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PowerTerm WebConnect
Enterprise is a unique Server-based Computing solution that
provides comprehensive and secure local and remote access to
enterprise applications running on Windows Terminal Server and
Legacy systems. As a multi-purpose application, PowerTerm
WebConnect enables corporations to simplify and optimize their
IT infrastructure with a single connectivity solution, lowering
TCO. In addition to Windows and Legacy application access,
PowerTerm WebConnect provides enhanced security, centralized
management tools, remote desktop support and more.
Features of PowerTerm WebConnect Enterprise include
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Secure
Windows and Legacy Host Access—Access
enterprise applications running on Windows Terminal Server,
and Legacy systems including IBM Mainframe, IBM AS/400,
OpenVMS, e3000, Unix, Linux, Tandem and more;
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Application
Publishing with Seamless Windows—Remote
Windows applications appear as if they were locally
installed on the client;
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Load
Balancing;
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Secure and instant access to mission critical
enterprise applications for remote users, regardless of
their geographic location;
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Centralised
Management and Administration;
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Enhanced
Security—SSL
Gateway, Active Directory integration, LDAP integration,
Single Sign On integration, system monitoring, user profile
and access rights management and industry standard safety
practices;
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SupportView—users
can request technical support and the system administrator
can address the issue remotely, regardless of the user's
physical location.
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2.
A Managed Solution to the
Password Problem that is Leading to Identity Theft
Signify
Combats the Password Problem and Identity Theft.
Passwords
are a problem. Most computing systems still rely on static
passwords to verify a user's identity. And we all know how
users, IT and management all have problems with passwords.
On the other hand
Passwords are a dream for intruders! A password is so easy to
steal, whether by shoulder surfing or simple guesswork. Once
they have it, they can take over your entire on-line identity.
An intruder can walk through your firewalls, VPNs and other
defences without being challenged, and their activities are
unlikely ever to be detected.
The real problem
with username-and-password is that it does not change often
enough. To make your password secure, it would need to change
about once every minute! And that is not practical. The answer
therefore lies with Strong Authentication.
Strong
Authentication demands two or more distinct proofs of your
identity before authorising access. Also known as ‘two-factor’
authentication, the most common proofs or factors that the user
is challenged to present are:
Something you know
[a secret PIN or
password]
PLUS
Something you have
[a unique, physical
device - token, smartcard, mobile phone, PDA]
Users are already
familiar with this principle of two-factor, Strong
Authentication through using their bank card and PIN to withdraw
money from a cash point. As passcodes (secret PIN or password)
are refreshed after each use, there is no need to worry about
someone seeing your passcode over your shoulder.
Signify's Strong
Authentication services make it quick, simple and affordable to
build this rigorous level of security. Their managed services,
RSA SecurID and Passcode OnDemand, issue one-time passcodes, as
required, to users' devices.
Perfect
for authenticating
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Remote
workers connecting from hotels and home
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Clients and
business partners accessing extranets
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Access to
web portals and wireless access points
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Access by
contractors and part-time staff
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Granting
temporary or emergency access to applications and services.
Simple and inexpensive
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No new
systems to install or manage
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No
significant capital investment
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No hardware
tokens to manage, lose or expire
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Nothing to
install on users' PDAs, mobile phones, Blackberries or
laptops
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Simple and
intuitive to use
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Instant
deployment to remote users
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Scalable
from a few to 1,000s of users.
Signify works with
Microsoft Terminal
Services, Citrix, Ericom, Tarantella, etc, SSL & IPsec VPNs,
Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Mobile Access (OMA).
Enjoy Secure Management of Identity
You can protect your
organisation against Identity Theft by issuing your users with
Strong Authentication credentials and helping them to look after
them properly.
With Signify’s
managed service you can be sure each user really is who they
claim to be and confidently allow them access to your sensitive
business information from any location.
Until now truly
effective security has been available only to the largest
enterprises. In this briefing Signify will show you how their
unique, service-based approach makes it quick and cost-effective
for organisations of all sizes to deploy and manage secure
digital identities, easily and affordably, across their entire
user community.
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3. Providing Secure, Managed Endpoints on Unmanaged PCs
VMware ACE
(Assured Computing Environment) gives security administrators
the ability to lock down PC endpoints and protect critical
company resources against the risks presented by unmanaged PCs.
VMware ACE provides secure, managed endpoints on unmanaged PCs
With VMware ACE,
security administrators package an IT-managed PC within a
secured virtual machine and deploy it to an unmanaged physical
PC. Once installed, VMware ACE offers complete control of the
hardware configuration and networking capabilities of an
unmanaged PC, transforming it into an IT-compliant PC endpoint.
