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LDAP
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ALSO CALLED: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
DEFINITION: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate intranet. LDAP is a "lightweight" (smaller amount of code) version of Directory Access Protocol (DAP), which is part
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Secure Internet Single Sign-On for Salesforce CRM
| sponsored by Ping Identity Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:
PingFederate is a software solution installed on-premise and PingConnect is an on-demand managed service.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Storage Networking Case Study: How Cisco IT Uses a SAN to Automate the Legal Discovery Process
| sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
CASE STUDY:
This case study describes Cisco IT's internal deployment of a storage area network (SAN) within the Cisco network, a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008
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A Broad Information Reach: The Gateway to Information Management
| sponsored by Cognos, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER:
The first key to realizing the potential of your data is implementing a solution built for open data access, ensuring a broad information reach. This paper explains why this is the essential starting point for accessing, integrating, and organizing data.
Posted: 11 Sep 2008 | Published: 11 Sep 2008
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LDAP DEFINITION (continued):
of X.500, a standard for directory services in a network. LDAP is lighter because in its initial version it did not include security features. LDAP originated at the University of Michigan and has been endorsed by at least 40 companies. Netscape includes it in its latest Communicator suite of products. Microsoft includes it as part of what it calls Active Directory in a number of products including Outlook Express. Novell's NetWare Directory Services interoperates with LDAP. Cisco also supports it in its networking products. In a network,
LDAP definition sponsored by SearchWindowsServer.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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