NEWS: A CROSS-PLATFORM DIRECTORY SERVER

IBM makes eNetwork LDAP Directory Version 2.1 available on the Web

The advent of e-business has driven the need for easy-to-use, standards-based protocols, communication, and interfaces that can help companies improve access to information residing on the Internet. To succeed, these companies must be able to centrally store, locate, and manage enterprise network and user information in a scalable, secure repository across multiple platforms. IBM first addressed this need with the eNetwork Directory and Security Integration Solution, which uses the eNetwork LDAP Directory as the underlying component to store user, configuration, and security information with great scalability.

Now, IBM has made the eNetwork LDAP Directory Version 2.1 for Windows NT and Sun Solaris® available via a no-charge download from the Web at http://www.ibm.com/software/network/directory/downloads/enhancements/ldap/. The new LDAP Directory version—which uses IBM DB2® Universal Database 5.2 as its data storage facility—gives companies a cross-platform directory server that can be the single point of integration for all their e-business solutions. Capable of scaling to tens of million of entries on a single server, the LDAP Directory is ideal for large enterprise networks that require faster information access and management on the Internet.

In addition, IBM plans to integrate its individual middleware products (WebSphere™, Suites for Windows NT, and Tivoli) with LDAP Directory 2.1 throughout 1999. This integration includes new versions of both the IBM Suite and the IBM Enterprise Suite for Windows NT and IBM's WebSphere Application Servers, an integrated product line for building, managing, and deploying Web applications for e-business.

Tivoli Systems plans to release a Technology Preview of the LDAP Connection with Tivoli User Administration 3.6. The Tivoli LDAP Connection provides a method for managing user accounts on any system accessible via LDAP. It can be used for e-mail system integration, integration of native LDAP directories such as IBM’s eNetwork LDAP Directory and Netscape Directory Server, and integration of existing directory servers that have an LDAP front-end to access data.

IBM Business Partners Who Use IBM eNetwork LDAP Directory

The following business partners have joined with IBM to provide applications that will access network-based information more efficiently by using the eNetwork LDAP Directory: Allot Communications (www.allot.com) provides network tools and management applications for managing and enforcing policy-based networks. DASCOM (www.dascom.com) develops scalable intranet authorization solutions that manage access to information on enterprise networks. enCommerce, Inc. (www.encommerce.com) provides enterprise-class Web access management software and services that can dramatically reduce the time and cost of deploying secure content on the Web. Netegrity, Inc. (www.netegrity.com) provides software products and services—including the first directory-enabled access control system—for conducting business on the Web. Persistent Systems Private Limited (www.pspl.co.in) enables database application development over LDAP by offering products and services for enterprise-wide integration of LDAP directories and RDBMS engines. Security Dynamics (www.securitydynamics.com) provides solutions for securing access and protecting information, focusing on user identification and authentication as well as data encryption. Triangulum Software (www.triangulum.com) develops software that gives DCE-based users a wide range of alternatives to the native DCE Cell Directory Services.

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