Private company
OctetString
American software engineering company, founded in 20001
The commercial name OctetString refers to the former software firm based in Schaumburg, Illinois, that published OctetString Virtual Directory (VDE), a LDAP based virtual directory product focused on the identity management segment of the security software market. The company was founded in 2000 by Clayton Donley and Nathan Owen, two directory services engineers who left IBM to start the company.2 It ceased to exist in 2005.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrysoftware engineering1
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The commercial name OctetString refers to the former software firm based in Schaumburg, Illinois, that published OctetString Virtual Directory (VDE), a LDAP based virtual directory product focused on the identity management segment of the security software market. The company was founded in 2000 by Clayton Donley and Nathan Owen, two directory services engineers who left IBM to start the company.2
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Timeline
Links
- WikipediaOctetString
- WikidataQ7076851
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- 1WikidataOctetString on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOctetString on Wikipedia