Comments on: Do we still have to care about directory services? http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/kuppinger/2010/07/09/do-we-still-have-to-care-about-directory-services/ KuppingerCole Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vladimir Dzhuvinov http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/kuppinger/2010/07/09/do-we-still-have-to-care-about-directory-services/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Vladimir Dzhuvinov Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:14:01 +0000 http://blogs.kuppingercole.com/kuppinger/?p=312#comment-263 Yes, the availability and the affordability of directory software has improved a lot over that past 10 years. The market has matured, there are many choices now. All of this is good. The biggest challenge to me today is this: if you want to have a truly central and useful directory, how do you keep it nice and tidy? Particularly if you've got a bunch of software apps that want to stick their attributes in it. I guess this is an instance of the classic tool problem: you've got quite a wonderful and capable instrument, but how do you use it without shooting yourself in the foot? :) Yes, the availability and the affordability of directory software has improved a lot over that past 10 years. The market has matured, there are many choices now. All of this is good.

The biggest challenge to me today is this: if you want to have a truly central and useful directory, how do you keep it nice and tidy? Particularly if you've got a bunch of software apps that want to stick their attributes in it.

I guess this is an instance of the classic tool problem: you've got quite a wonderful and capable instrument, but how do you use it without shooting yourself in the foot? :)

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