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June 13, 2011
Service Packs 6.0.5.0, Service Pack Leave a comment
Stoneware, Inc. released SP5 for webNetwork 6.0
This service pack includes fixes and enhancements for webNetwork 6.0 and should be applied to all Stoneware webNetwork servers.
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
April 13, 2011
Original Link to Press Release
Secure Cloud Access Unlocks Simple and Secure Way to Access Applications Anytime, Anywhere
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – April 12, 2011: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced the industry’s first Cloud Ready Clients that are optimized to interact with the cloud and give end users the best possible experience when accessing applications and services. Cloud Ready Client, an enterprise-class innovation developed with Intel includes all ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktop PCs powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ or Core™ vPro™ Processors and unique Intel-developed Application Programming Interfaces that expose key hardware attributes of the client to cloud applications.
Lenovo also announced Lenovo Secure Cloud Access (SCA) powered by Stoneware’s webNetwork, a delivery method that improves the way cloud-based applications interact with end user devices like Lenovo Cloud Ready Clients, smartphones and tablets. SCA gives users access to their Web or local and published Microsoft Windows applications on nearly any device through a browser-based interface that mimics the look and feel of their normal Windows desktop. SCA delivers applications based on the device and adjusts security and performance settings to that device. SCA is the first commercial application to deliver an enhanced experience through a Lenovo Cloud Ready Client.
SCA allows business organizations to quickly deploy a private/hybrid cloud inside the data center on physical or virtual servers, simplifying application delivery and services to users. Users can easily access the Web-based desktop since it only requires an Internet connection and a Java-enabled browser.
Simple Access on Any Device, Anywhere
When users access a cloud service from their Cloud Ready Client or from a different device, SCA recognizes situational cues, including the user authentication method, capabilities of the device being used, time of day, location and network. SCA secures and guides the delivery by allocating local or cloud based resources based upon these situational cues. If the user is operating a Lenovo Cloud Ready Client, SCA detects the device’s capabilities, such as processor performance, free memory, graphics and available bandwidth and takes advantage of those capabilities to optimize application delivery and end user experience securely.
Users have a familiar browsing experience since SCA runs on popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Additionally, the SCA Web-based desktop browser has the same look and feel of a standard browser with a task bar, recent history and favorites, and ability to personalize the theme.
Covered by Fortified Security Layers
SCA delivers enhanced security for both users and IT managers with the application and access including support for SSL or VPN access, integration with Active Directory, eDirectory or LDAP solutions and the ability to add additional levels of authentication in situations or on devices where authentication doesn’t already exist. SCA minimizes cloud virus contamination by granting users access to their organizations’ applications and print and file resources without permitting any access to the organizations’ Intranet.
Additionally, by allowing single sign-on to applications (Windows or web, internal or hosted) and services, SCA simplifies access so businesses can reduce IT management overhead associated with password resets. To further improve single sign-on access and security, a Lenovo Cloud Ready Client with built-in finger print reader can complement or replace application unique passwords.
Quotes
“For cloud computing to be truly effective, the cloud must recognize the client device and its capabilities, and the applications and resources have to be capable of exposing themselves to the cloud. That’s why Lenovo Cloud Ready Client and SCA are a match made in heaven,” said Rich Cheston, executive director and distinguished engineer, Lenovo. “SCA levels the playing field between cloud application and device by mirroring what users are already familiar with while creating an easy management experience for the IT staff.”
“It is exciting to see how our collaboration with Lenovo and Stoneware has led to Lenovo’s Secure Cloud Access, the first solution that delivers upon our vision of the Client Aware Cloud” said Andy Tryba, director of strategy, Business Client Platforms Division, Intel. “This innovative solution will dynamically deliver the best end-user experience based on the context and capabilities of the user’s device. When deployed with new Lenovo ThinkPad laptops and ThinkCentre desktops, based on 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ or Core™ vPro™ Processors, Lenovo’s Secure Cloud Access, will enable organizations to deploy cloud services that are more immersive, more secure, and more cost effective.”
“SCA from Lenovo will help us maintain our rigorous technology standards and provide greater choice for students, faculty and staff who want to have the freedom to use any device – their’s or our’s – to be able to access their applications and resources,” said Trevor Long, IT Director at the College of Education, University of Utah. “The ability for SCA to detect the context of the user and device helps deliver the best experience, performance and cost for all the applications and resources. From a security standpoint, SCA meets all of our requirements. We can easily enable single sign-on access and keep remote devices off of our internal systems minimizing contamination. SCA from Lenovo will give us a competitive advantage.”
Pricing and Availability1
Secure Cloud Access is currently available in North America through Lenovo sales and Lenovo business partners. Pricing starts at approximately $80 per user for commercial customers.
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About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Lenovo’s business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.
1Prices do not include tax or shipping and are subject to change without notice and is tied to specific terms and conditions. Reseller prices may vary. Price does not include all advertised features. All offers subject to availability. Lenovo reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice.
April 13, 2011
Original Link to Press Release
INDIANAPOLIS, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Stoneware, Inc., a leader in private cloud enablement, today announced that the company will participate in demonstrating Lenovo’s Secure Cloud Access (SCA) solution, powered by Stoneware’s webNetwork, at Intel’s Developers Forum in Beijing, China the week of April 12, 2011.
