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To: Jack Whitley who wrote (27354)	7/9/1999 1:57:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Cisco Systems Supports the Directory Interoperability Forum Efforts SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1999--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced its support of the newly formed Directory Interoperability Forum (DIF), initiated by IBM and Novell. Cisco supports interoperability through standards evidenced by its co-founding of the Directory Enabled Networking (DEN) initiative with Microsoft, enabling interoperation of applications for advanced directory-enabled network services. ''Cisco is committed to building applications that fit into the computing environments our customers choose,'' said Jim Turner, Sr. Manager of Enterprise Partnerships for Cisco Systems. ''Cisco views the Directory Interoperability Forum's charter as a complementary effort to the ongoing engineering activities of the DEN initiative, the Desktop Manageability Task Force (DMTF) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). We look forward to working with the members of the Directory Interoperability Forum in the appropriate standards working groups.'' Certification of vendor compliance with existing and future directory-related standards will ease the burden of implementing applications taking advantage of the broad set of directory services installed in customer networks. Interoperability of heterogeneous directory services reflects the reality of any customers today, and becomes increasingly important as enterprises extend their reach over the Internet. In the immediate future, vendors and customers must rely on non-standards-based technologies for interoperability. Ultimately, standards will provide the key to long term value. biz.yahoo.com