OctetString

OctetString
Industry	Software Engineering
Founded	2000; 24 years ago
Founder	Clayton Donley; Nathan Owen; ;
Defunct	November 16, 2005
Fate	Acquired by Oracle Corporation
Headquarters	Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Products	OctetString Virtual Directory; ;

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. On November 16, 2005, the company was acquired by Oracle Corporation.^[1]

^ "Oracle Strengthens Security Offerings with Acquisitions of Thor Technologies and OctetString". Press Release. Oracle. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[1] "Oracle Strengthens Security Offerings with Acquisitions of Thor Technologies and OctetString". Press Release. Oracle. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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