Why Choose Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4
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The Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 is the result of Mandriva's experience and dedication to improving the users desktop experience and from listening to the feedback from our corporate clients.
In working with Mandriva's corporate clients, Mandriva made a review of business user's needs of an efficient Linux desktop solution. Those needs include:
Long term maintenance of the distribution; Accompaniment of support and services for desktop migration and maintenance; Selection of best open source software for professional use; Specific functionalities for using Linux in professional desktop; and Ergonomic and attractive Linux desktop.
Keys features of the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4
Integrating Corporate Directories
This integration is provided through three primary features:
- Authentication on Corporate Directories: authentication of desktop using OpenLDAP or Active Directory; improved management of disconnected authentication for roaming profiles;
- Creation of a management policy of users rights on the desktop (available in second ISO of beta program): users rights for KDE environment are held in the LDAP directory (graphical chart, applications access, control on environment use, etc.); and
- Improved management of the disconnected mode for roaming users.
Roaming Desktop
Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 provides all key features for a roaming professional desktop:
- Manage 3G network connections;
- Manage secured access through VPN;
- Manage disconnected mode for authentication and general use of desktop; and
- Provide easy-to-use tools for network configuration (drakconnect), VPN (drakVPN), firewalling (Interactive Firewall).
Securing authentication and data
Corporate Desktop 4 provides toolboxes for essential functionalities on a corporate desktop:
- Detection of authentication devices;
- Authentication frameworks;
- Encryption of containers for securing data; and
- Support for smartcards readers, finger print readers, secured keys for strong authentication.
Desktop Environment
Corporate Desktop 4 provides an ergonomic environment using the latest tested and stable technologies for 3D desktop:
- 3D technologies: XGL, AIGLX;
- Improvment in general ergonomics; and
- Using ergonomics and 3D desktop: integration of Metisse.
The Best of Virtualization Technologies
The Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 provides the best of virtualization technologies for testing, migration and development environments:
The Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 will provide a reference environment for CS4 and CD4 to use these virtualization tools.Document data
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