Centrify, the folks with Active Directory savvy clever at using it on non-Microsoft platforms, is moving out Centrify Suite 2008, an integrated family of Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions that secure cross-platform environments and help address regulatory compliance.

The widgetry in the suite - Centrify DirectControl, DirectAuthorize, and DirectAudit - are built on a common architecture.

The suite comes in three editions: Standard, Enterprise and Application.

The Standard Edition consists of DirectControl and DirectAuthorize.

DirectControl secures non-Microsoft platforms using the same authentication and Group Policy services as a Windows environment.

DirectAuthorize is a new solution that centralizes role-based entitlement management for fine-grained user access and privilege rights on Unix and Linux systems.

DirectControl lets authorized users log onto a Unix or Linux system as themselves using their individual Active Directory account and password.

DirectAuthorize is built on top of the DirectControl architecture and provides further granular delegation of what actions can be taken by a given user on a given system, when he can log in and how he accesses the system.

Centrify says this clearance is especially important on Unix and Linux systems, since they lack an effective delegation model for administration.

The Enterprise Edition adds DirectAudit which delivers auditing, logging and real-time monitoring of user activity on non-Microsoft systems.

The Standard Edition starts at $350 per server, the Enterprise Edition starts at $750 per server.

For organizations using web/Java applications, databases or enterprise applications such as SAP and PeopleSoft, Centrify is offering the Application Edition which starts at $2,500 per server.

It's the Enterprise Edition with authentication and single sign-on for each of the supported applications.

"Because authentication and authorization go hand-in-hand, customers want and expect a single, seamlessly integrated solution - not a plethora of un-integrated point solutions - and they don't want to pay the $1,000-plus per server that legacy identity management vendors charge to add authorization on top of authentication," Centrify CEO Tom Kemp said in a statement.