FrontRange Solutions (News - Alert) has announced the availability of DeviceWall 5.0, the latest version of its endpoint security product. It extends the product’s USB control and data encryption capabilities to PCs running the Windows Vista operating system, giving security managers a single product to manage security across heterogeneous environments. 

 

Kevin J. Smith, vice president of products at FrontRange, said more companies are introducing Windows Vista onto their corporate networks, “so it is important that they are able to apply the same security policies created for the rest of the IT infrastructure to any new PCs that are purchased.”

 

DeviceWall provides single-screen administration of security policies that manage computer users’ access to all types of portable storage devices across the corporate network, “giving the administrators the granularity to manage individual device types as well as management reports to monitor device usage,” company officials say.

 

DeviceWall 5.0 is the first product release since FrontRange Solutions acquired Centennial Software in April 2008. It’s available immediately.

 

In early August, FrontRange Solutions announced the availability of FrontRange IT Service Management Version 6.1, described by company officials as “a next-generation software application” for mid-sized and enterprise IT and customer service organizations, providing business process support and self-service for IT operations.

 

“These products, including ITSM, enable our customers to realize the benefits of IT best practices and ITIL along with the Microsoft (News - Alert) .NET Framework 3.0,” said Kevin J. Smith, at the time.

 

Company officials said product enhancements include an improved self-service portal user experience, including expanded business process support and VoIP communications capabilities such as click-to-call and broadcast.

 

There’s also updated service request management with new tools in configuration management for change management control.

 

The new version of the product also offers visualization of the Configuration Management Database, including impact analysis, drill-down controls and a dynamic, graphical service map. It has support for the latest Microsoft business automation and presentation technologies, including Microsoft Office 2007, Outlook 2007, .NET (News - Alert) 3.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation.