WebDir SMB Provides Small Businesses Enterprise Level Directory Management Solutions to Create and Control Groups in Microsoft(R) Active Directory(TM)

LIVERMORE, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Imanami, the leader in the emerging Group Management market, today announced WebDir SMB, a web-based directory and group management solution designed for small businesses. As organizations streamline processes to maximize already limited resources, the introduction of WebDir SMB provides small businesses an enterprise-class tool to reduce administrative costs and increase the accuracy of Microsoft® Active Directory(TM) for security and employee productivity.

Active Directory gives companies the power to manage the identities and relationships that make up a business network. With Active Directory, IT staff can configure and administer system, user, and application settings, assign policies, deploy software, and apply critical updates.

Accuracy in Active Directory is essential to the daily operations of a company, but it is manually time intensive, expensive and often done behind schedule. According to a survey by Osterman Research, 81% of organizations manage groups in Active Directory manually but still have inaccurate information.

In today's economy, IT resources are already scarce. Administrators can't afford to do mundane tasks, and managing group lifecycles is too important to delegate to someone who doesn't understand the implications of identity management. Without an accurate directory, a company jeopardizes their security posture when the wrong people have access to information. Productivity also suffers when the right people don't have access to the important information.

WebDir enables companies to accurately manage their information in Active Directory. WebDir puts the power in the hands of the IT department to delegate the management of contact and group information to the end-user, freeing up resources and increasing productivity.

Just like larger enterprises, small businesses need to manage users and groups, but can't afford more complicated software to automate the process. WebDir SMB allows IT staff in small businesses the ability to delegate important group and directory management functions to the end users automatically while keeping strong controls in place from IT. End users can easily access and manage their own groups, decreasing the need for help desk calls.

In addition, as a small business customer grows, WebDir SMB allows companies to easily make the transition to upgrade to Imanami's enterprise class GroupID Self-Service in order to pre-empt issues that they may have as the number of employees increases.

"In a small business IT department, each staff member holds a number of responsibilities, from making sure that the CEO's laptop is fixed, to ensuring that the servers don't go down," Phil Kelly, CEO, Infant Technology. "Imanami not only gives IT the ability to delegate selected group management tasks to end users, freeing up precious hours for other issues, but this also eliminates the time end users need to wait for updated groups."

"SMBs have the same problems managing Active Directory as large enterprises but have fewer resources available to them," said Edward Killeen, VP, Sales and Marketing, Imanami. "Making sure user and group information is accurate is even more important in a highly dynamic small business, especially one that is moving from manual to automated processes. WebDir SMB gives small businesses directory and group management solutions with an affordable price point lacking in this segment."

Pricing and Availability

WebDir SMB is available now. Pricing is $249 per 50 seats and comes with a 60 day money back guarantee.

About Imanami Corporation

Imanami® is a Microsoft® Gold Partner that specializes in group lifecycle management for Active Directory in Microsoft environments. Imanami's software solutions significantly enhance the functionality of Exchange and Active Directory implementations. Based in Livermore, California, Imanami is a private company with customers in industries such as education, financial services, government, healthcare, retail and telecom. For more information about Imanami, please visit www.imanami.com or call 1-800-684-8515, Option 1.

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