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The webOS desktop interface is written in Ajax and provides a complete desktop look and feel that runs inside a browser. Because it is based on Web 2.0 technology, the virtual web desktop is accessible anywhere the user has a browser and an Internet connection. See Image
The start menus is comprised of links and menus that are dynamically created when the user authenticates to the system. The links and menus provide the user with easy access to applications and services. See Image
The user can display icons on the virtual web desktop by selecting an assigned menu. When a desktop icon is selected the application or service will load in a web desktop window. See Image
Even though the virtual web desktop runs inside a browser, it can still create a window capable of displaying applications or services. See Image
webOS users can configure custom settings to their virtual web desktop interface. The custom settings will allow the user to configure the wallpaper, background colors, positioning, and desktop icons. See Image
The webOS virtual desktop requires only a browser and an Internet connection. For a list of tested and supported browsers see below:
The portal desktop is a more traditional web interface that provides the user with a common dashboard look and feel. The portal desktop can be created to match any organization's web site or web presence. There are over 20 portal desktop profiles that can be customized and branded by the administrator without any HTML coding. See Image
Organizations can leverage the product's features and services to quickly "morph" it into a customer intranet or employee extranet. The personalized dashboard, embedded services, and broad application integration makes it the perfect platform for deploying an intranet/extranet without the application development hassles of traditional portals.
The personal dashboard is an aggregation of components and gadgets that display business and personal information to the logged in user. The user can personalize their dashboard interface to display information that is most relevant in performing their assigned organizational tasks such as reports, news feeds, applications, etc. See Image
Components are windows of information that are displayed within the dashboard interface. Components can contain applications, text, reports, web sites, news feeds, stock quotes, weather magnets, and much more. Users can place components on the dashboard interface to personalize the information that is presented to them when they authenticate to the system. See Image
Google Gadgets are windows of information that can displayed on the dashboard interface. Google maintains a library of over 4,000 gadgets contributed by developers that can be displayed on the user's dashboard. Stoneware provides a wizard for incorporating Google gadget's into the dashboard interface. See Image
The "Pull-out Drawer" provides a user with a list of available components and gadgets that can placed on their dashboard interface. A user can simply select a component or gadget from their drawer and drag it to a drop-zone highlighted in green. The user's organizational role and group memberships will determine the list of available gadgets and components. See Image
Profile Editor allows the administrator to control the properties of the virtual web desktop interface. Graphics, colors, fonts, and other properties can be modified by the profile editor to change the appearance of the interface, login pages, and other integrated applications. See Image
Stoneware provides a set of embedded services to simplify the management and support of webOS users. Theses services are automatically available at installation and ready to utilized in any webOS deployment.
The account self service applications allow a webOS user to manage several aspects of their user account. Users can add, delete, and edit personal account information including the ability to reset their account password. See Image
Login Scripts provide administrators with a means of adding logic into the login process. The introduction of login scripts allows the administrator to process conditional logic, start applications, launch URLs, display a report, execute Links, send messages, and deliver emails based on the login event. See Sample
News and Alert Services will provide users with news and alert messages based on their role within the organization. Administrators and specified individuals will be able to easily notify all or specific users of corporate events, departmental notices, or system maintenance.
Password Self Service allows the user to reset their password when it has been forgotten. The Password Self Service application uses a challenge / response system, prompting the user to answer a series of challenge questions before resetting their password. See Image
Remote Help feature allows administrators and helpdesk professionals to take control of a remote desktop out in the "field" to provide application and desktop support to their corporate users.
The Stoneware System Check is a utility which checks a end user's browser configuration to determine if it meets the requirements needed to run all features of the product. System check is useful to administrators and help desk personnel that are trying to determine if the user's workstation or browser configuration is causing issues accessing or running a specific application. Running a system check is not a requirement of accessing the system, it is simply provided as a tool for troubleshooting workstation configuration issues. See Image
Stoneware provides 'self registration' services for organizations that wish to allow the public to create their own user accounts. Stoneware simplifies the registration process by allowing administrators to control and manage the registration process of new users. See Image
Included with webOS is a set of applications and services that will enhances the web desktop experience for the end users as well as increase the overall productivity of the business. The applications and services are available through all webOS interfaces and support all popular Internet browsers.
