Achieve Enterprise Harmony: One Secure Network Serving Macs & PCs

 

Are Macs a critical component of your IT infrastructure? Have you struggled with ways to integrate them into your Windows file & print server environment? 

Apple’s traction in the enterprise is accelerating rapidly – industries where Macintoshes could rarely be found except for in the design department are becoming staple platforms in most businesses in the world. In addition to the large number of enterprises that are offering employees a Mac option are businesses that are embracing the consumerization of IT, and allowing employee-owned devices like the Mac into the enterprise IT ecosystem.

Macs offer a rich user experience that improves productivity for its fans, but how does a Windows-based enterprise effectively integrate a platform not natively designed to work within that Windows infrastructure?

With a simple server install and configuration process, ExtremeZ-IP empowers enterprise IT to seamlessly integrate Macintosh computers into existing Windows infrastructure, allowing Mac users to have the same access to Windows file and print servers as PC users and without the IT headache of overwhelming help desk calls and inaccessible and corrupted files.
 
Over 6000 enterprises worldwide use ExtremeZ-IP to empower Macs and PCs to connect, coexist, and communicate in a Windows based network.
 
 

ExtremeZ-IP Delivers Seamless Access

 

 

Thousands of organizations today are already using ExtremeZ-IP to:

  • Allow Macs to use the same file and print resources as PCs, simplifying management and consolidating servers
  • Reduce the number of help desk incidents generated by Mac users
  • Eliminate file corruption and incompatibility created by Mac users accessing Windows servers
  • Simplify administration through seamless integration with Active Directory and Distributed File System (DFS)

 

ExtremeZ-IP

  • Increase productivity though ExtremeZ-IP's improved client integration, accessibility, and performance
  • Maintain expected Mac features such as Network Spotlight full content search and Time Machine backup
  • Enable Mac clients to self-restore previous versions of server-based files, reducing help desk backup restore request
  • Eliminate AppleTalk from their networks

Why ExtremeZ-IP

 

Eliminate incompatibilities that Macs encounter when using traditional Windows SMB files shares, including:

  • Elimination of 'dot underscore' files
  • Support for Mac file 'resource forks'
  • Proper handling of long file names
  • The ability to browse DFS namespaces
  • Compatibility with Mac OS 9 through the latest OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Integrate into a wide variety of Windows environments, including:

  • Windows 2003 and 2008 servers
  • Microsoft Clustering
  • Active Directory
  • Distributed File System (DFS)
  • Windows ACL permissions
  • Network-based Home Directories
  • Kerberos single sign-on authentication

Provide the Mac technologies your users expect, including:

  • AFP file server access
  • Network Spotlight
  • Time Machine
  • Bonjour resource discovery
  • Auto-configuration of network printers