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Although the idea of an “electric commons open to all” was imagined by an American computer pioneer named J.C.R. Licklider in the 1960s, practical cloud implementation within IT is fairly new. Though it began as a detailed diagram sketched … Continue reading The Progression to Cloud Directory Services
The directory services market is currently in a renaissance. For nearly the last 20 years, not much has changed in the space. But now, it is undergoing a metamorphosis, like the caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Let’s take a look at the final pro… Continue reading Transformation of Directory Services
What does the next generation of directory services look like? The directory service is a long-venerated tool of IT organizations, but recent shifts in the general IT landscape have opened up new possibilities for directory services. The next generatio… Continue reading The Next Generation of Directory Services
How are directory services and FDE (full disk encryption) related? It’s a good question because, at first blush, it would seem that the two don’t really go together. One is focused on identity management, and the other is all about encrypti… Continue reading Directory Services and FDE (Full Disk Encryption)
What is the best directory service for Mac®? Well, it used to be Apple® Open Directory (OD), but now admins aren’t so sure. As Apple deprecates key aspects of macOS® Server, it isn’t clear where Apple is headed with OD, which… Continue reading Best Directory Service for Mac®
Is there such a thing as free directory services? After all, many of the go-to options like Active Directory (AD) or LDAP are pricey: they either require a bundle of expensive licenses and high labor costs, or they create user management time-sinks. We… Continue reading Free Directory Services
With the shift to the cloud and Zero Trust Security, the concept of the domain is a hot topic in IT circles these days. A lot of that conversation centers on the question of whether the fundamental idea behind the domain controller will continue in its… Continue reading Free Domain Controller
Red Hat ® recently decided to end distribution of OpenLDAP™, sending many IT organizations into a tailspin. Effectively, the images for Linux now are defaulting to Red Hat’s own directory service solutions, 389 Directory and Directory … Continue reading Red Hat® Directory Server as-a-Service
What is at the center of making work happen for most organizations? For many, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the internet, their computer, or maybe a web-based application of some sort. While all of those tools are important for tacklin… Continue reading Introduction to Directory Services
Historically, the directory service has been provided on-prem via solutions such as Microsoft® Active Directory® or OpenLDAP™. This made a great deal of sense because most networks were on-prem and Windows® -based. As you probably … Continue reading Introduction to a Cloud Directory