Enterprise Device Alliance Solutions
Making it easy to deploy, integrate and manage Macs, iPhones and iPads in a Windows environment.
The Enterprise Device Alliance »
The Enterprise Device Alliance (EDA) and its member companies conduct research, provide education, and deliver solutions to organizations that need to integrate, secure, and manage Macs, iPads, and iPhones within their established, Windows-based IT infrastructure. The EDA member companies are leading technology solution providers for cross-platform enterprises. By leveraging a centralized, uniform, management platform, administrators can deliver identical services and exercise the same controls for Macs, Windows systems and Apple mobile devices.
Macs, iPhones and iPads can leverages the widely deployed Windows servers and management environment rather than depend on a parallel infrastructure and specialized expertise for management support. The solutions that integrate Macs, iPhones and iPads into the enterprise enhance business productivity, streamline administration and help support line of business applications. This business relevance, combined with their unique attributes and capabilities, make Apple devices optimal productivity systems at all levels of business.
Computer & Mobile Device Management & Security »
Absolute® Manage can turn your IT asset management pain into a set of simple, automated processes using technology that will allow you to manage PCs or Macs and iPhones and iPads from a single interface.
Identity & Access Management »
IT managers are looking to accommodate their users' choice of Mac systems without having to add management infrastructure and hire or train specialized staff. While IT desktop support personnel can centrally configure security, desktop and application settings for Windows systems using Group Policy, Macs tend to be managed separately. IT administrators may not be aware that they can use Active Directory to enforce security policies, control downloads, and circumvent Mac users’ end runs. Centrify DirectControl for Mac OS X addresses these needs by joining Mac systems to the Active Directory domain, enabling centralized authentication and access control, along with automated security and configuration management.
File & Print Services for Macs and iPads »
ExtremeZ-IP is the proven standard and most trusted solution for file and print sharing between Mac desktops and Windows servers, delivering no-compromise access and providing complete platform and application compatibility. Backed by years of engineering and customer-driven enhancements, GroupLogic products seamlessly integrate Macintosh and other third-party devices into a Windows-based, enterprise infrastructure.
- mobilEcho: the industry’s first and only mobile file management (MFM) software for enterprise iPad users.
- ExtremeZ-IP: the only actively supported file server that integrates Macintosh computing platforms within Windows infrastructure.
IT Service Desk Management »
The Web Help Desk empowers ITSM professionals with an enterprise level, cross-platform service desk solution that is intuitive, flexible, and extensible. Web Help Desk's versatile self-help features allow end users to resolve issues before creating a formal service request. Because the Web Help Desk is 100% browser based and web-standards compliant, you can be certain that all application features will be available to users on Mac OS X, Windows or Linux.
Laptop Backup for Enterprise »
Run Windows Applications on Macs »
With the ability to support corporate policy compliance, simplified mass deployments and streamlined business-user experiences, Parallels Desktop for Mac is the world’s best-selling, top-rated, most-trusted solution for running Windows applications on the Mac. The Enterprise Edition enables IT departments to support the Macs that business units want, while maintaining compliance to company standards.
