Does Access Manager support non-Web targets?
Yes, Access Manager supports non-Web targets such as thick clients written in C or the Java programming language. For other such targets, Sun has established strong partnerships with eSSO vendors. Additionally, Sun has exposed the APIs for all of Access Manager’s core components to enable integration with proprietary applications. With the industry’s move toward service-oriented architecture (SOA), enterprises can apply Access Manager’s infrastructure for Web services, called identity services, to non-Web applications. Identity services enable platform-independent integration of Access Manager with clients to manage access for both Web and non-Web targets. An upcoming release of Access Manager will enable for federation those applications written in Java, C, and C# programming languages.