SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 24, 2014) - Centrify Corporation, the leader in unified identity services across data center, cloud and mobile, today announced that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named Centrify a Gold winner of the 9th Annual 2014 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards program in the Hot Companies and Organizations category. Centrify CEO Tom Kemp was also named a Silver winner for the CEO of the Year category.
These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world's premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners were honored in San Francisco last night during the 9 th annual dinner and presentations.
With Centrify, cumbersome passwords can become a thing of the past. Centrify's unified identity management software and cloud-based Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solutions offer organizations greater user productivity, improved IT efficiency, better regulatory compliance and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) of their identity infrastructure. This is achieved via the enablement of single sign-on , role-based access control, privileged identity management, auditing and compliance.
As a result, end users are able to access all their applications from their PC, Mac or mobile device using a single identity. IT administrators achieve greater time and process efficiency when managing a variety of operating systems, mobile devices and applications -- deployed on-premises and/or in the cloud -- because they are able to consolidate all identities and privileges. With Centrify, organizations can reduce their TCO associated with identity management and compliance by more than 50 percent.
"Centrify is proud to receive the highest honors as a 2014 Hot Company by our industry and peers, and especially by Network Products Guide," said Tom Kemp, Centrify CEO and founder. "Furthermore, receiving the Silver award for CEO of the Year is humbling, and a testament to the tremendous efforts of the entire Centrify team. This recognition further underscores Centrify's drive and vision as the company delivers game-changing solutions to power the next generation of enterprise security and employee access."
The annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.
About Network Products Guide Awards As industry's leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. Readers will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com
About Centrify Centrify provides unified identity services across data center, cloud and mobile environments that result in single sign-on (SSO) for users and a simplified identity infrastructure for IT. Centrify's unified identity management software and cloud-based Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solutions leverage an organization's existing identity infrastructure to enable single sign-on , multi-factor authentication, privileged identity management, auditing for compliance and mobile device management. Centrify customers can typically reduce their total cost of identity management and compliance by more than 50 percent, while improving business agility and overall security. Centrify is used by more than 5,000 customers worldwide, including approximately half of the Fortune 50 and more than 60 Federal agencies.
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