About the EDA

The Enterprise Mac For IT Management - The EDA suite of solutions enable IT departments to deploy, integrate and manage Macs throughout their organization by applying the same standard Windows-based management tools to support Macs as they do Windows. By leveraging a centralized, uniform, management platform, administrators can deliver identical services and exercise the same controls for both Macs and Windows. An administrator can deliver the same standards of service, maintain uniform client configuration, enforce the same security controls, make the same sharepoints and print queues available, deliver the same disaster recovery, and enforce the same compliance policies for both the Mac and Windows systems. And those same capabilities can be applied to the virtual version of Windows that runs on the Mac. By enabling the management of the Mac from Windows, the EDA suite helps administrators increase control and cut costs by:

• Reducing training overhead
• Minimizing helpdesk calls
• Closing compliance vulnerabilities
• Eliminating parallel management platforms and duplicate infrastructure
• Lowering all the related costs that have kept Macs from broader adoption.

Using the EDA solutions, IT management will gain benefits throughout their organization by:

• Increasing security - Macs will now be under the standard controls/policies of the organization.
• Reducing costs through centralized administration
• Improving compliance through integrated Windows Mac identity and client management, backup and file services
• Decreasing helpdesk calls
• Expediting cross-platform file and print sharing
• Streamlining Mac access to Windows only applications
• Enhancing Mac user productivity by providing access to standard Windows-based desktop applications
• Provide single sign on to cut helpdesk calls and increase compliance
• Improving end user experience by relieving user of "self-management" responsibility
• Leveraging established administrative skills across platforms
• Maximizing existing investment in network/hardware infrastructure
• Ensuring that applications are at the same revision level regardless of platform

EDA solutions eliminate:

• Redundant administrative functions
• Duplicate hardware infrastructure
• Redundant backup systems
• Unnecessary helpdesk calls to correct user-initiated configuration changes
• Unauthorized, unlicensed, user-deployed software

For the Mac User - We let Macs be Macs - The Mac user enjoys the full Mac experience with no compromise. With the integration of the Mac into the Windows managed environment, the Mac user is unaware that they are using Windows infrastructure. In fact EDA improves the users' experience by increasing system performance, providing single sign on, delivering transparent update and patch management, and letting users retrieve lost files or their entire system without administrator intervention. We extend the capabilities of the Mac through system virtualization, allowing the Mac to streamline access to Windows-only applications and productivity tools. IT professionals acquire the same management control of the virtual Windows system as the underlying Mac OS.

EDA solutions make it easier for Mac and Windows users to share files. By providing identical views of files on the same Windows server for both platforms, users avoid revision control problems so they can collaborate effortlessly. Users, regardless of platform can be at the same revision level of Microsoft Office software, ensuring easy file exchange and further enhancing cross platform collaboration.

Whether using a Mac or Windows on a Mac access privileges and audit trail are all controlled by Microsoft Active Directory providing the users with a consistent network experience, without surprises or confusion.

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Cost-effective Mac Integration - For file and print access, identity management, client management, disaster recovery, backup, and virtualization, the Enterprise Desktop Alliance ensures that administrators can extend their current control to the Mac. The Mac user reaps the benefits of tight integration and the organization saves in operational overhead while increasing security and user productivity.

By leveraging the capabilities that EDA solutions offer, an enterprise can easily integrate Macs and achieve the same level of control, security, policy compliance, and services that they currently have with their Windows platforms. EDA cross-platform solutions:

Enterprise Data Protection
    - Atempo
Identity & Access Management
    - Centrify
File & Print Services
    - Group Logic
Systems Lifecycle Management
    - LANrev
Virtualization
    - Parallels