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I used Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) Version 11.1.1.5.0 during my test deployment locally here. I tried to collect as much information possible in this post for configuration.
Ideally, there are three possible configuration options for OUD:

as a Directory Server
as a Replication Server
as a Proxy Server

Directory Server provides the main LDAP functionality in OUD. Proxy server can [...]

In my personal opinion, Oracle leads the market in Directory Product offerings (LDAP Directories). Starting from Oracle Internet Directory (OID), to the latest Oracle Unified Directory (OUD), Oracle definitely provides variety of LDAP Directory related products for integration.
With increasing demand for mobile computing and cloud computing offering, there is a need to standardize LDAP Deployments for [...]

When I read the blog post about the introduction of a new product Oracle Unified Directory, first thing that came to my mind was, why another LDAP directory from Oracle? Oracle already has two LDAP Directory offerings, ODSEE (Sun Directory) and OID. However my impression changed after attending this webcast from Oracle (which justified about [...]

Introduction
Many enterprises are considering (or already deployed) an identity management solution either for effective IT automation to reduce costs and/or for compliance purposes. Oracle Identity Manager is part of the Oracle’s identity and Access Management (IAM) solution. It provides functionalities such as, automatic user provisioning, compliance reporting, etc.
In my personal opinion, Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) [...]

Introduction
Since the acquisition of Sun few years ago, Oracle is now has more things to offer (especially in the hardware side). From a company of Software Products, Oracle is now a company with lot of hardware stuff as well. Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic are some of the top-tier hardware offerings that we all know. They are [...]

I am planning to appear for the CISSP exam sometime this year (could be in the month of May – I believe it really needs more time to prepare). For my Exam, I just completed my reading the Access Control chapter. I am using the Shon Harris AIO guide for my CISSP Exam. Whether I [...]

In many large enterprises, there can be two Active Directory Domains used (sometimes more than two), for example, one for India users and one for North America users (Considering the company has two major locations). This requires two AD Connector instances to be created in OIM, for provisioning and reconciliation purposes. OIM Connector Guide for Active [...]

Last weekend (it was saturday night), I needed to restore a Development database from a old backup. I never did a RMAN restore before until last saturday. As the saying goes, “necessity is the mother of invention”. Though it is not really an invention (rman is there for a long time), for me, I learned [...]

Sun Blogger Vijay Tatkar wrote in his blog about the eight technology innovations mentioned by Larry Ellision during his Oracle Open World Keynote speech during last week. Nearly half of them were Sun Hardware related (such as Exadata, ExaLogicSun ultraSPARC t3 etc). Here is the list:

Introduction
Couple of weeks ago, I attended an Oracle Webcast titled “Introducing Oracle Identity Management 11g”. That webcast was about introducing the remaining components of Oracle Identity Management Product Suite which is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (we can call it as a second set of product release!).