Microsoft Corporation acquired ZOOMIT Corp., a transaction announced in July 1999.
ZOOMIT Corp. operates in Windows 2000 Server / Active Directory, is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ZOOMIT was the leading provider of meta-directory products, letting organizations manage identity data (accounts, passwords, configurations, access rights) across heterogeneous directory services. Microsoft acquired it to integrate meta-directory capabilities with Active Directory in Windows 2000 Server. (Microsoft's press release is dated July 8, 1999.)
Extend Active Directory with ZOOMIT's meta-directory technology to unify identity management across enterprise directory services.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.