Calendars allow the administrator to create and publish calendars within the webOS desktop. See Image
Document Publishing provides organizations with a simple and secure means of publishing, accessing, and sharing documents across the web. Employees that need to share documents with co-workers, customers, and suppliers can easily publish a document to other users without the hassle of on-line content editing or creating massive Internet mailing lists. See Image
Stoneware's Form Composer provides organizations with a simple means of creating, distributing, and managing electronic forms. Form Composer provides a set of tools fully integrated into the system that can collect and retrieve data from any data sources within the organization. Companies can quickly collect and display critical business information from their employees, partners, vendors, and customers without opening a single development tool. See Image
File Services provides webOS users with access to file systems that exist inside the corporate network. With File Services users can access shared, home, and public directories from a standard web browser anywhere in the world.
File Services supports the following backend file system protocols running on any operating system platform:
The File Services client interface is written using AJAX methods to provide complete access to any of your organization's network file systems through a web browser. The browser interface provides webOS users with the most common file system functions See Image
Folder Monitor was designed to scan a file system directory on a local workstation and move its contents to a backend network file system. This simple transport feature provides a wide range solutions that are useful in a remote and mobile setting such as: See Image
File Services provides a complete webDav (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) interface to the backend network file systems. Workstations with embedded webDav clients can access any File Service node as a "Web Folder" on the local desktop. Operating systems such as Mac OSX, Linux, and Windows have webDav clients that integrate webDav folders into their native file system.
A forum is an application designed to allow communities of users to exchange information and comments on topics posted by the moderator. Forums can be used for customer feedback, corporate projects, team collaboration, and other such activities. See Image
Personal Desktop allows webOS users to access their corporate desktop from anywhere over the Internet. Corporate employees such as executives, managers, sales staff, and knowledge workers can easily gain access to information and applications that were left on their internal machines. Best of all, webOS leverages your organization's directory service to control which users can access their local desktop remotely. See Image
Polling allows organizations to prompt for feedback on specific issues, ideas, or questions. Polling is designed to integrate seamlessly into the personal dashboard interface, providing users with access to polls as a component. See Image
Report Services allows organizations to build, secure, and distribute reports to their webOS users. See Image
teamPages was designed to provide organizations with an "easy to use" collaboration tool for both their internal and external workgroups. teamPages provides a template system by which customers, workers, and vendors can publish and share content, news, documents, and events through a common web interface. See Image
webPages was designed to provide school teachers with a simple means of publishing content and information to parents and students. webPages provides a "template" system by which teachers can provide valuable information to their class without becoming and HTML editor or web page designer. webPages simplifies the process of moving content online by providing a common "look and feel" across an entire school district and allowing teachers to rapidly publish educational information. See Image
The webOS Browser provides a virtual web browser inside the webOS desktop interface. The webOS web browser is an AJAX application that leverages the features of the underlying browser technology to navigate web sites and applications. See Image
There is much more behind webOS than just a pretty interface. Stoneware products have a substantial security architecture that will ensure that enterprise applications and information are encryped and secured.
The unique two-tier server/relay architecture provides secure access to webOS users requesting internal network applications and resources (see diagram below). The Stoneware Relays are positioned in the corporate DMZ and acts as secure entry points into the system. The relays will pass requests from the users to the Stoneware Servers located inside the corporate network. From their trusted position, the servers will forward the requests to the appropriate application server and wait for a response to send back to the webOS client via the Stoneware Relay. See Image
Stoneware's webOS is a product based on directory services technology. webOS utilizes directory services as its primary data store for all configuration, management, and access control information.
Support directory service platforms are listed below:
Stoneware's External Directory Service allows organizations to provide external users and groups with access to webOS resources without creating them in their production network environment. This feature has the following benefits to an organization:
The Directory Cache directs the Server to cache objects delivered from the directory service to increase the performance of a slow directory service. The cache is based on a Least Recently Used (LRU) algorithm which will cache the most frequently accessed directory service objects.
