Virtual UC
Directory synchronization
Enterprises are faced with maintenance of multiple directories with similar information: directory
synchronization technologies become essential building blocks for the deployment of an identity
management strategy.
A directory synchronization solution automatically consolidates and updates directories. This includes
synchronization from multiple sources to a single source, streamlines operations through enabling
centralized directory management.
For large and very large OmniTouch UC businesses, Alcatel-Lucent is able to provide you directory
synchronization services built around Web Services and dedicated connectors. Benefits are as follows:
Maintain and update directory contents from multiple sources.
Optimize system and network performances.
Simplify administration.
To illustrate directory synchronization, let’s consider following basic example based on a single
OmniTouch UC instance (can be applied for multiple instances):
Local
management of
the system
Local
management of
the system
Daily
synchronization
Alcatel-Lucent
OmniTouch UC
applications
Alcatel-Lucent
OmniPCX
Enterprise/4400
Alcatel-Lucent
OmniVista 4760
Other
data source
External &
Centralized user
management in
business tool
For any reason, some users are manually created either in OmniPCX Enterprise system (through
OmniVista 4760) or OmniTouch UC system. In such case, customer’s business tool for user management
must automatically be synchronized to handle homogeneous information within the system. To do that,
Alcatel-Lucent is able to provide dedicated synchronization connectors based on Web Services. For
example, Alcatel-Lucent offers today a connector synchronizing the OmniVista 4760 database with
Microsoft Active Directory, and in general, the OmniVista 4760 database with any LDAP database.
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