This is cool… Doug Garn the Quest Software President & CEO talks about the strenth of ActiveRoles Server during the Quest Q2 earnings call… “From an Active Directory management perspective, our Active Directory tools business was very strong in Q2. ActiveRoles Server continues to deliver on the promise of providing a secure way to manage [...]
I was on vacation in Key West with my Family and my family was shopping I ducked into the famous Hemmigway Bar now called Captain Tony’s. This dude Melvin (or maybe Marvin) jumps up from his bar stool at starts singing with the house guitar player. He was awesome! This was one of the funniest things [...]
Quest’s The Expert’s Conference is on in Berlin Sept 14th to the 16th and I’ve been give the good fortune to attend. It will be great to see many of the folks that I’ve not seen for a year or so. If you haven’t signed up for TEC Europe yet, be sure to do so [...]
We all hope not, but it could potentially be discontinued if Joltid Ltd wins its legal battle against Ebay the owner of Skype. Both sides of the dispute are claiming the other has violated the contractual agreement between them. It is my understanding that Niklas Zennstrom sold Skype to Ebay later to form Joltid; Joltid [...]
I was at my local book store yesterday and as I was meandered through the computer section a name on one of the books caught my eye; it was my old friend Chris McCain. The book is titled Mastering VMWare Infrastructure and after spending fifteen minutes or so seems to be very comprehensive. (I actually [...]
Most legal or regulatory requirements simply state that both Access Controls and Attestation are required for an audit, but they don’t specify if those controls are to be paper based or part of an electronic workflow. Many organizations spend thousands of hours building a paper based set of controls and attestation process only to be [...]
First there is no built-in mechanism to enforce an attestation policy or help perform the access reviews. Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft Active Directory use groups as the basic mechanism to control access to resources, and most non-Microsoft operating systems and directories use them as well. Because groups are universally accepted as the method by [...]
Attestation describes any certification review process where an individual swears to or witness/confirm something important. This term is almost universally used to describe a review/certification process that requires resource owners to verify their authorized users during on an on-going basis. This on-going process Attestation usually provides an organization with a measure of protection from liability [...]
Version 1.2.2 of the Quest AD CMDLETS has shipped. This release resolves several minor incompatilbity issues with Quest’s popular PowerGUI PowerShell graphical interface. Additionally, several small issues with CMDLET functionality have been resolved. You can get the new version here: http://www.quest.com/powershell/activeroles-server.aspx
I will be delivering a web cast talking about the ActiveRoles Server product and how it can make your Active Directory less costly and more secure through administrative efficiency and automation. I do these periodically to let people know what a great solution we have built in ActiveRoles. For session dates and times visit, http://www.quest.com/events/ListDetails.aspx?ContentID=9193
