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Postini message management services platform integrates with existing IT systems, providing fine-grained policy controls for making message processing rules on inbound and outbound content (email and IM traffic) based on global, group, or user requirements. Directory Sync capability and Single Sign-On (SSO) interface allow users, policies, authentication, and authorizations to be defined at customer premise and automatically synchronized with services infrastructure.
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Infrastructure Enhancements Allow Seamless Integration Between Postini and Customer IT Solutions
Native Directory Synchronization Automates User Change Management and Policy Applications; Single Sign-On Interface Enables Simple, Authenticated and Integrated Access
SAN CARLOS, Calif., May 8 -- Postini, the global leader in Integrated Message Management, today announced the immediate availability of two new administration solutions that more tightly integrate the Postini message management services platform with customers' existing IT systems.
Postini's Directory Sync capability and Single Sign-On (SSO) interface allow users, policies, authentication and authorizations to be defined at the customer premise and automatically and seamlessly synchronized with Postini's services infrastructure. Tight, real-time integration with customer user management resources ensures that Postini policies for securing and governing corporate electronic communications are in lock-step with corporate policies. Given the current role of regulations and compliance standards, governing user access and auditing user activity have never been more important.
"Postini's directory synchronization allows us to automatically update our District Postini user directory without having to go to the admin console every time I add or delete a user," said Ted Larison, director of technology, Homer Central School. "Directory Synchronization is an intelligent tool to facilitate the consistent application of our messaging policies with minimal administration."
Postini's patented message processing architecture is unique in offering fine-grained policy controls that enable message processing rules on inbound and outbound content, for email and instant messaging traffic, based on global, group or user requirements. With Directory Sync, changes made at the customer premise are reflected immediately and automatically in the Postini system. With Directory Sync, Postini is able to collect a list of authorized users and aliases from the directory server and keep it in sync as records change. Directory Sync saves time and effort by automatically recognizing and reflecting changes to Microsoft Active Directory, Domino, Sun ONE and any other DSML compliant directory. Postini Directory Sync allows full support for email, aliases and IM screen names to be mapped to content policy rules in the Postini system.
With Postini's single sign-on capability, users no longer need to manage and recall multiple passwords and authentication information in order to access their messaging systems. As corporate IT enforces centralized access control and password policy management, with on-premise single sign-on solutions, Postini can seamlessly integrate into these identity management resources. Either via proprietary secure interfaces, or via the SAML standard, Postini provides a simple and cost effective way for IT to govern access and authorizations of the Postini services based on internal corporate policies. This level of integration ensures that access to Postini's service infrastructure is managed as tightly as on-premise corporate resources. Postini, with industry leading and patented end-user and administrative management tools, allows access to system resources to be governed by authentication and authorization polices as they are defined by IT.
Single sign-on capabilities for administrators and end users, and synchronization with existing corporate directories are just two of the most recent examples of how Postini is helping enterprises improve business processes. Postini provides seamless integration with current IT resources in order to balance the best of breed message management capability available via Postini's service offering with customer-specific requirements for managing change.
These enhancements augment Postini's policy and security alerts for administrators, automated user account creation, and 24x7 follow-the-sun support, all of which are designed to help companies reduce risk, save time, improve productivity, and extend IT budgets.
"Postini continues to raise the bar to provide businesses automated message management and security with minimal demands on internal IT infrastructure," said Scott Petry, founder, chief technical officer and executive vice president of product development at Postini. "Customers tell us that while they benefit from our message security and compliance processing capabilities, they want to integrate our user management, authentication and policies with their existing solutions. These latest enhancements to the Postini system answer these needs and provide simplicity, flexibility and management oversight."
About Postini
Postini is the global leader in Integrated Message Management, providing compliance, security, availability, and visibility solutions for corporate email and instant messaging. Postini offers a complete suite of services including message archiving and discovery, spam and virus blocking, and messaging continuity. The company's powerful managed services infrastructure seamlessly integrates with customers' infrastructure, providing uncompromising security for more companies than any other provider in the world. Postini's services protect organizations from a wide range of threats, reduce compliance and legal risks, ensure reliable communications, and enable the intelligent management and enforcement of enterprise policies that protect companies' intellectual property, reputations and business relationships. For more information contact Postini at 866-767-8461, or visit http://www.postini.com/.
CONTACT: Marty Tacktill of Postini, +1-650-486-8269, or marty@postini.com; or Kimberly Canedo of Neale-May & Partners, +1-650-328-5555, ext. 278, or kcanedo@nealemay.com.
