Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager Wins Best of MMS 2006 Award

Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) was named the overall winner in the Best of MMS 2006 Awards at the Microsoft Management Summit exposition in San Diego, California. The product won against tough competition, including other management-related products and services submitted for the awards program. Judge Michael Otey, Technical Director for Windows IT Pro, praised ECM for its ability to provide complete control for enterprise configuration management, enabling cross-platform management and monitoring, and providing out-of-the-box regulatory and security expertise.

Key Takeaways:

• Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) won the Best of MMS 2006 Award for its ability to provide complete control for enterprise configuration management, enabling cross-platform management and monitoring, and providing out-of-the-box regulatory and security expertise.
• ECM version 4.8 provides integration with SMS, MOM, and the new Microsoft DCM framework, making it a top choice for IT administrators.
• ECM customers quickly achieve continuous compliance through monitoring and enforcing company, security, and regulatory policies, automatically driving configurations into compliance across the enterprise.
• The product offers unparalleled visibility into compliance state via powerful graphic dashboards, providing immediate business value through rapid deployment and an exceptional ROI of less than three months.
• ECM Management Extensions (ECMMX) for Microsoft's Desired Configuration Monitoring (DCM) was also announced, embedding Configuresoft's industry-proven regulatory and security compliance validation across the heterogeneous enterprise.
• Configuresoft's ECM ensures continuous operational compliance with regulatory, industry, and corporate standards throughout a computing infrastructure by standardizing and monitoring server and client configurations by role.
• The product collects tens of thousands of detailed asset, security, and configuration settings from each Windows, UNIX, and Linux server and workstation and stores that information in a centralized configuration management database (CMDB) for immediate access, analysis, and reporting.
• ECM enforces security policies by automatically resetting configurations to their desired state when an unauthorized change (or deviation) occurs, helping IT organizations keep their mission-critical systems properly configured while ensuring security compliance with regulatory requirements.

Statistics:

• Configuresoft's Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) won the Best of MMS 2006 Award.
• 40 management-related products and services were submitted for the awards program.
• ECM version 4.8 provides integration with SMS, MOM, and the new Microsoft DCM framework.
• ECM customers achieve continuous compliance through monitoring and enforcing company, security, and regulatory policies in less than three months.
• ECMMX for DCM provides industry-proven regulatory and security compliance validation across the heterogeneous enterprise.
• Configuresoft's ECM has been adopted by eleven of the world's 25 largest companies to keep their critical systems properly configured, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• The product has a proven and scalable architecture, collecting tens of thousands of detailed asset, security, and configuration settings from each Windows, UNIX, and Linux server and workstation.
• ECM has been used by companies to comply with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA, PCI DSS, and FISMA.

Sources:

• Configuresoft's press release announcing the win of the Best of MMS 2006 Award
• Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine
• Microsoft Management Summit exposition
• "Best of MMS 2006 Awards" announcement
• Configuresoft's website and press releases
• Windows IT Media's website and publications