Features

VDS Context Edition includes all the functionality of VDS, as well as the following features:

Persistent Cache with Automatic Refresh: RadiantOne offers a built-in persistent cache mechanism that offers the speed of the fastest standard LDAP directory and is kept up-to-date in near real-time with a granular refresh strategy. Event-driven cache refresh technology means low latency and real-time cache updates. Connectors monitor changes at the sources level and send incremental updates to the cache image as needed. This lowers load on backend sources, and enables faster access rates at the VDS level. With a persistent cache, your infrastructure is not constrained by volume or the number of data sources. You can offer guaranteed performance and a service that is always available.

Schema Manager: Extract metadata from each source that you want to virtualize with the RadiantOne Schema Manager. A wizard-driven process helps you connect data sources and inventory the different objects and attributes into the virtualized namespace.

View Designer: Build virtual trees from LDAP directories, JDBC accessible databases, and any data source accessible through a Java API/web service. The View Designer is a data modeling tool for designing multiple directory trees to meet the needs of your application.

Global ID and Profile Builder: Create a unique reference list of all identities along with a complete global profile for each with RadiantOne’s Global ID and Profile Builder. This list becomes the single source for locating all identities. Such a list is required for proper enforcement of security, and is the foundation for other business initiatives.

Membership Policy Builder: Create groups on the fly with members from heterogeneous sources. If the criteria the group definition is based on changes for an identity, that identity is automatically reflected in the new group. For example, if group membership is based on a user’s title, and the title changes, this user will automatically become a member of the new group (and no longer appear as a member of the old group).

SQL Interface to VDS: Applications that currently consume identity information via a SQL interface can benefit from the JDBC driver for VDS. This allows the views of identity data to be consumed by a wider variety of applications beyond those that are LDAP-enabled. In addition, SQL access allows applications to leverage aggregated functions like SUM, COUNT, and ORDER BY, along with various reporting tool, that are not supported natively by LDAP directories.