Stoneware's Pipeline Service allows all application traffic to pass through a single port configured within the internal firewall. This advanced architecture makes it possible to deploy new web applications and network services without compromising the internal firewall configuration. See Image
Relay provides complete SSL (Secure Socket Layer) services to all webOS resources. Not only are resources protected from unwanted access, the transfer of all data between the Relay and client browser are encrypted with SSL services.
Two-factor authentication is a service wherein two different methods are used to authenticate the user. Two-factor authentication provides a higher level of security by validating a user's directory credentials and then another factor of authentication. Two-factor authentication is enabled through login policies that control the authentication process of the system.
USB Keys provides a second factor of authentication by requiring the end user to have a registered USB key plugged into the computer in order to access the system.
BioPassword offers the only multi-factor authentication software that combines the user's login credentials (userID and password) with the behavioral biometric of keystroke dynamics (unique typing rhythm) to provide the additional factor of authentication for the user.
Token authentication combines the user's login credentials (userID and password) with a physical token that is used to better identify the authenticating user. There are several vendors that provide 3rd party token authentication including RSA (SecurID) and ActivIdentity.
Desktop Authentication is designed to simplify user access in an Intranet setting. Desktop Authentication allows users to automatically authenticate from their workstation directly into the system without prompting for credentials. With Desktop Authentication users can seamlessly access internal applications, service, and content without continuously authenticating to the system.
webOS leverages webNetwork's "Universal Connection Broker" technology to provide web access to all of an organization's network applications and services through a ubiquitous webOS interface. Stoneware's Universal Connection Broker will communicate with your backend applications, web servers, databases, terminal servers, file systems, and other network services to provide users with secure web access from any device, anywhere... See Image
Stoneware's Universal Connection Broker can integrate and deliver corporate web applications, portals, and services into the webOS desktop interface.
Publish Windows applications into the webOS desktop by leveraging Microsoft's Terminal Server. Published Terminal Server applications and desktops will be secured and managed through the Universal Connection Broker.
Publish Citrix applications into the webOS desktop by leveraging Citrix's Metaframe. Published Citrix Server applications and desktops will be secured and managed through the Universal Connection Broker:
Securely aggregate the growing number of web portals found within the organization.
The Universal Connection Broker provides remote users with access to their corporate desktop from anywhere.
Universal Connection Broker provides webOS users with access to the corporate VID (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) environment.
Complete network file system access to shared, public, and home directories
The Universal Connection Broker can access any corporate database for the purpose of retrieving and disseminating mission critical information
Java-based SSL VPN client allows webOS users run client/server applications located inside the corporate network without defining the user as a node on the network
Provides support for both VNC (Virtual Network Computing) Servers and Clients. Allows administrators and webOS users to access workstations and servers running any of the VNC remote control software.
The Universal Connection Broker is responsible for the management of all connections to backend web, application, and network services. Each Web Application invoked by a webOS user will be monitored, secured, and controlled by the Connection Broker process. With the Universal Connection Broker in place, the Server and Relay can enhance reliability by providing Load Balancing, Fail-over, and Offline Services.
In addition to Windows and web applications, Stoneware's webOS / webNetwork integrates the growing number of hosted applications available from Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. Organizations can now integrate all their applications through a single virtual web desktop interface regardless if they are hosted internally or externally.
Stoneware's webOS is designed to provide users with a virtual web desktop interface capable of delivering all of an organization's applications and services. Simplifying user access to corporate resources is critical when reducing the overall management costs and improving usability. By leveraging Stoneware's single sign-on technology, webOS users can gain seamless access to all applications and services with just their network user ID and password. Stoneware provides a broad set of single sign-on capabilities to simplify user access to file systems, databases, web applications, remote desktops, terminal servers, and published applications.
Stoneware's Lockbox provides secure and encrypted storage of all user IDs, passwords, and other personal information. The Lockbox is a critical component in the single sign-on process when organizations have applications that do not share the same authentication credentials. The Lockbox becomes the encrypted store for all the various application and system credentials needed by a webOS user.
The Stoneware Variable Parser is a service implemented within the Server and Relay to dynamically substitute user account information into other services. Using variable substitution, aspects of a user's identity such as First Name, Last Name, EmployeeID, PIN, etc can be inserted into the single sign-on process.
webOS supports single sign-on for the rapidly growing number of enterprise web applications. Stoneware's "In the Flow" technology ensures that the single sign-on process takes place inside the trusted network and application credentials are never passed to the web browser.
