more pertinent. "It is important for our mutual customers, such as Red Energy, to have a secure IT environment," said Peter Houston, senior director of marketing for Identity and Access at Microsoft Corp. "They have chosen the strength and security that Active Directory provides to manage their digital identities, and Quest helps simplify this management in an automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. , more secure way." For more information on Quest and its Identity Management solutions, please visit: www.quest.com or visit Quest at this year's RSA conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. . Quest has booth number 2047, and can also be found in booth 1009, kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. 24 in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion. 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 50,000 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. Web Addresses mentioned in this release: Quest Software - www.quest.com Quest Identity Management Solutions - www.quest.com/identity_management Vintela Authentication Services - www.quest.com/Vintela_Authentication_Services Quest Password Manager - www.quest.com/password_manager Vintela Single Sign-on for Java - www.quest.com/Vintela_Single_Sign-on_for_Java Red Energy - www.redenergy.com.au |
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