Why Upgrade from Likewise Open to Likewise Enterprise Now

Authentication, Group Policy, Audit and Reporting

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Customer Spotlight
"Everyone at Likewise who has assisted Tecplot, has shown the diligence, expertise, and the patience to get Likewise Enterprise to work as claimed in our environment. This effort has been coupled with an excellent version of your product." - Pete Koehler, Tecplot Inc.

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Whitepaper: Managing Group Policies for Non-Windows Computers through Microsoft Active Directory

There are currently over 40,000 organizations that rely on Likewise Open, the industry's leading open source solution for joining Linux, Unix, and Mac workstations and servers to Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and securely authenticating users with their domain credentials using familiar Windows tools.

For enterprises with more security or transparency requirements, Likewise offers Likewise Enterprise, a premium solution with advanced features and functionalities to help centralize identity management using AD. Likewise Enterprise helps organizations enhance security, reduce overall management cost, and demonstrate compliance to regulations and standards.

Likewise Enterprise Offers Significant Business Benefits

• Demonstrate and enforce compliance with regulations and standards
• Simplify your network with a single directory
• Centralize the management of user identity
• Improve network security with granular access control
• Enforce consistent security policies across the enterprise
• Increase overall operational and management efficiency

Likewise Enterprise Premium Features

Core Features	Likewise Enterprise	Likewise Open
Authentication to Active Directory
Single Sign-on (SSO)
Cached Credentials
Multiple Trusts Support
No AD Schema Changes
Premium Features	Likewise Enterprise	Likewise Open
Group Policy Management
Audit and Compliance
Advanced Reporting Features
Operations Dashboard
Directory Migration
Apple's Workgroup Manager for Mac support
Access Control
Set home directories and login shells in ADUC
Mirror organizational units with Likewise Cells

The Progression of Value and Benefits Offered by Likewise Enterprise

Likewise Enterprise helps data centers tackle key business issues and challenges. By simplifying heterogenous IT infrastructures that include non-Windows operating systems and virtual platforms, user types, business applications, and hardware devices, Likewise empowers IT staff to consolidate the authentication and authorization of users to Active Directory.

Likewise Enterprise also facilitates effective control of users through centralized group policies across the enterprise and controls access privileges based on the user's role within the company.

Likewise Enterprise offers organizations a key management tool for transparency to effectively operate in a business environment that is defined by regulations and standards. Advanced reporting and auditing features in Likewise Enterprise ensure enterprises have clear visibility into their IT practices and are able to demonstrate compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley or HIPAA, as well as standards like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) or Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) .

Finally, IT staff can take full advantage of Likewise Enterprise's operations dashboard to measure their respective operational efficiency through key metrics around many IT operations such as monitoring security events .

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