Centrify Awards & Reviews
Centrify solutions have garnered awards from a broad range of industry experts
Here are some of the awards and recognition that Centrify has received. Also check our Customer Success Stories for a sampling of what our customers say about the value of our solutions.
- Centrify Suite 2012 Platform Earns Editors' Best Gold Award in Auditing/ComplianceWindows IT Pro
Centrify was named the "2011 Editors' Best Gold Award" winner in the Auditing/Compliance awards category for Centrify Suite 2012's DirectAudit solution.
"DirectAudit 2.0 has truly useful capabilities. Replaying a session, in full-motion video, brings a new degree of insight to auditing sessions because it provides the auditor with an extra degree of context about what the user was doing during his session. Examining only the commands that were executed won't show the auditor what windows the user was opening, and what avenues he was exploring before he actually attempted to execute a command. Plus, Centrify's long track record of integrating UNIX and Linux into AD, and managing them holistically, only adds to its appeal."
- Sean Deuby, technical director for Windows IT Pro 
- Centrify Suite 2012 Platform Earns Community Choice Gold AwardWindows IT Pro The Centrify Suite 2012 platform has was named as the gold medal winner of the "2011 Community Choice Award" in the Audit/Compliance awards category category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine.
- Centrify Suite 2012 Named as Government Industry's Best Identity Management Platform by Government Security NewsGovernment Security News (GSN) Government Security News (GSN) named its Centrify Suite 2012 security and compliance solution as the government industry's Best Identity Management Platform in its 2011 Homeland Security Awards program. The annual GSN Homeland Security Awards competition celebrates the ongoing public-private partnership between all branches of Federal, state and local government in the United States; and the private sector vendors of IT security, whose combined efforts successfully defend and protect the nation's people, property and way of life.
- Centrify Suite 2011: 5 StarsPeter Stephenson, SC Magazine "The Centrify Suite provides administrators a way to integrate UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X users into the already existing Active Directory structure for seamless user and policy management across the enterprise. ... Most management can be done natively right in the Active Directory Users and Computers management console on a domain controller, so creating group policy and managing accounts is seamless and comfortable. ...Each of the components to the Centrify Suite has its own quick-start, as well as administrator guide. We find all to be well organized and easy to follow, complete with clear step-by-step instructions and screen shots. ...We find this solution to be an excellent value for the money."
- Centrify Wins Best ID Management Boardroom Award at 2011 GTRA CouncilGovernment Technology Research Alliance Centrify received the Best ID Management Boardroom Award at the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) held in Bedford Springs, Pa. The GTRA Boardroom Award winners were determined by popular vote from attendees, which consisted of more than 100 federal leaders in a variety of technology areas of expertise.
- Centrify Suite Takes Top Honors in 2010 Community Choice Awards by Windows IT Pro MagazineWindows IT Pro
The Centrify Suite was named the gold medal winner of the "2010 Community Choice Awards" as the Best Interoperability Product by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine. "Thousands of IT pros nominated and voted for their favorite products in our 2010 Community Choice Awards," said Jason Bovberg, senior editor at Windows IT Pro. "... Our winners have earned a unique honor to stand out among their peers as winners of our Community Choice Awards."
- Centrify Suite 2010: 5 StarsPeter Stephenson, SC Magazine "The Centrify Suite allows administrators to control users access to Linux and UNIX machines using their already existing Active Directory accounts. This product features the ability to place granular access controls on those users, such as what systems they can access and when they can access them, as well as what commands they can run. ... This product not only allows administrators to streamline accounts, but also to be certain that users do not get more permissions and rights than they need. ... We found all documentation to be easy to follow with many step-by-step instructions and screen shots." The review concludes: "Good marriage of *nix and Active Directory. ... We find this product to be a good value for the money."
- Centrify Suite Named 2009 Editors' Best Interoperability Product Award Winner by Windows IT Pro MagazineWindows IT Pro Magazine
The Centrify Suite 2008 was named as the gold medal winner of the "2009 Editors' Best Awards" in the Best Interoperability Product category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine.
