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Government / Military Mac users get PIV single sign-on from Thursby

by Steven Sande (May 29th, 2009)

Thursby Software is a longtime Mac development firm (since 1986) that has always had a mission: integrating Macs as full players in mixed-OS environments. While Mac OS X has gone a long way toward improving the situation of Mac users in predominantly Microsoft environments, there are still ...

Apple posts seminar for Integrating Active Directory

by Cory Bohon (Jun 6th, 2008)

Recently, Apple posted a new online seminar (linked from enterprise Apple Store pages) entitled "Best Practices for Integrating Mac OS X into Active Directory." This seminar will show registered participants how to deploy machines running OS X into existing Active Directory setups. Apple lists ...

Show floor video: Likewise Enterprise brings Macs into AD

by Michael Rose (Jan 18th, 2008)

When your corporate IT department says "Sure, we like the Mac, but we can't manage it through Group Policy, so it's inherently evil," you can offer several alternatives: Centrify, ADmit Mac, and Likewise (formerly Centeris) -- all will provide smooth integration of your Macs into AD and give the ...

LANrev v4 released

by Michael Rose (Dec 12th, 2006)

Got a big ol' bunch of Macs to be managed? Your choices are numerous, with Casper, FileWave and of course Apple Remote Desktop all smoothly monitoring and updating your OS X clients. Now, with the latest update to cross-platform asset manager LANrev (which bears a striking resemblance to another ...

The strange tale of Active Directory support in OS X

by Scott McNulty (Aug 21st, 2006)

Applepeels is always an interesting read. If you aren't familiar with that blog, it is written by a former Apple employee who was fairly high up on the org chart, so he brings an interesting perspective to all things Apple. His latest post covers two things that are of interest to me: working with ...

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