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To: Bearded One who wrote (24735)	12/17/1998 9:09:00 AM
From: Spartex	Respond to of 42771

What do they mean when they say that NDS isn't scalable enough? Bearded One, Try this one on for size. Regards, QuadK xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The year of living directories Highly scalable NDS, key Windows directory apps due in '99 By Scott Berinato, PC Week Online December 14, 1998 9:00 AM ET The fight between Novell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to woo corporate customers to their respective enterprise directory platforms will heat up further next year. To better address the high end of the enterprise market and the service provider community, Novell plans to ship next month an early beta of its next-generation NDS (Novell Directory Services), code-named SCADS (Scalable Directory Services), according to sources close to the Provo, Utah, company. zdnet.com

To: Bearded One who wrote (24735)	12/19/1998 5:05:00 AM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

The glue that will hold most of the directories together at this time is LDAP (light-weight directory access protocol) it's a standard for directory access. You can get more info at: search.ietf.org Just type in LDAP and scan the search results. Both directory products use LDAP for the purpose of interoperatibility. Peter

To: Bearded One who wrote (24735)	12/19/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Respond to of 42771

Sorry for the delay Bearded One. I cant say too much on this issue but I have looked into this Enetwork DS that IBM is now putting into the market. It has some enterprise class software components but is a very immature solution and IMO not a very geographically scaleable solution. It has definately stirred up some dust between the two companies. I think the other areas of IBM will look at this newly marketed DS product from this small group within IBM, but the current and future IBM/Novell NDS developments will still continue. There are a couple meetings/conferences where IBM and Novell key staff on DS will be in attendance. I think this issue will be cleared up throughout January. The group within IBM that is promoting the DS is a small group and I think they will have real difficulty getting the other IBM groups to rally around this Enetwork DS, much less the industry. Based on the relative immaturity of this DS solution compared to NDS, I dont think many major industry vendors will throw their hat into the IBM DS ring. This is my opinion. Toy