Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
retention management, and archiving and storage management through the WebCenter
Portal.
Identity Management
Oracle's Identity Management platform for Fusion Middleware includes Oracle's Access
Management Suite, Oracle Identity Governance, and Oracle Directory Services. This
suite of products enables the securing of applications and associated data, Web Services,
and Cloud-based services.
The Access Management Suite provides authentication, single sign-on, mobile and so‐
cial sign-on, entitlement management, and fine-grained authentication. Key compo‐
nents of the Access Management Suite include Access Manager, Adaptive Access Man‐
ager, Identity Federation, Entitlements Server, OpenSSO Fedlet, and Security Token
Service (STS). External authorization is available through support of multiple standards
including XACML, NIST, and Enterprise RBAC.
The Identity Governance Suite provides a platform for access requests, role lifecycle
management, access certification, closed loop remediation, and privileged account
management. A lengthy list of components are included: Identity Analytics, Identity
Manager, Privileged Account Manager, Identity Manager Connector for Database User
Management, Identity Manager Connector for Microsoft Active Directory, Identity
Manager Connector for Microsoft Windows, Identity Manager Connector for Novell
eDirectory, Identity Manager Connector for Oracle Internet Directory, Identity Man‐
ager Connector for Sun Java System Directory, and Identity Manager Connector for
Unix.
Oracle's Directory Services include the Virtual Directory, Oracle Internet Directory
including Delegated Administration Service (DAS) and Directory Integration Platform
(DIP), Directory Server Enterprise Edition, and Oracle Unified Directory. The Unified
Directory is a Java-based directory service adhering to LDAP and Directory Services
Markup Language standards with advanced storage, proxy, synchronization, and vir‐
tualization capabilities.
Distributed Database Features
The Oracle Database is well known for its ability to handle extremely large volumes of
data and users. Oracle not only scales through deployment on increasingly powerful
single platforms, but it also can be deployed in distributed configurations. Oracle de‐
ployed on multiple platforms can be combined to act as a single logical distributed
database.
This section describes some of the basic ways that Oracle handles database interactions
in a distributed database system.
