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Centrify’s Active Directory-Based Security for Lion

Centrify Corporation today announced that its DirectControl for Mac offering supports the just-released Mac OS X Lion operating system with Active Directory-based authentication, access control and Group Policy for users of Apple’s latest OS X Lion release. IT administrators can easily manage authentication, authorization and configuration of Mac OS X systems, as well as lock down the user’s desktop environment, enabling the Mac to be easily integrated to the most complex Windows environments.

Centrify Corporation today announced that its DirectControl for Mac offering supports the just-released Mac OS X Lion operating system with Active Directory-based authentication, access control and Group Policy for users of Apple’s latest OS X Lion release. IT administrators can easily manage authentication, authorization and configuration of Mac OS X systems, as well as lock down the user’s desktop environment, enabling the Mac to be easily integrated to the most complex Windows environments.

Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X supports versions 10.5 through the current OS X Lion. It is currently available from Centrify and its partners and is priced at $60 (USD) for quantity one. The smart card support module is an additional $30 per system. Current Centrify Suite customers can download DirectControl for Mac by logging in to the Centrify Download Center. Users of Centrify Express, or those wanting to try Centrify’s Active Directory authentication solution for Mac OS X, can download the free Centrify Express for Mac OS X.

Centrify: http://www.centrify.com/

DirectControl for Mac: http://www.centrify.com/solutions/mac-os-desktop-management.asp

Centrify Express for Mac and Linux: http://www.centrify.com/express

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