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New Features Deliver Time and Cost Savings, Business Continuity and Improved Management LINUXWORLD EXPO (Booth #459), San Francisco, Calif. – August 8, 2005 – Taking another step to make it easier for enterprises to migrate to Linux, Emu Software today introduced key new features to its flagship NetDirector™ Linux Application Management Suite. With enhancements such as server cloning, support for NFS and email notification, Emu Software continues to build NetDirector into the most comprehensive real-time configuration management tool for enterprise Linux.
“There’s a perception in the enterprise market that Linux is too hard to manage because of a lack of management tools and staffing experts, making it much more expensive than a proprietary platform like Windows,” said Jim McHugh, CEO of Emu Software. “The reality is that managing a Linux environment has never been easier, especially with what Emu is bringing to NetDirector. Our goal is to take the fear out of moving to Linux by providing a reliable management tool that any system administrator can use without being a Linux expert.” NetDirector simplifies and secures the ongoing administration of a Linux server network through a single Web console. Until the introduction of NetDirector, Linux users have had no centralized, GUI-based configuration management tool with such enterprise-class features as the ability to group distributed servers; apply configuration changes to one server, a group of servers, or all servers simultaneously; schedule changes to occur later; and rollback configuration changes if needed. Now, making a routine change to a service no longer means manually editing multiple configuration files on each server and then restarting the services all the servers. Today’s new features extend NetDirector’s ability to save time and money for enterprises, provide visibility into the network to ease regulatory compliance and minimize workflow disruptions. These features include: Server Cloning – This capability enables rapid deployment of new servers and disaster recovery by cloning existing servers. Because NetDirector stores all the configuration settings for services across all managed servers in a given network, system administrators can use server cloning to easily deploy new servers or restore failed servers based on any version, past or present, of any server’s configuration. As enterprises increasingly add new Linux servers to their environment, NetDirector’s server cloning capability makes it easy to replicate and deploy without time-consuming manual configuration. Support for NFS – A popular file sharing approach, NFS provides remote access to shared files across networks. By adding support for the centralized management of NFS, NetDirector delivers a common management architecture for businesses running NFS alongside BIND, Apache, DHCP and Sendmail. Administrators now have the ability to create and remove network exports on the fly to one or many servers at the same time. Moreover, NFS support complements NetDirector’s existing support of Samba so that organizations moving from one to the other now have a consistent management layer for the two file sharing technologies. And organizations that rely on both NFS and Samba can now use NetDirector to easily manage both applications through one central tool.
System Configuration Files – Enhancements to NetDirector’s /etc files management capabilities provide administrators with greater control over their server’s individual configuration files. In addition to easing the daily burden of Linux administrators, these enhanced capabilities form an important part of the groundwork needed to provide single sign-on capabilities.
Availability These new features will be available in NetDirector 2.8 due out August 31. A free 90-day evaluation download will be available at www.emusoftware.com NetDirector supports Red Hat, Debian, Mandriva and Novell SUSE on x86 and IBM Power PC. About Emu Software Emu Software, Inc. is dedicated to making the management of Linux easier and more robust so that more companies and organizations can do more with Linux. Partners include Core Function, IBM, MBX and Red Hat Software. Emu Software is headquartered in Durham, N.C. For more information, please visit www.emusoftware.com. ### NetDirector is a trademark of Emu Software, Inc. in the U.S. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks herein are property of their respective owners. |
