SiteMinder is the only secure user management system that provides a) scalability to millions of users, and b) native integration with industry-standard LDAP and NT directory services, as well as SQL databases. It can support the largest Web sites, with industry-leading performance and scalability. It also leverages your existing directories, without requiring any redundant storage of user information.

SiteMinder deploys quickly and easily into heterogeneous environments providing a centralized, robust privilege management infrastructure (PMI), single sign-on, and scalability to meet the high-traffic requirements of today's top portals and Web sites. Web administrators have the ability to control member sites from 50 to 50 million users from a single management console, or easily distribute the administrative responsibilities to the appropriate business units or supply chain partners. SiteMinder's award-winning technology enables businesses to increase competitive advantage, generate additional revenue and improve customer retention and acquisition.

1. Centralized management of all user access control
2. Distribute management of users and security policy to business units, partners, suppliers
3. Scalability to support millions of users
4. Single Web sign-on for users accessing multiple applications
5. Supports the broadest range of authentication methods in the industry today.
6. Eliminate the cost and complexity of building and maintaining access control logic into each application
7. Establish and modify access control policies quickly and easily
8. Provide personalized view of Web content based on a user's identity and privilege
9. Ability to leverage existing IT investment while incorporating new technologies
10. Extend SiteMinder to meet specialized requirements, using comprehensive application and programming interfaces (API's)