[provision] SPML: Update CompanyName, Update UserName

["DeSouza, Edwin" <edesouza@jamcracker.com>]

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Hi,

A Company may change its name:

-- AndersenConsulting became Accenture

-- Exxon became ExxonMobil

-- LoudCloud became OpsWare

 

A User may change names:

-- Mary Smith becomes Mary Jones  (frequent at marriage or divorce)

 

In the General Case (see Charles Schwab) it is a total nightmare to propogate these changes.  One terrible solution is to "deprovision and then reprovision" at each ASP.

 

At Jamcracker, we do use CompanyName+UserName+Password for login (we need all 3, because we are Multi-Tenant).  However, internally we rely on each Company and User having a UniqueNumericID.  So, we can go ahead and change the CompanyName and UserName.  The problem is propogating these changes into the ecosystem.

 

It would be very useful for SPML to standardize how this would work  (ASPs are willing to do this -- if it is a general solution).

 

 

regards,

Edwin.