Centrify Corporation, the leader in unified identity management across cloud, mobile and data center, and AVG Technologies N.V., the online security company for 182 million active users,
today announced that Centrify will power the new AVG CloudCare SSO
Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) offering. AVG CloudCare managed service
provider (MSP) organizations will be able to secure and manage their
customers' mobile devices and enable easy one-click access to cloud
applications from these devices.
AVG
CloudCare is a cloud-based administration platform offering service
providers an easy way to implement and manage IT services for business
(SMB) customers, including antivirus, content filtering, online backup,
email security, and remote management and monitoring (RMM) of apps,
cloud apps, servers, workstations and mobile devices. With Centrify,
AVG CloudCare IDaaS will enable MSPs to provide a comprehensive offering
that combines enterprise user identity management for SaaS and mobile
apps with cloud-based enterprise mobility management. With AVG IDaaS,
SMB customers can quickly adopt SaaS apps, eliminate password risks and
unauthorized access to SaaS apps, boost employee productivity, and
enable BYOD initiatives.
"As
businesses of all sizes embrace cloud applications and mobility
initiatives, it's critical we enable MSPs to address these
organizations' employee security and lifecycle challenges related to
user, device and application on-boarding, and when employees leave a
company," said Mike Foreman, general manager for SMB of AVG. "By
combining Centrify's IDaaS and EMM functionality with our existing RMM
offering, Centrify enables AVG to provide a turnkey solution that simply
and securely maximizes mobile and SaaS productivity with seamless
access to our entire suite of AVG services - along with a rich catalog
of more than 2,500 SaaS apps - for customers that have heterogeneous IT
environments."
The new
AVG CloudCare IDaaS offers a secure cloud gateway with single sign-on
(SSO) and multi-factor authentication features to every SaaS
application, including the AVG CloudCare suite. Centrify helps bring
AVG CloudCare full-circle, enabling MSPs to provide secure access
controls across any business infrastructure scenario. Benefits to MSPs
include:
- New service that solves real security and usability problems in a BYO app and device world
- Monetize the wave of mobility and cloud adoption with a relevant cloud subscription service
- Help businesses deploy, provision and manage popular SaaS apps such as Office365 and Google Apps
- First-to-SMB-market advantage
- Seamless management of customers with their existing Active Directory infrastructure
- Turnkey, sticky, custom-brandable service with identity, application and mobile management
The Centrify User Suite
provides a single Active Directory- or cloud-based login, including
from mobile devices and Macs, to corporate resources and SaaS apps such
as Office 365, Zoho and WebEx. A secure web portal provides
one-click app access, as well as self-service account management, so IT
can embrace "bring your own" initiatives without sacrificing security
policy. As a result, end users are able to
access all of their applications from their PC, Mac or mobile device
with one-click access using a single existing identity, while IT can take control of BYO devices enabling both security and user productivity. Unlike
competitive solutions that are patched together to combine IDaaS and
EMM functionality, Centrify's solutions are designed cohesively as a
single platform from the ground-up, and are also easily customized and
rebranded, providing OEMs such as AVG with fast, simple integration with
existing offerings.
"As
businesses increasingly shift to cloud and mobile environments,
traditional access management and security measures no longer apply, and
enterprise identity is rapidly becoming the best new security," said
Shreyas Sadalgi, senior vice president of business development for
Centrify. "Our partnership with AVG validates Centrify's holistic
approach to IDaaS with integrated EMM as a powerful and differentiated
offering for today's diverse technology business landscape. Fortified
with Centrify technology, AVG CloudCare customers can easily tackle the
challenges associated with multiple cloud applications and an expanding
number of devices entering organizations both on premises and in the
field."