Examining Directory Services: The Core of Identity Management

Put simply, identity management is the process and technology for managing the life cycle of digital identities, for people and other objects, which are made up of unique identifiers, credentials, entitlements and other attributes.

To learn about more about the value of identity management and how directory services, a piece of the integrated suite, can make the process of managing identities much more efficient and cost-effective, we spoke with Don Bowen, director of Directory Services Enterprise Edition in the Identity Management software group at Sun.