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pressure factorsFounding Member of Microsoft's Interop Vendor Alliance Also Introduces New Online Community Dedicated to Heterogeneous IntegrationGartner Identity & Access Management Conference 2006 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a founding member of Microsoft's Interop Vendor Alliance, today announced general availability of the newest version of its solution for extending Active Directory-based authentication and single sign-on across heterogeneous systems. At the same time, Quest unveiled a new online community, "Inside Vintela," that provides user interaction, online support and product information, tips and resources to IT professionals using Quest solutions to enhance heterogeneous systems integration within their organizations. "We are very glad that Quest accepted our invitation to participate in the Interop Vendor Alliance, as their innovative work in heterogeneous integration brings value to our mutual customers," said Sam Rosenbalm, business development manager, developer and platform strategy group at Microsoft. "Quest's software and expertise can help our customers move along the continuum toward unified systems management across platforms." "Microsoft technologies are the foundation for business computing at many organizations around the world, but as we know, most of these enterprises are also heterogeneous," said Dave Wilson, vice president, Vintela products, Quest Software. "The ability to extend the powerful capabilities of Microsoft technologies to non-Microsoft platforms is key to success for these organizations. "Microsoft has purposefully chosen to base its solutions - such as Active Directory, SMS and MOM - on established industry standards," Wilson continued. "This approach creates an ideal platform upon which to build a unified management infrastructure for the heterogeneous enterprise. Quest provides the enabling technologies that allow organizations to get the most from their investment in Microsoft infrastructure by extending the reach of those capabilities across platforms. We're very pleased to be among the founding members of the Interop Alliance." Introduced in October, version 3.1 of Quest's Vintela Authentication Services is now generally available. The product enables step-by-step progress toward a single, unified Active Directory-based identity infrastructure that encompasses Unix and Linux systems, users, and applications. Administrators who choose complete migration of Unix identities to Active Directory will benefit from the product's new wizard for a structured, automated and manageable migration. The new development community site, Inside Vintela (http://vintela.inside.quest.com), is designed to provide an open forum for prospects and customers of Quest's heterogeneous integration software products to share best practices, experiences and ideas with their peers. The community also supports interaction with experts from the Quest product management and development teams as well as allowing members to benefit from open communications with other users of Quest's cross-platform integration products. Quest products highlighted within the Inside Vintela community include:
About the Interop Vendor Alliance Formed in 2006, the Interop Vendor Alliance is an industrywide group working to identify and share opportunities to better connect people, data and diverse systems through better interoperability with Microsoft systems and to jointly market interoperability solutions of its members. Founding members include AMD, BEA Systems, Business Objects, CA, The Carbon Project, Centeris, Citrix Systems, GXS, IP Commerce, JNBridge, Kernel Networks, Levi, Ray & Shoup, Microsoft, NEC, Network Appliance, Novell, Q4bis, Quest Software, Siemens Enterprise Communications, SOFTWARE AG, SugarCRM, Sun Microsystems, Symphony Services, Xcalia, and XenSource. Additional information about the Interop Vendor Alliance can be found on its Web site at http://www.interopvendoralliance.org. 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 thousands of 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.
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