LinuxPR: MandrakeSoft to bundle Enlighten’s User Management Tool cross-platform user management…

“Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFTW), a leading
provider of integrated event monitoring and systems-management
software for Linux, Unix and Windows, and MandrakeSoft, one of the
world’s leading Linux providers, today announced a strategic
partnership. As a result of the partnership, MandrakeSoft will
bundle Enlighten’s User Management Tool cross-platform user
management with the MandrakeSoft 7.1 distribution. This technology
will add sophisticated systems management capability to
Linux-Mandrake allowing all users in the MandrakeSoft Linux
environment to simultaneously manage other systems on the network
from a single graphical console.”

“MandrakeSoft customers will have an EnlightenDSMFree
version for their Linux system able to select integrated User
Management upon installation of the MandrakeSoft Operating
System. These users will have full functionality of the “User
Management Tool” on the EnlightenDSM GUI. Specifically,
EnlightenDSM/Free provides simultaneous user management across
Linux, Unix and Windows NT/98/95. The Enlighten User Management
Agent will manage the account creation, configuration, and password
management of network user accounts and group membership.
MandrakeSoft users, upon registering the product at the Enlighten
internet website, can download additional User Management DSMFree
agents for Linux, Unix, Windows, and other OS thus giving
MandrakeSoft customers single point graphical user management
across the complete networked environment. Additionally,
MandrakeSoft customers can chose to upgrade to the full
EnlightenDSM product for comprehensive event monitoring and
administrative management of Linux, Unix, and Windows.”

“Adding and managing users over time with their associated
rights and privileges can be a tedious, mundane and time consuming
task – especially working one machine at a time. MandrakeSoft
customers can now automate this function and focus on commercial
implementation and new business opportunities associated with Linux
deployment and not have to worry with mundane administration.The
EnlightenDSM product provides real value for System Administrators
in managing their IT infrastructure. EnlightenDSM increases
productivity by standardizing tedious repetitive tasks across
multiple operating environments as it increases overall
manageability by allowing administrators to group users into unique
pools and configure and manage them collectively, said Bill
Bradley, President and CEO of Enlighten Software. With the 7.1
release, MandrakeSoft customers will have immediate benefit in
monitoring user management of their MandrakeSoft Linux machines : a
scalable administrative solution that also extends new benefits to
the customers existing network of Unix and Windows machines.”

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