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Directory Planning LDAP

Directory Planning IT Consulting in California
Directory planning has become a very important task for forward looking IT teams. Knowing that the management of several desperate directories can easily and quickly overwhelm an IT organization.

KIS Partners will sit down with our Clients, and help them map out a strategy to consolidate disparate directories, work towards automated communications between required Directories, or creating a path that will prevent Directory proliferation, or allow for a controlled expansion of Directory usage.


A solid Directory is the foundation for the world’s largest identity management deployments—a high-end directory service that allows businesses to manage identities and security access for employees, customers and partners. With a well planned Directory, businesses lay the groundwork for secure identity management solutions and multi-platform network services.

Manufacturers used by KIS to create solutions in this Practice Area:

  • KIS Professional Services
  • Open LDAP
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Novell eDirectory

Features:

  • Runs on Linux, NetWare, Windows, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX
  • Supports open and emerging standards
  • Enforces security dynamically
  • Incorporates a flexible security framework
  • Provides failover and disaster recovery
  • Scales to more than one billion identities
  • Manages all identities, resources, devices and policies
  • Offers complete Web-based administration
  • Enhances installation and updates with scriptable installation
  • Integrates with Red Carpet to provide installs, updates and patches to multiple servers
  • Determines whether the directory tree and host server are safe to upgrade
  • Allows customers to specify separate locations for eDirectory application files and the data files
  • Allows customers to rapidly bulk load data into eDirectory
  • Shares new passwords or password changes with multiple servers at once, ensuring users have an instantaneous and seamless login experience
  • Accepts case-sensitive passwords

Business Benefits:

  • Simplify administration to reduce costs
  • Manage the network from virtually anywhere
  • Safeguard resources with layered security Improve interoperability
  • Leverage existing systems
  • Deliver personalized services

Consultants/Principal Experts: Sean Canevaro and Allan Hurst