CenterTools will present the latest version of its Data Loss Prevention solution DriveLock at CeBIT 2010 in Hannover March 2-6. Stop by the CenterTools booth for a firsthand look at enhancements and new features and view live demonstrations of DriveLock 6, presented by CenterTools and its partners. DriveLock 6 includes major enhancements for device and application control and encryption. The advanced DriveLock Management Console makes it even easier to implement company security policies and monitor compliance. Once again DriveLock 6 sets a new benchmark for endpoint security and shows how to implement data security easily and efficiently.
A global investment management company that is headquartered in California is the newest customer of CenterTools Software GmbH (Ludwigsburg, Germany). The company, which maintains over 20 offices worldwide, selected DriveLock as their device control solution after a rigorous evaluation of over 30 products.
Joern Wettern, Vice President of CenterTools USA, is excited about this new customer in the security-conscious financial services industry. The company, which does not want to be named because of internal policies, selected DriveLock specifically to secure internal data and customer transactions. For example, only selected employees are allowed to use removable storage devices, and all data stored on these devices is automatically encrypted. Also, only selected employees may connect other devices, such as BlackBerry phones and other smartphones, to their computers. When removable devices are used, DriveLock controls which data can be copied to these devices.
For eight months before deploying the software, the company performed extensive tests. After completing this process they were confident that DriveLock would provide the required protection and could be easily deployed. This assessment was confirmed when the rollout to all computers in the distributed locations was completed within a few days and without any problems.
As a result of the exhaustive testing and the assistance provided by CenterTools during this process, all 16,000 computers are now protected by DriveLock. CenterTools, a company based in Germany, is happy about having yet another customer with worldwide operations. “When we get international accolades for the capabilities and usability of our product, we know that we are on the right track for making our customers’ networks secure,” noted Mike Prieskorn, president of CenterTools Germany, where DriveLock has been a market leader in device control for many years.
With DriveLock 5.5 R2 CenterTools makes several new and innovative features publicly available that were originally announced at CeBIT 2009. With this new software release DriveLock further expands its leadership in the endpoint protection space.
“Major improvements to the Application Launch Filter and offline password recovery for encrypted removable media are the most important additions to the current version,” according to Mark Hartmann, CenterTools Business Development Manager. “We received extremely positive feedback in these areas when we first demonstrated them at the Hannover trade show, confirming our customer-oriented strategy of providing endpoint protection.
Customers who are covered by a current DriveLock maintenance agreement can upgrade to the newest version for free.
Center Tools extends its solution for comprehensive and granular drive, device and application control and removable drive encryption to support modern 64-bit client operating systems. Today’s release of the 64-bit version DriveLock 5.5 includes 64-bit versions of the DriveLock Agent and the DriveLock Management Console.
CenterTools Software GmbH and Emereo Solutions (UK) Limited declared their strategic partnership after the launch of Emereo has been completed. CenterTools software DriveLock will be distributed by Emereo within the United Kingdom and Ireland combined with a fully qualified support and help desk. “Their professionalism and focus on customer services is really outstanding”, Mark Hartmann, Business Development Manager at CenterTools explains. “We are more than convinced that we have found a highly skilled DriveLock partner and customers will definitely be satisfied with the pragmatic solutions and support Emereo is able to deliver.” “It is not often for a solution provider like Emereo to find a vendor such as CenterTools”, commented Andrew Smith, Founding co-Director of Emereo, “where the relationship is not purely about excellent software innovation but also about a real sense of collaboration and a desire for shared success.”
About Emereo Solutions (UK) Limited:
Emereo provides rapidly-deployed software solutions for infrastructure management covering network management and monitoring, network behaviour analysis, end-point security and IT service management. Their solutions help organisations secure greater resilience of their enterprise networks so IT can provide better services to the business and operations it supports. Best-of-Breed products adhere to ITIL and COBIT best practices and ensure compliance with initiatives such as Sarbanes Oxley, FSA, GSI, e-Health and e-Government. The Company's products deliver efficient and effective solutions without prohibitive costs and extended consulting times traditionally associated with enterprise solutions.
Emereo Solutions (UK) Limited (formally AdRem Software UK) was founded in 2004 as a privately held company. Its installed base serves a diverse range of customer types base from Central and Local Government, the NHS, Education, Finance Services, Law firms and many more organisations where the goal is making IT effective and available. Emereo’s solutions have been deployed on over 10,000 servers across the UK and Ireland.
For more information visit: www.emereo.eu