Published: 07 January 2009
ID: G00203638
Analyst(s): Mark Diodati
Senior Analyst Mark Diodati surveys products in the Active Directory (AD) bridge market. Organizations deploy these products (from Centrify, Likewise Software, Quest Software [previously Vintela], and Symark Software) to improve compliance, reduce costs, and reduce user sign-ons. AD bridge products enable the security policy management of UNIX and Mac OS computers, identity management of non-Windows users, and Windows Kerberos single sign-on (SSO) across heterogeneous platforms. Diodati also examines the complexity associated with normalizing the UNIX namespace and makes recommendations for successful deployment and vendor selection.
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