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Colby-Sawyer College Implements Tools4ever’s User Management Resource Administrator and Self Service Reset Password Management Solutions

Automating the college’s user account management and password reset functions means internal IT departments are able to focus on bigger technology priorities while users gain more control of their account access and administration rights.

LYNBROOK, New York – Sept. 24, 2012 — Tools4ever, the market leader in identity and access management solutions with more than five million user accounts worldwide, announced today that Colby-Sawyer College will implement its User Management Resource Administrator (UMRA) and Self Service Reset Password Management (SSRPM). Colby-Sawyer College, of New London, New Hampshire, is a comprehensive baccalaureate institution that integrates liberal arts and sciences with professional preparation that until now managed its password and user account management manually.

Colby-Sawyer College implemented Tools4ever’s UMRA to automate its account management processes and ensure that users – students, faculty and staff – have the correct security settings for all systems used. The college also now utilizes SSRPM so students can quickly address their password issues without having to contact the college’s internal IT department for manual overrides. With SSRPM users can easily click the “forgot my password” button and securely reset their password without contacting the helpdesk.

The college had previously processed user requests manually, including batch processing accounts, and needed a way to improve the efficiency of account management to introduce distance learning and online courses.

Tools4ever is able to quickly implement the college’s solutions and integrate UMRA with the school’ student information system, Power Campus, allowing the college the ability to maintain the integrity of its current database of accounts, which are automatically created, changed or deleted at a pre-determined time.

Both solutions allow Colby-Sawyer’s IT department to focus its time on developing new technologies, such as a student portal so that students can communicate with their professors and perform coursework for distance and remote learning.

“The user management administrator tool and the self service reset password technology allow us to be much more efficient, while allowing our internal helpdesk and IT staff the time to focus on much more important issues needed to develop programs and curriculum,” said Lisa Windsor, applications analyst at Colby-Sawyer College. “Student and staff account management processes are automated and even de-provisioned in a timely manner, and we’re no longer forced to wait for assistance. Additionally, because of these implementations, we are greatly improving the security of the college’s systems.”

Tools4ever provides a complete line of identity and access management systems, such as user provisioning, role based access control, password management, single sign on and access management.

“We continue to see how automated systems are improving processes for organizations who are moving from antiquated, manual process, and in doing so, are creating internal efficiencies, allowing their own departments the time to focus on more important priorities,” said Dean Wiech, managing director of Tools4ever. “In addition, our systems allow for individuals to better manage access to their own accounts and are able to bypass calling helpdesks for support. This alone translates to time and money saved for many organizations, whether is a college or corporation.”

For more information about UMRA please visit: http://www.tools4ever.com/products/user-management-resource-administrator

For more information about SSRPM please visit: http://tools4ever.com/software/self-service-reset-password-management/

Read the complete case study at: http://tools4ever.com/industries/education/references/colby-sawyer/

About Colby-Sawyer College
Colby-Sawyer College is a private, independent undergraduate college offering educational programs based in the liberal arts and sciences and designed to prepare students for their professions and lives of ongoing learning. Faculty, staff and students strive for excellence in the college’s engaged teaching and learning community to foster students’ academic, intellectual and personal growth. The college prepares students to thrive in and make a positive impact upon a dynamic, diverse and interdependent world. Colby-Sawyer College was founded as an academy in 1837 and has been engaged in higher education since 1928. www.Colby-Sawyer.edu

About Tools4ever
Tools4ever distinguishes itself with a no-nonsense approach and a low total cost of ownership. In contrast to comparable identity and access management solutions, Tools4ever implements a complete solution in several days rather than weeks or months. Thanks to this approach, Tools4ever is the undisputed identity and access management market leader, with more than five million user accounts managed on a daily basis. Tools4ever supplies a variety of software products and integrated consultancy services involving identity management, such as user provisioning, role based access control, password management, single sign on and access management. For more information, please visit www.tools4ever.com.