Technology partners
VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and on the Web at www.vmware.com
VMWare Support Statement:
Criston confirms that we will support customers running Criston Precision on supported Operating Systems in a VMware virtual machine environment.
Criston will provide unqualified support for Criston Precision running in a VMware virtual environment in an identical manner as with Criston Precision running on any other major x86 based systems without initially requiring reproduction of issues on native hardware. Should Criston suspect that the virtualization layer is the root cause of an incident; the customer will be required to contact the appropriate VMware support provider to resolve the VMware issue.
While Criston products are expected to function properly in a VMware virtual environment, there may be performance implications which can invalidate Criston typical sizing and recommendations.
Sophos
Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos’s network access control, endpoint, web and email solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at sophos.com
Thinstall
Thinstall’s Application Virtualization Platform virtualizes software delivery and access, enabling software companies and enterprises to deploy software without modifying the local operation system. Companies can deploy custom and licensed software across mixed Windows and locked down corporate desktop environments
This relationship offers Criston customers the ability to deliver virtual applications for efficiency and cost savings. IT’s challenge is to deliver a secure, stable desktop environment despite constant application updates and deployments.
Founded in 1999, and recently acquired by VMWare, Thinstall has been deployed to millions of desktops around the world. Customers include GE, the US Department of Defense, Liz Claiborne, Lucent, Northrop Grumman, Shell, T-Systems and Macy’s. Thinstall is privately held with company headquarters in San Francisco, CA.
iET Solutions
iET Solutions develops and supports award-winning software applications for the IT service management market. Our IT Service Management (iET ITSM) suite is built around Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards and has been verified by Pink Elephant, a world leader in ITSM education, to be compatible with core ITIL best practices. Our solutions are designed to leverage the global ITIL standard to streamline service operations, reducing costs, improving profitability and increasing customer satisfaction.
The iET Enterprise technology platform consists of a highly integrated, adaptable and scalable set of applications for IT service management, IT infrastructure management and process performance measurement for continual service improvement. We have the corporate agility to offer unique licensing, pricing and deployment models to maximize your return on investment.
Sun
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision — "The Network is the Computer"
Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://www.sun.com.
The Criston Precision agent provides the ability to inventory, configure and maintain systems running the Solaris operating system. Solaris servers can be used as communication relays. The Criston Precision console is entirely written for Sun Java (JRE).
Intel vPro
By adding the support of Intel® vPro™ technology to its set of features, Criston provides businesses with unprecedented control of their IT assets. The solution enables organisations to achieve greater business value from their IT spending.
Part of the Intel® Software Partner Program, Criston extended its solution to provide the ability to manage any desktop with Intel® vPro™ processor technology, or any laptop with Intel® Centrino® Pro processor technology, regardless of its state. Criston is able to increase control of the IT administrator on the infrastructure. Even when machines are powered off, non responsive, or without an OS installed, Criston Precision and Intel® vPro™ technology can significantly reduce IT costs by bringing unmanaged pc’s under control and thus reducing helpdesk visits.
Microsoft
Criston, has joined the partner ecosystem supporting Microsoft Network Access Protection technology.
Microsoft Network Access Protection is a policy enforcement technology built into Windows Vista and Windows Server, codenamed “Longhorn” operating systems that allows customers to better protect network assets from unhealthy computers by enforcing compliance with network health policies. Microsoft’s Network Access Protection technology is publicly available with Windows Vista, and available to select partners and customers with Beta 2 of the future version of Windows Server, codename “Longhorn.”
Criston Precision Management Suite will support Network Access Protection by providing policies to automatically define end-point posture and will provide Statement Of Health results to the Network Access Protection infrastructure.
ConSentry Networks
ConSentry Networks delivers Control without Compromise with its family of award-winning LANShield platforms - the LANShield™ Controller and LANShield Switch. ConSentry enables businesses to protect their corporate assets, ensure continuity of operations, and dramatically reduce the risk of security breaches.
The alliance enables the companies to combine the Criston Precision endpoint validation software with the ConSentry LANShield network enforcement. The combination gives customers strong endpoint validation and security, automated remediation of non-compliant endpoint, user authentication, identity-based control of access to corporate data, and protection against the propagation of malware. These controls are needed as enterprises grapple with the challenges presented by having guests and contractors on the LAN, outsourcing and offshoring a variety of functions, entering joint development projects with partners and competitors, and working through the user and data integration involved in mergers and acquisitions.
Blue Lane
Blue Lane provides the industry’s first inline patch proxy for enterprise servers that fixes application-specific vulnerabilities at the root cause by checking for the same conditions and applying the same corrective action as the software vendor security patch. Solving the dilemma of “patch now or patch later,” the Blue Lane PatchPoint® System instantly secures critical applications and preserves the uptime of the business while eliminating the cost and risks associated with unscheduled patching.
Efficient and secure server patching is one of the most critical challenges facing network and security managers. The objective of the Criston-Blue Lane partnership is to streamline the process across multiple systems.
PS’Soft
Since 1991, PS’Soft has been helping organizations achieve compliance, maximize asset utilization and reduce the cost of delivering IT services to their internal clients. A global provider of IT asset & service life cycle management applications, PS’Soft has over 2,000 successful deployments worldwide and is headquartered in California with additional offices in the US and Europe.
Integrating the product offerings of these two software publishers enables combined management of computing equipment and IT services, incident resolution and computing equipment security from a single console. By actively managing the entire lifecycle of IT resources, companies reap the benefit of a single repository that ensures a global overview and centralised management of their infrastructure.
This combination has many advantages: organisations can build a centralised information database, improve resource utilisation ratios, achieve end-to-end automation of certain key processes, guarantee the availability and security of IT resources and services and also achieve straightforward implementation of processes in accordance with ITIL standards.
IBM
IBM validated Criston Precision after the solution adopted self-managing autonomic technologies from IBM’s Autonomic Computing Toolkit and integrated with the Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC). Criston incorporates support for IBM’s Common Base Event format and Autonomic Management Engine in its solutions. Criston Precision is able to export its own logs, and the Microsoft® Windows® NT events of all its controlled PCs, in plain Common Base Events format. In addition, Criston Precision v5.1 smoothly integrates with TEC through relevant Events Management APIs.
Precision integrates with TEC by providing an adapter and sending events to TEC, where they can be centrally managed by a TEC correlation engine. This integration provides IT administrators with a single-point of entry and a common view for application events, which helps relieve the burden of supporting multiple event reporting applications. In addition, Precision helps automate event processing and restores normal function to the various components of the integrated application with no other intervention required.
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