Corporate Identity Server
The Directory is becoming an increasingly critical resource in the provision of electronic services. Without an ability to easily locate the information held within information systems, the business efficiency of organisations and individuals will be severely reduced Corporate administrators are faced with a myriad of different proprietary information bases (e.g. e-mail address lists, EDI trading information, human resources data). These administrators need to unify the mass of disparate directory information into an Enterprise Directory with the goal of centralised management and administration. As networks grow and are interconnected, users are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate intranets and information bases to locate useful information (e.g. email addresses, Internet locations (URLs) etc.). Companies need directory services to enable users to simply and quickly locate the information they require. There is a particular challenge to integrate both traditional e-mail systems and the latest group-ware products so that companies can communicate efficiently, regardless of the product selections of particular groups. The key to this integration is a corporate directory which publishes e-mail addresses , functional information, and other attributes of the employees and provides access by a variety of different means (Web, LDAP Client, Email address book, LDAP Active-X and Java applications and WAP and SMS enabled GSM and GPRS mobile data services).
To satisfy these demands, a directory infrastructure is required that provides access to telephone, e-mail and a whole range of user information. Access to this information must be available from common desktop applications, including Windows platforms, Web browsers and telephones. The system must be open to both centralised and distributed administration.
View500 provides this capability on a platform capable of operating 24x7
365 days a year with insignificant downtime.
The effective management of information about employees and customers,
including the information resources they use, is a focus of concern and
attention within major corporations, governments, and telecommunications
service providers. The proliferation of independent access and security
administration systems for networks, platforms and applications has impeded
the implementation of unified enterprise security policies. It has created
a massive security administration workload. It has also created a considerable
threat to the integrity of enterprise IT infrastructure, and to the sensitive
business information that IT is chartered
to protect. This need is driving rapid growth in the directory services
market as corporations take advantage of robust and scalable solutions
to drive competitive advantage through better access to global customer
information
and corporate personnel information. Access rights and security will
be strengthened by a trusted single point of reference, and authentication
through X.509 digital certificates.
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