Welcome to the developer center for Sun's comprehensive portfolio of identity management solutions:

• Sun OpenSSO Enterprise (formerly Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager) secures access to Web applications and enables federation, both within enterprises and across business-to-business (B2B) value chains.
   
  
• Sun Java System Directory Server provides a central repository for storing and managing identity profiles, access privileges, and application and network resource information.
   
  
• Sun Identity Manager offers comprehensive user provisioning and identity auditing for efficiently and securely managing identity profiles and permissions across enterprises.
   
  
• Sun Role Manager (formerly Vaau RBACx) streamlines access control and identity compliance by engineering and managing roles.
   
  
• Sun Identity Compliance Manager integrates and automates enterprise-wide access certification.

For details about Sun's portfolio of identity management solutions, see:
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What's New     May 01, 2009 A Planning Guide for Moving to LDAP as Naming Service in the Solaris OS Moving from Network Information Service (NIS) or NIS+ to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)? Read this first. Topics include DIT design and implementation of a hybrid DIT. April 22, 2009 Get Going With Starter Kits Get up and running with free identity management starter kits. Complete with technical articles and video demos, starter kits help you solve specific business challenges that can easily be addressed through simple open-source development. The Federated Single Sign-On to Google Apps and OpenDS as a Naming Service for OpenSolaris starter kits are now available. April 13, 2009 Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons, Part 3: Cross-Domain Single Sign-On Explore the complex interaction between OpenSSO and the policy agent in a deployment designed for cross-domain single sign-on. » See more FAQs   Newly published developer-centric Q&As! Nine sections are now available: General; Administration Console; Authentication; Single Sign-On (SSO) and Sessions; Liberty Alliance and SAML (1) and (2); Identity Management; Service Management SDK; and Performance and Sizing, Policy, Session Failover and Deployment, and Agents. Also see the general FAQs on Sun's identity management products and find out why you should choose them: Sun Java System Access Manager FAQ Sun Java System Directory Server FAQ Sun Java System Federation Manager FAQ Sun Java System Identity Manager FAQ Community   Open-Source Identity Management The Identity Management Community points you to new and innovative open-source projects. Learn more about OpenSSO, the open-source project for Sun Java System Access Manager; and OpenDS, the next-generation LDAP directory server. Also see the OpenSSO blogs.   Forums Visit these identity management forums to post new topics, browse recent messages, and find additional resources: Access Manager, Directory Server, Identity Manager, and Identity Management — Open Source.   » See Identity Management Community

Podcasts, Videos, Blogs   Hear from the Sun identity management team, customers, partners, and colleagues about the latest news and technology trends in the industry. Listen to podcasts Watch videos Read Buzz Weblog See more blogs Demos   What is Identity Management? Explore how Sun can help you manage, audit, protect, share, and store identity data. Watch the Video Presentation Watch Now   What is Federation? Watch this quick, self-running Flash presentation to learn more about identity federation.   Watch now   Support   Support Services for Identity Management Sun Software Service Plans provide comprehensive support ranging from telephone and online technical support to proactive features such as a dedicated customer service team and interoperability support.   Identity Management Professional Services Sun's Identity Management Professional Services offerings help you quickly and successfully implement identity solutions that address many key IT security and compliance concerns.   » See Identity Management Support » See Identity Management Learning Training and Certification   Learn about identity management training courses and find out about certification programs for developers and architects. Identity Management Course List Java Technology Certification