Stoneware provides single sign-on to the Windows applications that are published either through a Microsoft Terminal Server or a Citrix Server. webOS users can seamlessly authenticate to any published Windows applications which require authentication.
Provides webOS users with background authentication to any network file system or share.
Provides webOS users with background authentication to any backend ODBC/JDBC database.
Stoneware's webOS support single sign-on to the growing number of remote desktop solutions. Administrators can leverage Stoneware Lockbox and variable parsing technology to perform single sign-on to any remote desktop system. The following remote desktop solutions are supported:
Stoneware's webAdmin is a management console for administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing the webOS system. webAdmin provides a complete administrative interface for managing all aspects of the system. webAdmin leverages your network's directory service (Microsoft's Active Directory and Novell's eDirectory) to provide a management utility that reflects the organization's directory services structure. webAdmin's integrated directory view simplifies management of the system and leverages the existing account management infrastructure. See Image
Stoneware products are managed through the creation and configuration of directory service objects. webAdmin allows any administrator to manage objects related to the system in a "tree" view. These objects are managed by navigating the directory services tree structure and then selecting the object that should be modified, created, or deleted. See Image
Administrators who are interested in delegating some of the management responsibilities of webOS can easily create sub-administrators (sub-admins) through assigning "Administrative Roles". Sub-admins are users who can manage a specific feature or service within the product but cannot perform all management functions.
Specific partner integrations.
BioPassword offers the only multi-factor authentication software that combines the user's login credentials (userID and password) with the behavioral biometric of keystroke dynamics (unique typing rhythm) to provide the additional factor of authentication for the user.
Google Gadgets are are windows of information that can displayed on the dashboard interface. Google maintains a library of over 4,000 gadgets contributed by developers that can be displayed on the user's dashboard. Stoneware provides a wizard for incorporating Google gadget's into the dashboard interface. See Image
Stoneware provides complete support for organizations that wish to integrate their Google application suite into the webOS environment. Supported Google applications include Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Organizations that are lowering their operational costs by purchasing Google's online applications will find it easy to integrate these applications with their locally hosted web and Windows applications. See Image
Specific integration points are listed below:
Exchange shared and personal calendars are integrated into the backend webOS calendaring service. Organizations can easily publish shared and personal calendars to internal, external, and public users through the webOS virtual web desktop.
GroupWise shared and personal calendars are integrated into the backend webOS calendaring service. Organizations can easily publish shared and personal calendars to internal, external, and public users through the webOS virtual web desktop.
Novell Storage Manager makes it easy to allocate, manage and clean up storage. This powerful identity-driven solution automates many common storage-related tasks, including quota management, directory renaming, migration, storage triage and archiving. You can use Novell Storage Manager to manage storage on Microsoft Windows, NetWare or Novell Open Enterprise Server–Linux platforms, leveraging their underlying directories. You simply set your storage policies in the directory—based on users' identities and roles—and let Novell Storage Manager do the work.
Stoneware has integrated Storage Manager into Stoneware's File Services which provide users remote web access to internal network file systems. This tight integration has made it possible to for users to access their group and home directories in a rich HTML and web folder interface. Stoneware's File Services can now dynamically read Storage Manager configuration settings and dynamically map File Services Nodes to Storage Manager group file locations. With Novell's Storage Manager and Stoneware File Services organizations can easily manage and access all of their network file systems.
Stoneware announced the integration of Apple's iTunes U with its virtualized Web desktop solution, WebOS. iTunes U allows colleges and universities a way to let students search, download and play education content just like they do music, movies, and TV shows. With the integration of iTunes U into the user's virtualized WebOS desktop, students can access applications, files, documents, educational podcasts and other content from a Web desktop that is accessible from anywhere. Stoneware's iTunes integration provides the following benefits:
Stoneware, Inc. provides the integration of SalesForce.com's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) hosted applications into their virtual web desktop, webOS. Enterprises using Stoneware's webOS to provide employees with access to both Windows and web applications can now deliver hosted SalesForce.com applications within the same virtual web desktop.
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