Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced the integration of enforceable security with IT service management with the release of Altiris® SecurityExpressions™ 4.0 software. In addition, SecurityExpressions will now help secure Windows Vista1, 64-bit and new UNIX and Linux platforms.
As part of this release, SecurityExpressions will be integrated with Altiris® Helpdesk Solution™ software, Altiris Task Server™ software and other CRM products to help customers integrate security into day-to-day workflow and process operations. Critical to the vision of Altiris service-oriented management, this new release will combine automated IT operations with enforceable security.
According to Forrester research, “Given the increasing number of touchpoints and areas with similar challenges, combining security and systems management under one management roof offers IT an opportunity to reduce costs and increase responsiveness.”2
SecurityExpressions helps keep security postures consistent with security policies and regulatory mandates and enforces compliance through audits, remediation and reporting. Altiris is unique in providing continual assessment, remediation and ongoing management of security configurations. In the end, SecurityExpressions helps to reduce labor costs, improve customer service and endpoint security, and deliver documented due diligence.
Significant new features of SecurityExpressions 4.0 include:
- Integration with Altiris Task Server for enhanced workflow management
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- Integrated with Altiris Helpdesk Solution
- Extensible to other CRM systems
- Vista and 64-bit auditing support
- New audit support for Solaris 10, AIX 5.3, and SuSe
- Web-service auditing
Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing, said, “We are working to bridge the gap between security analysis and remediation within the context of an IT service management solution. This latest version of SecurityExpressions can help IT organizations better manage security through established change control processes and systems. This is an excellent example of how Altiris service-oriented management can help reduce IT cost and complexity, improve the security of technology assets, and align IT with business objectives.”
Licensing and availability
Altiris SecurityExpressions 4.0 will be available in Q1 2007 and offered at an MSRP of US $39 per node for clients and US $895 per node for servers. For more information or to contact your local sales representative, please visit www.altiris.com/sales.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management. For more information, visit www.altiris.com.
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including statements regarding the future availability of the Altiris SecurityExpressions 4.0 product and its anticipated benefits to customers. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, delays or difficulties in bringing the product to market, our inaccurate assessment of market demand or IT trends, errors or bugs in our products, and such other risks as identified in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006, and from time to time in other reports filed by Altiris with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Altiris assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this press release.
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Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Helpdesk Solution and Task Server are trademarks of Altiris, Inc. SecurityExpressions is a trademark of Pedestal Software, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Altiris, Inc.
1 The other company names or products mentioned are or may be trademarks of their respective owners.
2 Forrester Research, “The Convergence of Systems and Security Management,” Thomas Raschke, April 2006. |