Centrify Delivers Robust Support for Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition to Enable Secure Cloud Computing

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based, identity and access management and auditing solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that its Centrify Suite supports Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition, which includes an open source cloud computing environment that will be easily integrated with Microsoft Active Directory through the Centrify Suite for identity, access and privilege management.

"We've delivered a manageable, robust Linux environment for enabling cloud computing," said Steve George, Director of Corporate Services, at Canonical. "Centrify's comprehensive support for our 9.10 release will allow customers to centralize authentication and access controls for systems running on their premises or 'in the cloud'."

"Security becomes increasingly important as organizations entrust their enterprise systems to cloud service providers," said David McNeely, Director of Product Management, at Centrify Corporation. "Centrify helps organizations deploying Ubuntu by enabling granular, role-based access controls and privilege management that goes well beyond access controls to ensure that their administrators have only the rights they need without giving them extended privileges that, if misused, could compromise systems and by extension the business."

Centrify has long supported Canonical and all versions of Ubuntu Desktop and Server on x86 (Intel 32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) from version 6.06 LTS to 9.10 Server Edition. For more information on supported platforms and versions, visit: http://www.centrify.com/products/all-supported-platforms.asp#systems

The Centrify Suite is an integrated family of Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions that secures and strengthens regulatory compliance initiatives for over 200 cross-platform operating system environments. Centrify DirectControl addresses the need to secure both physical and virtual environments by effectively turning a non-Microsoft system or hypervisor into an Active Directory client, enabling administrators to secure that system using the same authentication and Group Policy services currently deployed for their Windows systems, as well as adding granular access control through its patent-pending Zone technology. Centrify DirectAuthorize centrally manages and enforces role-based entitlements for fine-grained control of user access and privileges on UNIX and Linux systems as well as a wide range of hypervisors. Centrify DirectAudit delivers auditing, logging and real-time monitoring of user activity on non-Microsoft systems. Built on a common architecture, the integrated Centrify Suite of solutions helps to improve IT efficiency, strengthen regulatory compliance initiatives, and centrally secure a heterogeneous computing environment.

Pricing and Availability
The Centrify Suite with support for Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will be generally available from Centrify and its worldwide partners in approximately 60 days. The Centrify Suite is licensed on a per guest OS server basis, starting at $350 per server.

About Centrify
Centrify's identity and access management and auditing solutions secure cross-platform systems, web applications, databases and enterprise applications centrally using Microsoft Active Directory. The Centrify Suite comprises DirectControl, DirectAuthorize and DirectAudit, and has helped over organizations improve IT efficiency, better comply with regulatory requirements, and move toward a more secure, connected infrastructure for their cross-platform computing environment. More than 1500 enterprise customers, including 38% of the Fortune 50, have selected Centrify for its easy-to-manage Active Directory-based cross-platform interoperability solutions. For more information about Centrify and its solutions, call +1 408 542-7500 or visit http://www.centrify.com

Centrify and DirectControl are registered trademarks and Centrify Suite, DirectAudit and DirectAuthorize are trademarks of Centrify Corporation. Other names used in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.