ID management tool upgraded

HERNDON, VA. - Calendra this week will release the newest version of its directory management software, which will provide network executives with tools for managing user identities across directories and databases.

The tools are designed to support certain aspects of corporate identity management, which is the ability to integrate and manage user identities across heterogeneous systems. Network executives are becoming interested in identity management because it can save time, increase security and reduce costs.

Calendra's Directory Manager 4.0 is a tool for creating and deploying directory-enabled applications for user self-service, such as password reset. With Version 4.0, Calendra is adding support for Structured Query Language so identity data from database applications such as enterprise resource planning and CRM can be accessed by Directory Manager. Calendra also is adding an import and export feature, which allows data from multiple user repositories to be synchronized.

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HERNDON, VA. - Calendra this week will release the newest version of its directory management software, which will provide network executives with tools for managing user identities across directories and databases.

The tools are designed to support certain aspects of corporate identity management, which is the ability to integrate and manage user identities across heterogeneous systems. Network executives are becoming interested in identity management because it can save time, increase security and reduce costs.

Calendra's Directory Manager 4.0 is a tool for creating and deploying directory-enabled applications for user self-service, such as password reset. With Version 4.0, Calendra is adding support for Structured Query Language so identity data from database applications such as enterprise resource planning and CRM can be accessed by Directory Manager. Calendra also is adding an import and export feature, which allows data from multiple user repositories to be synchronized.

"Calendra makes everything look like it is coming from a single source, and that allows us to give our users one interface into directory information," says Alan Wright, senior manager of systems technology for Brown & Williamson Tobacco in Louisville, Ky. He says support for SQL in Directory Manager 4.0 means he has more flexibility in compiling identity data.

Other companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, Novell and Sun, are creating identity management platforms, and smaller vendors such as Netegrity, Oblix and RSA Security are trying to broaden their product lines through acquisitions and partnerships.

Directory Manager 4.0 is a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition application and runs on Apache Tomcat, which ships with the product; IBM WebSphere; BEA WebLogic; and SunOne. It is expected to ship this month and will cost $10 per user.

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