Are you manually updating disparate directories with user identities and user policies?

When it comes to Microsoft Active Directory, or Novell eDirectory, many organizations simply do not have the highly specialized expertise required to architect and optimize their directory systems.  When directories are not optimized, the management of user information in the directory eats up valuable resources, security may be compromised, and management and maintenance of the directory is rife with issues, many of which are costly.

Directory services are a way to optimize your directories; repositories for information about network-based entities, such as applications, files, printers, and people. Directory services are important because they provide a consistent way to name, describe, locate, access, manage, and secure information about these resources. Many vendors build specialized repositories or directory services into their applications to enable the specific functionality their customers require. As such, enterprise class directories take an important step toward the consolidation of corporate directories by offering standards-based interfaces allowing for interoperability and centralized directory management.

Active Directory Services
Active Directory, which is an essential component of the Windows 2000 architecture, presents organizations with a directory service designed for distributed computing environments. Active Directory allows organizations to centrally manage and share information on network resources and users while acting as the central authority for network security. In addition to providing comprehensive directory services to a Windows environment, Active Directory is designed to be a consolidation point for isolating, migrating, centrally managing, and reducing the number of directories that companies require.  

Microsoft Metadirectory Services
Microsoft Metadirectory Services (MMS) is a centralized service that stores and integrates identity information from multiple directories in an organization. The goal of a metadirectory is to provide an organization with a unified view of all known identity information about users, applications, and network resources. A metadirectory solves important business issues that result from having information stored in multiple, disparate data repositories throughout an organization. 

Novell eDirectory Services

Novell’s eDirectory is uniquely capable of meeting the demands of large-scale, high-end directory deployments. It offers the compatibility, security, reliability, scalability and manageability required for internal and Internet deployments supporting millions of identities.

Secure and properly implemented Directory Services build the foundation for a comprehensive secure Identity Management system and network enabled business solutions.

As directory-enabled applications become more prevalent, organizations can utilize the capabilities of Ensynch’s Directory Services to manage the most complicated enterprise network environments. From Internet data centers to large distributed branch office enterprises, your organization will realize significant improvements from Directory Services.

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