Netscape claims its lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) is faster and more scalable than directory protocols from Novell and other rivals. Steven Wastie, Solutions Marketing Manager, says the core product in its strategy - directory...
Called the Directory Interoperability Forum (DIF), the group said it will work with existing standards bodies including the Internet Engineering Task Force, the Desktop Management Task Force, the World Wide Web Consortium and the Open Group to...
Researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol) which has left thousands of web servers open to email bombardment by malicious attackers. Users running versions of IBM SecureWay, iPlanet Directory Server...
The company will join Microsoft, HP and IBM in maintaining a webServices online B2B directory set of protocols.webServices is a group of protocols which bypasses complex integration processes by wrapping around applications running on the net, so...
The proposed protocol will sniff out a required service using industry or subject-specific directories held on the net that are based on another webServices standard called universal description discovery and integration (UDDI).
These include voice-driven email to allow users hands-free access in the car, voice dialling to call people directly from the directory and a whole range of personal productivity applications to provide a ‘virtual assistant’ to help manage users...