Highlights include a new licensing mechanism, custom scripts integration, CLI calls for users and user templates and new Ensim power tools.

Ensim Corporation, an automation software solutions provider, yesterday announced the immediate availability of Ensim Pro 5.0 for Windows.

This release of Ensim's control panel delivers new features that increase ease of management and flexibility resulting in significant time and cost savings for hosting service providers, claims the company. Ensim Pro 5.0 for Windows is available for purchase at Ensim's online store.

Highlights of Ensim Pro 5.0 for Windows include - a new licensing mechanism that simplifies the process of managing, upgrading and renewing licenses across servers, custom scripts integration that enables service providers to integrate custom event-driven scripts that run when a site is created, and CLI Calls for users and user templates enables management of resellers, sites, users and templates. The control panel also includes Ensim Power Tools - ASP.NET-based Power Tools, including DotNetNuke (content management system) and Community Server (knowledge  management and collaboration platform).

"This latest release addresses our top customer requests, providing fully automated licensing services, enhanced custom integration support and the most comprehensive list of third party applications (Power Tools) available on the market today," said Kevin Farrell, Senior VP, Strategy and Marketing, Ensim.

"With the growing demand for Windows-based Web sites, the release of Ensim Pro 5.0 for Windows presents an excellent opportunity for both service providers and their customers," said Michael van Dijken, Hosting Marketing Manager at Microsoft Corp. "By integrating features such as DotNetNuke and Community Server, hosters can easily offer their customers the functionality they are demanding, while at the same time increasing revenue through new offerings."