What is the EDA?
Making it easy to deploy, integrate and manage Macs in a Windows environment.
The Enterprise Desktop Alliance
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.
The enterprise Mac leverages the widely deployed Windows servers and management environment rather than depend on a parallel infrastructure and expertise for management support. The solutions that integrate the Mac into the enterprise enhance business productivity, streamline administration and support line of business applications. This business relevance, combined with its unique attributes and capabilities, make the Mac an optimal workstation/laptop at all levels of business. Learn More...
Sponsors
> Enterprise Data Protection - Atempo
> Identity & Access Management - Centrify
> File & Print Services - Group Logic
> Systems Lifecycle Management - LANrev
> Virtualization - Parallels
Enterprise Data Protection - Atempo
Mac laptops and desktops can depend on automatic, continuous, transparent data protection to ensure their systems and data can be restored easily and dependably. By establishing cross-platform management of backup and recovery, enterprises can administer all desktops and do not need to establish a duplicate infrastructure and separate expertise in order to deliver data protection. Learn More...
Identity & Access Management - Centrify
The most pervasive identity management and access control solution in the enterprise is Microsoft Active Directory. By leveraging this established directory to administer identities and enforce policies on the Mac, an organization can realize the benefits of centralized administration, increased security and streamlined regulatory compliance. The IT administrator has complete control and the result is transparent to the Mac user. Learn More...
File & Print Services - Group Logic
While Apple's Xserve provides a pure Mac file server solution, most organizations use Windows file servers. Existing investments in Windows technology and training, heavy usage, a high volume of users, and cluster environments often mean that changing a company's IT strategy is neither economically nor politically feasible. In some situations, such as a creative department within a large corporation, the Mac population is relatively small and must be able to work efficiently with the storage platform used by the majority. To further complicate matters, as Mac OS X begins to penetrate new corporations and organizations, administrators must understand and resolve the issues involved in integrating these Macs with existing Windows file server infrastructure.
Enterprise Mac users can have an efficient, reliable, and compatible method for sharing files with these servers. Learn More...
Systems Lifecycle Management - LANrev
Systems Lifecycle Management is a core discipline for Windows PC's that is only now gaining traction on Macs in the Enterprise. You can apply your existing expertise in Windows PC client management to the Mac, using congruent methods for both platforms from the same console. By leveraging established infrastructure, policies and procedures to control Mac clients as they would Windows PCs, IT professionals can maximize the capabilities of their systems, their processes, and their staff to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of their systems management methods. This will result in satisfied Macintosh and Windows users in a secure, centrally managed client environment. Learn More...
Virtualization - Parallels
Compatibility is one of the biggest issues Mac users face, particularly in the enterprise. Businesses are largely Windows environments which makes running a Mac difficult - you want all the reliability and functionality of the Mac, but you also need the interoperability with core Windows systems.
Virtualization removes the compatibility obstacle, making Macs a viable, practical tool for business use, regardless of the overall IT environment. Isolated, independent virtual machines allow Windows or Linux to simultaneously run alongside Mac OS X, without any need to reboot between the two, but still maintaining security between the different workloads.
Virtualization addresses the compatibility issue, and it enables IT professionals to test new software, updates, and patches in a virtual environment prior to deployment to a physical environment. This practice can help to ensure that potentially hazardous bugs or conflicts are identified and eliminated before they can do damage to servers or individual machines. IT managers can also test and optimize complex, multi-tier applications on a single machine. Learn More...
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