Mandriva is proud to announce the release of Corporate Desktop
4.0,
the brand new version of its enterprise-dedicated work station.
Ergonomically designed, secure, comprehensive, easy to use and to
administer: by consulting its corporate clients and building on its own
expertise in the desktop area, Mandriva developed Corporate Desktop
4.0, a distribution that can be installed in less than 15 minutes and
extensively customized thanks to a new post-installation tool.
"Corporate Desktop 4.0 is the result of several years of work on
integrating the best open source technologies into a unified product
dedicated to the enterprise desktop. Robust, secure, and designed for
large companies who want to deploy a quality open source desktop, this
distribution benefits from Mandriva's experience in ergonomics and ease
of use," says Anne-Laure Nicolas, Director of Engineering of
Mandriva.
Corporate Desktop 4.0 focuses on the key points for business: directory
administration and integration, mobility, security and ergonomics.
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Directory administration and integration: to complement
directory-based authentication, Corporate Desktop 4.0 includes a new
tool to set KDE user rights from an LDAP directory.
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Mobility: Corporate Desktop 4.0 features simplified
configuration of secure remote access (DrakVPN) and simplified
configuration of 3G data cards in order to remain efficient wherever
you are. Mandriva also plans in future to release Corporate Desktop 4.0
on a secured USB key, in order for you to be able to access your data
and your work environment anywhere at any time.
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Security: Corporate Desktop 4.0 includes support for data
encryption, high security authentication (including smart cards and
fingerprint readers), secure connections and an interactive firewall.
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Ergonomics: Corporate Desktop 4.0 boasts a completely new design
for the desktop, integration of the latest 3D technologies (Xgl, AIGLX
and Metisse), and the ease of use and accessibility you expect from a
Mandriva desktop. Extensive hardware and certified software support
Mandriva also takes advantage of its partnerships with many hardware
vendors and software publishers to offer extensive hardware
compatibility and a complete range of ISV software. With the support of
these companies, Corporate Desktop 4.0 features certified compatibility
with Intel®, HP® and NVIDIA® hardware, and integrates software from
Arkeia®, BitDefender®, VMware® and many more.
Corporate Desktop 4 is built on a proven base system which includes
support for a wide range of current and future hardware platforms. The
provided kernel already includes support for many new hardware
platforms expected to be released during 2007 and 2008. Thanks to the
close links between Mandriva and large hardware manufacturers,
Corporate Desktop 4 supports the latest technologies, including:
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a large range of disk controllers - especially JMicron IDE and
SiS 966 / 968 SATA;
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many laptop SD card readers;
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Attansic L1 ethernet controllers;
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USB UVC-compliant video devices;
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Ralink RT2571W/RT2671-based wireless devices.
"Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 benefits greatly from the results of
the strategic alliance between Intel and Mandriva. For the last two
years,engineers from the two companies have worked together daily on
the implementation of Linux support for the next generation of
hardware,"
explains Anne-Laure Nicolas.
Like every Mandriva product, Corporate Desktop 4.0 comes with an
extensive range of services: long term security and bugfix maintenance
lifespan (five years), Web support, professional phone support, and
expert consulting services to develop particular projects and help you
migrate to Linux.
Corporate Desktop 4.0 works perfectly in a mixed Linux / Microsoft®
Windows® environment and will blend easily into your network with its
support for common authentication systems, access to shared data, and
support for collaborative work solutions.
Learn more
about Corporate Desktop 4.0.
Mandriva offers a test drive of Corporate Desktop 4.0. You can register and download the
full version of the Mandriva Corporate Desktop 4 and access
official updates for one month. Click here to register:
As a complement to its desktop solution, Mandriva offers a server
distribution and a park administration solution:
For all sales enquiries, please contact us at: sales@mandriva.com
About Mandriva
Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is
the publisher of the popular Mandriva Linux operating system, one of
the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems. The company
offers its enterprise, government, and educational customers a complete
range of GNU/Linux and open source software and related services.
Mandriva products are available in more than 140 countries through
dedicated channels and also from Mandriva Store, the company's online
store. Born in 1998, the company has offices in the United States,
France and Brazil. In May 2007, Mandriva finalized the acquisition of
Linbox, an open source pioneer specializing in turnkey IT
infrastructure solutions.
More information at: http://www.mandriva.com
Press contacts
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Celine Harrand - charrand@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 97 29
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Guillaume Martin - gmartin@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 64
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Caroline Garlatti - cgarlatti@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 67
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