VMware ACE is used by security
administrators to
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Provision secured, IT-managed endpoints on
unmanaged PCs
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Secure
confidential data on endpoint PCs
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Run
multiple secure PC environments on a single PC
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Dramatically lower the cost of business continuity
Why Use VMware ACE?
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Reduce exposure to malware from unmanaged and
unsecured PCs
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Protect
confidential data in secure, encrypted, and copy-protected
PC environments
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Reduce the
cost of enabling access to unmanaged PCs
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Eliminate
the need to remediate unmanaged physical PCs
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No need to
use multiple physical PCs to isolate work environments,
information, and network access
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Complete
complex OS migration projects on time and on budget by
eliminating the need to port legacy applications to a new OS
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Host legacy
applications in virtual machines that install and run like
applications on any standard PC
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Reduce
dependency on obsolete technology.
VMware virtual
infrastructure software is used by organisations large and small
to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their IT
operations. VMware software can help consolidate servers,
optimise software development and provide affordable business
continuity. At this briefing you will have an opportunity to
engage with VMware on the power of their leading software
solutions.
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4. Overcome the problems of Terminal Services before they begin
Around since 1997
triCerat
has coined the term Day Zero Protection to ensure quality of
service that lowers the cost and effort of operating Microsoft
Terminal Server-based infrastructure. It resolves common,
well-documented shortcomings that are inherent in the Terminal
Server operating system, giving you the option of solving
problems before they occur. Left unchecked, these shortcomings
keep your organisation from meeting business requirements for
operational and IT performance.
triCerat software,
Simplify Suite, overcomes five functional limitations inherent
in Terminal Server. The near universal nature of these problems
creates what amounts to a functionality gap in the Terminal
Server architecture. triCerat Simplify Suite fills this gap.
Simplify Suite v4 Core Components
Simplify Management Console is a centralized interface
for configuring, managing, and monitoring of all Suite
functions. It integrates with Active Directory and LDAP and lets
you configure operations at any level of the directory
structure, including objects such as specific IP addresses and
individual terminals.
Simplify
Profiles® enables personalised user settings without
failure-prone roaming profiles. Also provides a simple,
powerful, and effective mechanism for setting, managing, and
restoring registry settings that reduces administrative and
support effort, while boosting system reliability and user
satisfaction.
Simplify Resources®
boosts application and server performance by taking control of
the way Windows allocates and manages CPU resources –
automatically. It dramatically improves application
responsiveness and increases the number of sessions that can be
effectively supported by hardware running Terminal Server (with
or without MetaFrame), even those running 16-bit
applications.
Simplify Lockdown®
makes it easy to deploy secure desktops and prevents
unauthorised executables, such as computer games or viruses,
from running on your Terminal Servers.
Simplify
Printing®
lets anyone print to any printer, using all printer
functionality, from any application hosted on a Terminal Server
or MetaFrame Presentation Server by overcoming the limitations
of universal print drivers and EMF-based print protocols.
By proactively
addressing the known shortcomings of Terminal Server, triCerat
keeps the on-demand enterprise online, all the time. The
company’s Simplify applications, installed in over 2,500
customer sites around the world, slash operating costs and
increase.
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5. Simulating DR Systems Requirements
Many organisations have been reluctant to implement a Disaster
Recovery (DR) system due to the very uncertainty of the threat,
the amount of work required and the difficulties in assessing
possible alternative DR strategies.
Thin Client
Technologies using platforms such as Citrix and Microsoft
Terminal Services provide an ideal way of giving quick and easy
remote access to existing systems, without having to
re-implement software applications. Existing systems can be
replicated at a DR site and the disruption on the business
minimised.
But how do you know
what systems configuration provides the most effective DR
solution for your company? Which configuration provides the most
effective performance to users at an acceptable cost? Could some
applications be delivered in a slightly different way? How many
servers will you need?
This is why Transam,
in conjunction with
Scapa Technologies,
has developed a simple but highly effective DR assessment
package. Based on a cost-effective fixed price engagement,
Scapa Test & Performance Platform performs a rapid
assessment of your systems, provides comparative performance
measurements of how your IT applications could run on a number
of alternative platforms and gives operational and cost
assessments of what needs to be implemented to deliver an
effective DR system to your organisation.
This packaged
service consists of a number of elements including:
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Identification
of the essential applications
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Identification
of the potential DR platforms
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A simple
performance test for each application running on Citrix or
Microsoft Terminal Services with(out) VMware
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Summary report
of the results and recommendations.
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