Upstream Provisioning simplifies the implementation of enterprise-wide identity directories

Evidian's Upstream Provisioning facilitates the synchronization of multiple sources and different identity formats, thus offering a simple, robust and innovative alternative to metadirectories

Paris, November 14, 2006– Evidian, the European leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM), today announces Upstream Provisioning, a new component of its IAM software suite.

With Upstream Provisioning, Evidian responds to the needs of businesses that want to create a directory of reliable identities simply and quickly. The new component is designed to facilitate the creation, integration and migration of corporate directories: for example as a result of a merger or acquisition, or a re-organization of decentralized business entities.

The construction of an enterprise-wide identity directory is at the core of effective identity and access management (IAM). It also enables customers to build identity databases, for example when creating a white pages service, or for identity management or company Single-Sign-On projects.

"Today, unifying identity and access management is a central preoccupation for numerous businesses that have implemented diverse approaches to identity management, 'in silos'. or by type of application, over the years," explains Hassan Maad, Evidian.s Managing Director. "This dispersal of information results in a loss of productivity, an increase in the number of security risks, and a proliferation of unreliable identity sources. Upstream Provisioning enables these systems to be synchronized and unified, without the need to implement costly meta-directories."

Upstream Provisioning: a simple and effective solution

Upstream Provisioning complements Evidian's identity provisioning software solutions: Identity Manager and Provisioning Manager. The solution offers three major advantages:

• A global approach to the creation of identity directories. Upstream Provisioning supports all the main identity sources on the market: not only LDAP directories (Microsoft Active Directory and ADAM, Sun Java System Directory Server, Novell e-Directory, IBM Tivoli Directory Server, OpenLDAP and any other LDAP V3 directory), but also SQL databases (Oracle, Informix, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, ...), ODBC, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange directories, CVS and LDIF flat files,...
• An easy-to-install solution with no need to deploy agents. Simply installing Upstream Provisioning on a server is all that is needed to implement the solution. No additional deployment of agents is required
• A powerful solution. Upstream Provisioning's powerful rules engine makes it possible to create, link, delete and synchronize identities between a selected reference directory and existing identity sources and formats. A configurator with a straightforward XML interface allows the mapping and synchronization rules to be easily defined. This means that there is no need to commit to the costly development programs usually associated with meta-directories

Pricing and availability

Upstream Provisioning is available. For 1000 users, Upstream Provisioning is priced at €12.5 per user.

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