Stoneware, Inc. and Lenovo have collaborated to create Lenovo’s SCA private/hybrid cloud offering designed specifically to take advantage of Lenovo’s new Cloud Ready Clients. SCA is the first cloud application that integrates a new set of Intel API’s to create a secure and balanced cloud platform within the organization’s data center. The solution provides secure access to web, Windows and hosted applications enable a end-user use a java supported browser to access their application and resources from anywhere using almost any device.
“We are very excited about the release of SCA and the ongoing partnership with Lenovo”, states Rick German, CEO of Stoneware, Inc. “The introduction of Lenovo’s Cloud Ready Client completely changes how an IT organization can securely deliver services and applications to their end-users using the SCA cloud technology. SCA understand the ‘context’ of the Cloud Ready Device and allows IT organizations to quickly deliver an improved the end-user experience while optimizing for critical success factors such as performance, cost, and bandwidth.”
“We’ve developed Secure Cloud Access and our Cloud Ready Clients to change the way organizations operate, by leveraging the cloud to make their workforce more productive and IT more efficient”, said Peter Schrady, Vice President & General Manager, Lenovo. “By collaborating with Stoneware, we’re able to create a innovative and game changing cloud solution that allows our customer to utilize the power of the client to deliver balanced and cost-effective data center use with a great end-user experience.”
To find out more about Lenovo’s new Secure Cloud Access, powered by Stoneware’s webNetwork, please see: http://www.lenovo.com/securecloudaccess
About Stoneware
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Stoneware is a privately held corporation providing innovative software that enables organizations to deploy their own private cloud and the virtual web desktop to access it. For more information about Stoneware and its products, visit www.stone-ware.com, or call 888-473-9485.
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April 7, 2011
zoho webNetwork, zoho Leave a comment
If you use Zoho with webNetwork please be sure to read Stoneware knowledge base 4969 to find out what you have to do before May 8th 2011.
Zoho announced that it will stop allowing http requests to their apps that are integrated from application like webNetwork.
From Zoho:
Thank you for using Zoho API.
We currently support both HTTP and HTTPS in our API implementations. However, starting May 8th 2011, we are planning to support all API transactions only via HTTPS. We will discontinue support for HTTP.
This additional SSL, 256-bit security system will make our third party integrations more robust especially with the data transfer processes.
After May 7th 2011, if you still use HTTP in your code, API requests will not be executed. Hence, we strongly recommend that you use Zoho APIs with HTTPS only. For example, an API request to open a new document should look like https://export.writer.zoho.com/remotedoc.im instead of http://export.writer.zoho.com/remotedoc.im.
Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you need any help during this transition.
March 11, 2011
Stoneware, Inc. released SP4 for webNetwork 6.0
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
Changes since RC2
1) Fix for Password self service that depending on your configuration could lead to a stack trace.
2) JS error when trying to save a file node path for a calendar object.
March 7, 2011
RC, Service Packs Leave a comment
Stoneware, Inc. released SP4 RC2 for webNetwork 6.0
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
Changes since RC1
1) Fix for Password self service that depending on your configuration could lead to a stack trace.
March 5, 2011
RC, Service Packs Leave a comment
Stoneware, Inc. released SP4 RC1 for webNetwork 6.0
This service pack includes fixes and enhancements for webNetwork 6.0 and should be applied to all Stoneware webNetwork servers.
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
March 5, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS, IN–(Marketwire – March 4, 2011) – Stoneware, Inc., a leader in private cloud software, today announced that it will be exhibiting at the Cloud Connect conference in Santa Clara, CA the week of March 7, 2011.
Stoneware will be demonstrating its flagship product webNetwork. webNetwork provides web-enabled delivery of the data center through a desktop built inside a web browser. Unlike many cloud technologies that use VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructures) as the basis of their cloud service, webNetwork leverages web technologies to create a scalable, cost effective solution that can deliver a web desktop to a growingly diverse device market.
Key aspects of the webNetwork solution include:
• Provides access to data center resources through a desktop built in a browser
• Publishes web, Windows, and SaaS applications inside the virtual web desktop
• Supports single sign-on to web applications, file systems, databases, Terminal Services, Citrix, and hosted applications
• Secured through advanced two-tier, relay/server architecture
• Advanced web interface for accessing internal network file systems
• Scales to thousands of concurrent users on a single server
Cloud ConnectCloud Connect brings together the entire cloud eco-system to better understand the transformation we’re experiencing and promises to be the defining event of the cloud computing industry. TechWeb has successfully produced cloud events intended to define and frame cloud computing discussions for business technology executives, IT professionals and developers since June 2008
About Stoneware
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Stoneware is a privately held corporation providing innovative software that enables organizations to deploy their own private cloud and the virtual web desktop to access it.
For more information about Stoneware and its products, visit www.stone-ware.com, or call 888-473-9485.
Contact:
Ken Quinton
(888-473-9485)
January 17, 2011
Stoneware, Inc. released SP3 for webNetwork 6.0
This service pack includes fixes and enhancements for webNetwork 6.0 and should be applied to all Stoneware webNetwork servers.
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
December 10, 2010
Service Packs 6.0.2.0, service packs Leave a comment
Stoneware, Inc. released SP2 for webNetwork 6.0
This service pack includes fixes and enhancements for webNetwork 6.0 and should be applied to all Stoneware webNetwork servers.
The service pack can be downloaded from the Stoneware download page located here.
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