The People Behind the Connections

The advent of the cloud combined with work from anywhere have fundamentally changed the requirements for managing and securing access to the resources people use to get work done.

Two decades ago Active Directory emerged as the centralized system for securely managing and connecting employees to Windows-centric resources. While AD is still the dominant on premises directory used by organizations around the world, the shift to cloud infrastructure, new operating systems, web applications, and workers accessing corporate resources from any location and device, exposed significant limitations to a domain controller. These limitations required third party add-ons which increased complexity and cost, while limiting an organization’s ability to succeed through overly complicated IT architectures.

Realizing this, JumpCloud reimagined the directory to fit the modern world with an open, cloud-based directory for secure, frictionless access from any authorized device to any resource, anywhere. This approach unlocks new possibilities for IT to make work easier and more secure.