IBM today announced that the industry-leading LDAP directory server IBM SecureWay Directory is now available at no cost to users. This offer includes the DB/2 database license which is provided at no cost when used in conjunction with the IBM SecureWay Directory. The IBM SecureWay Directory is available on the OS/390, OS/400, AIX, Solaris, and NT operating system environments.

The IBM SecureWay Directory utilizes IBM's industry-leading DB/2 database technology as the backend datastore. Utilizing DB/2 as the backend datastore provides:

• Industry-leading search performance
• Scale for large directory size
• Proven 24x7 reliability, management, and database technology

DB/2 has proven through years of use in mission critical applications to be a reliable database technology. This level of proven performance cannot be matched by other LDAP severs in the industry today.

Prior to this announcement the IBM SecureWay Directory required the user to purchase the DB/2 database license on the NT and Solaris platforms. The DB/2 database license is now provided at no cost on AIX, OS/400, NT and Solaris operating systems. Th DB/2 user license is provided at no cost only when used in conjunction with the IBM SecureWay Directory.