Achieve Seamless Connectivity with Virtual Directories
You don't have to recode to switch directory servers or enable partner organizations to request data from your directories. Virtual directories perform two-way translations, letting older applications continue working without modifications, and eliminating the hassles of interorganizational interoperability.
by Clayton Donley, CTO, OctetString
March 1, 2005
he concept of time travel has been a staple of science fiction since the entertainment genre was invented. Whether it's H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," Doc Brown's DeLorean in "Back to the Future," or any one of several Star Trek episodes and movies over the years, the thought of being able to go back and change history—or at least make the attempt—is very entertaining.
Developers, of course, have their own version of time travel. Unlike the temporal trips in the entertainment world, such as going back to exotic locales and meeting interesting historical figures, the developer time travel experience involves rewriting dozens of lines of code on applications that were running perfectly fine until someone in the infrastructure group decided the time had come to change directory servers.
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he concept of time travel has been a staple of science fiction since the entertainment genre was invented. Whether it's H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine," Doc Brown's DeLorean in "Back to the Future," or any one of several Star Trek episodes and movies over the years, the thought of being able to go back and change history—or at least make the attempt—is very entertaining.
