<<MSFT and CSCO will have a completed AD product (complete meaning the directory will include CSCO product schema) well before LU/Novell does. LU and Novell just announced the partnership. It's going to take them at least a year to add the LU products to that directory.
biz.yahoo.com
COMDEX, LAS VEGAS, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its leadership in directory-enabled networking, Novell®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL - news), today demonstrated newly developed Internet management technology based on Novell Directory Services® (NDS™) that facilitates management and remote configuration of routers and switches from Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, Inc. and other vendors. Leveraging the intelligence of NDS and its user and resource data, this Java technology can enable customers to reduce network ownership costs while improving manageability and the quality of network service. Cisco, recognizing overwhelming customer demand, made a related announcement today of their commitment to provide
interoperability between NDS and Cisco Assure products, Cisco User Registration and Tracking and Cisco Network Registrar. This follows recent announcements with Lucent Technologies and Nortel Networks, in which the two companies committed to deliver similar interoperability and to also bundle NDS with their respective products in the first half of 1999. |