"If you're a systems administrator in charge of managing a diverse assortment of platforms and OSs while simultaneously remaining compliant with complex regulatory requirements such as HIPPA, SOX, and PCI, you should put Centrify Suite 2008 on your shopping list."
Jeff James, Windows IT Pro"We love Centrify DirectControl. It allows our clients to easily integrate their non-Windows systems into Active Directory (AD), and we can even support AD GPO's on Linux, UNIX and Macs!"
Dustin Puryear, contributor, Windows IT Pro 
- Centrify Suite Winner of the Bronze Community Choice Best Interoperability Product Award by Windows IT Pro MagazineWindows IT Pro Magazine The Centrify Suite 2008 was named as the bronze medal winner of the "2009 Community Choice Awards" in the Best Interoperability Product category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro magazine.
- Centrify Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory Centrify was selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory.
- Top Mac Client Management SolutioninformIT If you are working in an Active Directory environment, Centrify's Direct Control for Mac OS X is a stellar client management solution for your Mac workstations. Direct Control extends the Active Directory schema with support for hundreds of additional group policies aimed at managing the Mac OS X user environment.
- Centrify = A "Right Vendor" to Choose Burton Group in a recent report on AD Bridge Products notes that Centrify DirectControl is a "mature, technically strong, full featured, and possess broad platform support for SSO applications and UNIX platforms" and "organizations looking for tight integration of their AD bridge and UNIX security products should evaluate the Centrify offerings."
- Redmond Magazine Readers' Choice AwardRedmond Magazine The readers of Redmond Magazine have chosen Centrify DirectControl for the award of Preferred Product in Interoperability. For the second year in a row, Centrify is the preferred choice of Redmond Magazine readers of solutions that integrate UNIX, Linux, Mac, web, database and enterprise application platforms with Microsoft Active Directory.
- Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award For Best in Identity ManagementNetwork Products Guide The Network Product's Guide honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. DirectControl has won the Network Product's Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Identity Management.
- Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Award for InteroperabilityWindows IT Pro Windows IT Pro Magazine's Editor's Best Awards honor products that our editors and contributors have identified as best of breed in their respective categories. These winning products provide exceptional value, top-notch performance, and are of strategic importance to the market.
- 2008 Global Excellence for Best Identity Management SoftwareInfo Security Products Guide Product innovation and customer trust are key to trouncing global economy uncertainties in 2008. We are pleased to honor Centrify DirectControl 4 as winner for 2008.
- Security Product of the YearAlex Barrett, SearchEnterpriseLinux.com Enterprise Linux News Centrify Corp.'s DirectControl 4 makes it drop-dead simple to incorporate Linux, Unix, Mac, Web and database platforms into a pre-existing Microsoft's Active Directory
- Centrify Is a 'Company to Watch' in 2008Linux Magazine As Linux continues to infiltrate the enterprise, we expect to hear more about Centrify in the coming year.
- DirectControl Is Windows IT Pro Editors' ChoiceDarren Ehmke & Eric B. Rux, Windows IT Pro You can't go wrong if you choose Centrify. If you want a seasoned contender with strong UNIX personality management and robust migration management, Centrify DirectControl gets our highest recommendation.
- Redmond Readers' Choice Awards 2007RedmondMag.com Interoperability continues to be a big issue. Getting Windows to play nice and cohabitate with Linux and Unix isn’t always easy, but Centrify is helping to ease that pain.
- Best Mac Integration SolutionRyan Faas, ComputerWorld DirectControl offers the simplest and most full-featured Active Directory integration solution for Mac OS X.
- Top Ten BioIT Trends for 2007Bio-ITWorld.com Companies with identity management systems built on Microsoft’s Active Directory will want to take a serious look at software products from Centrify.
- Centrify DirectControl: 4 StarsJulian Ashbourn, SC Magazine, UK The access-control integration across Windows and other environments alone is reason enough to take a serious look at this product.
