Virtual directory systems have been an integral ingredient in this newsletter’s content since before it was called the “Identity Management” newsletter (it used to be called the “Directory Services” ...

Virtual directories are touted for their flexibility, but the technology isn’t known for its speed. A virtual directory adds an extra layer of software and intermediate TCP/IP hop. Factor in the ...

This article originally appeared in TechRepublic. The new class of enterprise applications is certainly a marvelous phenomenon to behold. Many of these applications have the potential to make ...

This summer, Microsoft announced its new Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 as a way for enterprises to handle identity management challenges in the Internet era. About the same time, ...

The next big thing in identity management is virtual directories. And we do mean big: big potential for big returns, with big questions still remaining. Virtual directories can significantly change ...

TAMPA, Fla., July 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optimal IdM, a leading provider of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, has announced the launch of a new cloud based virtual directory ...

The adoption rate of cloud-based and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications has been dramatic, and it is only accelerating. According to a recent survey by Forrester Research, more than 50% of ...

Metadirectories and SSO (single sign-on) products tend to garner much of the attention in the directory arena, but directory virtualization is closing in. Virtual directories take data from multiple ...

Until Microsoft adds a native command that easily connects virtual directories to Azure Web apps, we're going to have to do it ourselves. In the era before cloud computing, writing an entire article ...

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