Quest Software Meets Escalating Demand for User-Centric Approach to Managing Virtual Offices
March 13 2012 - 8:00AM
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Quest Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT)
The demise of the traditional, fixed computer desktop has
created radical change across the enterprise, forcing business
leaders and IT to relinquish some control over which devices,
applications and platforms employees use for work. The
proliferation of personal devices in use by much of today’s
workforce redefines the user workspace as a dynamic, cross-platform
virtual office encompassing all devices, locations and form
factors. Organizations must proactively manage these environments
and empower users without adversely impacting employee
productivity, security or administrative overhead. Quest Software
is uniquely positioned to address these challenges with the most
comprehensive, user-focused approach to workspace management.
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News Facts:
- Today, Quest unveils its user-centric
approach to workspace management that leverages the company’s
proven expertise and industry-leading capabilities in desktop
virtualization, application migration and physical desktop
management to deliver the most comprehensive solution on the
market.
- Unlike previous approaches to workspace
management, which have combined multiple desktop and device
management point products that only solve portions of the problem,
Quest now delivers integrated solutions across the three most
critical areas of management:
- Comprehensive device support –
manage, inventory and secure a wide range of PCs, Macs and mobile
devices while effectively delivering virtual desktops and
applications to every device, leveraging consolidated
dashboards and support models to cover the entire end user IT
environment
- Application delivery – manage a
cost-effective application estate for continued productivity across
the user environment by addressing the continuous cycle of OS and
browser changes, with application readiness for Windows 7 and
virtualization, software asset management, packaging and
inventory
- One user identity across all
platforms – centralize management of all aspects of user
identity including security privileges, single sign-on and
consolidation of user-specific access into one portal across
physical, virtual and cloud environments
- Quest’s unique range of technology
assets provides the most comprehensive approach to the top three
challenges facing IT today: Windows 7 migration, adoption of new
devices and consumerization, and balancing corporate security with
user freedom.
- According to Forrester Research, half
of all global info workers (52 percent) are using three or more
devices for work, 60 percent of devices reported by info workers
are used for both work and personal purposes, while one-third of
the devices used are non-Microsoft, and one-quarter are
mobile.1
Quest Elevates Management of Physical, Virtual and
Cloud-Based User Workspaces:
- Quest’s comprehensive yet adaptive
management of dynamic user workspaces extends across enterprise
users’ many devices, while providing the support they require to
address endless cycles of change in OS, browsers and applications.
Additionally, Quest’s complete identity and access management
portfolio ensures that all critical aspects of the modern user
workspace are addressed, including the user’s identity, profile and
preferences, as well as privileges and access policies.
- Quest’s Workspace Management solution
consists of a set of tools that work together to elevate the
management of today’s user workspaces, encompassing:
- Desktop Virtualization, which
centrally, securely and cost-effectively delivers virtual desktops
and applications to all types of users. Easily integrates all major
devices (smartphones, tablets) and works with all major operating
systems
- Recently announced vWorkspace™ 7.5
breaks down the cost barriers to desktop virtualization deployments
for both Enterprise and SMB, affording up to 33 percent savings in
virtual desktop CapEx per user, and with direct integration with
free Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Application Readiness, which addresses
application compatibility issues to reduce installation and
configuration time and effort
- Quest ChangeBASE™ helps to perform
timely and complete migrations to Windows 7 and 8, and Microsoft
Office 2010 while reducing the time and effort of ongoing
management; Quest ChangeBASE Professional offers the functionality
of the Standard version plus the ability to prepare applications
targeted for virtual desktop and application environments; Quest
ChangeBASE Browser Compatibility automates compatibility testing of
web applications and web sites for Internet Explorer 8 and 9
- User Environment Management, featuring
Desktop Authority®, which deploys, configures, protects, enhances,
and supports the user environment in Windows desktops throughout
their lifecycle. Includes advanced security such as secure patch
deployment, malware detection and removal, and USB port security,
as well as help desk capabilities to ensure the user is effectively
and securely managed across each traditional desktop
- Privilege Authority® 2.7 is now
available, addressing user privilege management challenges faced by
large organizations, and more effectively managing provisioning
rules by eliminating “local administrator” desktops without
reducing productivity or increasing help desk calls.
- Network scanner support for desktop
virtualization environments, which offers cost-effective, easy,
universal access to scanner peripherals
- VDI Assessment, which helps determine
whether the environment is ready for desktop virtualization – and
which technologies would be most appropriate and able to deliver
maximized value – before deployment
- Device management for iPad, iPhone and
Mac, which helps get the most from a Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager (SCCM) investment by managing all Mac
desktops and iPad/iPhone devices from inside the SCCM console
- Quest One Identity Solutions, which
easily and effectively maintains user access and privileges, as
well as comprehensive administration of all enterprise user
accounts. Includes Webthority, which securely accesses critical web
resources while protecting systems from direct exposure, and
Defender®, which initiates two-factor and multifactor
authentication on an Active Directory-centric platform to any
system, application or resource
Supporting Quotes:
- Shayne Higdon, senior vice president
and general manager, User Workspace Management and Performance
Monitoring, Quest Software“2012 marks the death of the
traditional desktop. Every organization needs to analyze its
environment and ask itself if the IT department is ready for this
change. Simply managing devices is too limiting, and managing just
the applications or desktops only addresses part of the problem. To
compete today, companies must be able to manage the entire user
workspace, and this requires a comprehensive set of capabilities
that allow a blend of user freedom and corporate control that keeps
organizations secure and users productive.”
- Kyle Bauer, CFO, Cuyuna Regional
Medical Center“We strive to be the gold standard in rural
healthcare, which means that we must deliver the same levels of
excellence as our urban counterparts but with fewer resources. To
that end, we’ve worked closely with Deerwood Technologies to become
one of the most technically advanced critical-access hospitals in
the Midwest. We are proud to provide innovations that give our
clinicians immediate access to electronic medical records.
Solutions like Quest Desktop Authority not only enable us to
increase productivity, improve power management and reduce costs,
they lower our administrative overhead so we can redeploy vital
resources where they belong—at the patient’s bedside.”
- Jason Przymus, vice president of
business development, Deerwood Technologies“With Quest’s User
Workspace Management solution, we can reach a much broader customer
base, which also empowers us to cross-sell new and unique solutions
to those customers. As a result, our Quest partnership has truly
spring-boarded the growth of our software and services divisions
exponentially. Furthermore, products like Quest Desktop Authority,
which help our customers centrally manage their user environments
in a compliant manner, typically pay for themselves in less than a
year in terms of administrative savings, operational efficiencies
and reduced risk. That’s why today, more than 90 percent of our
healthcare customers use Desktop Authority and are ideally suited
for many of the other solutions in Quest’s new User Workspace
Management portfolio.”
1 Forrester Research, Inc., Info Workers Using Mobile And
Personal Devices For Work Will Transform Personal Tech Markets, Feb
22, 2012
Supporting Resources:
- Quest Software, Inc.:
http://www.quest.com/
- More Quest news:
http://www.quest.com/newsroom/
- Twitter:
http://mobile.twitter.com/quest
- Facebook:
http://www.quest.com/facebook
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/
- Quest TV: http://www.quest.com/tv/
About Quest:
Established in 1987, Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) provides
simple and innovative IT management solutions that enable more than
100,000 global customers to save time and money across physical and
virtual environments. Quest products solve complex IT challenges
ranging from database management, data protection, identity and
access management, monitoring, user workspace management to Windows
management.
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