CPS Systems has a useful and proven data directory tool, SimpleSync. It should be evaluated if you need directory synchronization.
Highlights:
- Everything syncs to Active Directory.
- Has LDAP, LDIF, CSV, and ODBC connectors.
- Tried and true — since 1999.
- Main competition: Microsoft’s MIIS (formerly called MMS).
- Typical cost: $10,000 to $60,000.
There are about 300 customers. The main types are:
- Government and large organizations in many industries. The main driver is synchronizing information about people and their access privileges among different data repositories, especially among different divisions.
- Military organizations. The technology has a number of security features that are appealing: Connections are from the local directory to the master over secure LDAP. It uses a point-to-point IP address, and the local administrator controls everything.