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IBM Directory Server
  Overview
 IBM Directory Server V5.1 provides a powerful Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) identity infrastructure that is the foundation for deploying comprehensive identity management applications and advanced software architectures like Web services.

 LDAP V3 support ensures compatibility with industry standard LDAP based applications

 Reliable IBM DB2 Universal Database V8.1 engine provides scalability to tens of millions of entries, as well as groups of hundreds of thousands of members

 Broad platform support: AIX™, Solaris™, Microsoft® Windows® 2000, and HP-UX™, as well as SuSE, United Linux and Red Hat Linux distributions for Intel™ and IBM zSeries platforms

 Compatibility with IBM environment-specific directories, Lotus Domino™, OS/400, and z/OS (OS/390)

 Robust replication capability for both master/subordinate replication, cascaded replication and peer-to-peer replication with up to dozens of master servers

 Usability features with Web Administration GUI such as Dynamic and Nested Groups, along with Sorted and Paged Search Results

 Password strength and ACL protection features as options for enhancing security

 DSML V2 support extends the reach of the directory to web services

 Enhanced, filter-based ACL support

 LDAP access to server configuration data

 Tight integration with IBM operating systems, WebSphere middleware, and Tivoli™identity management and security products

 IBM Directory Professional Services provide turnkey directory implementation, metadirectory, and identity provisioning solutions

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  Highlights
IBM announces Directory Server 5.1
IBM acquires Metamerge, adds directory integration
IBM delivers new Directory offerings for Linux
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LDAP Directory (newsgroup)