General Overview

Mac enterprise challenge

High-level comparison of products and functionality across Mac versions

Experience - 1,000,000+ paid installs at 60,000+ clients across 7 continents

Thursby is well represented in Japan (Kanji version), the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Nordic countries as well as the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China with about a third of its business international over the last quarter century.

Selected quotes

• "ADmitMac is the hands-down choice, 5 stars out of 5, the clear winner"
  Comparative Review of Mac-to-AD Integration Solutions, Windows IT Pro Magazine

• "ADmitMac sets the bar to measure all others by"
  Sam Litt, author Mac OS X Bible, long-time user

• "For situations where performance is paramount, DAVE and ADmitMac are the preferred choices."
  Geert van Teylingen, NetApp Network Attached Storage

• ”DAVE is a flawless program. Once it's installed, it just works and solves problems for us with Final Cut Pro that we had with AFP”
  Bob Zelin, President, Rescue 1, Professional television and audio industry solutions

• "DAVE is one of those products that just 'works' - no hype, no fancy marketing, no paid endorsements."
  Michael Kulyk, MACSPECTRUM, Apple Certified System Administrator, long-time user and installer

• "I think PKard for Mac is a great product. It allowed me to access my AKO and OWA secure mail sites with ease"
  Ronald English, US Army

Click here for a summary of recent press.

Why Thursby Software?

We have innovation in our corporate DNA, defining the enterprise Apple integration market with a series of industry firsts, years before Apple itself and any other vendor.

• 1996 - 1st. Mac SMB / CIFS
                    (we later co-wrote the Mac standards with Microsoft)
• 2002 - 1st. Mac DFS
• 2003 - 1st. Mac Active Directory
• 2006 - 1st. Mac US Government PKI smart card integration
• 2011 - 1st. Mac remote access smart card integration
• 2011 - 1st. iPad and iPhone secure browser
• 2012 - 1st. iPad and iPhone consumer smart card reader

Thursby has quite simply the longest history, widest user base and best software for enterprise Apple integration in the industry.  With over 60,000 Mac-Windows clients, over 10,000 in the last year alone, and over a million software licenses sold, clients come from all seven continents and range from creative artists, studios and publishing, to the government, education and energy, to the Fortune 500 and OEMs.

• Simple - client-based, no lock-in to proprietary Windows server software, no NOC, no OS X Server and no schema changes for simple deployment and maintenance
• Transparent - leverages standard Windows or Mac tools, infrastructure and processes for reduced costs, time-lines, risk and overall rollout complexity, with greater security
• Complete - everything included end-to-end, so no hidden costs for server software or access fees, missing features, required 3rd party software, required training or professional services and backed by 100% Apple-Microsoft engineering and support specialists

Tailored offerings, not one size fits all

• Media & entertainment - emphasis on Apple creative, collaborative workflows and large volumes of digital media treated via high-end tools
• Education, research & non-profit - special, lower pricing and emphasis on specific Apple educational and research needs
• Business, healthcare & government - focus on Apple security and compliance in enterprise environments following policies and standards such as SOX, HIPAA, PCI and HSPD-12

eBook

How to integrate Macs into en enterprise PC World

Mac, iPad & iPhone products

Not sure which Thursby CAC, PIV or PIV-I product best meets your needs on Mac, iPad or iPhone?  Click here.