At the heart of all that it does is Novell's directory technology. This lockdown capability was a feature that Microsoft had been working on within the Windows authorisation processing but the advent of its own directory technology changed all that.
And of course we mustn't forget Active Directory - currently being investigated by the EU for anti-competitive bundling (see 'EU investigation wipes $12bn off Microsoft share price' http://www.silicon.com/a35653 ) - which allow administrators to...
More pertinently, Novell has a very real chance of becoming the de facto provider of directory services, an essential tool for network managers. Directory services were the answer. NetWare Directory Services (NDS) saw the light of day with the...
Microsoft will run our domain servers, mail, Active Directory (basically most of the things we get with a standard enterprise agreement). Central Scotland Police is replacing parts of its open source infrastructure with Microsoft software following...
BindView, a supplier of IT risk management solutions introduced two new management and migration tools for Windows 2000 and Active Directory. The company's bv-Control for Active Directory 1.0 tool provides security and configuration reporting...
Novell has accused Microsoft of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt in the networking market by developing a product that integrates with Novell Directory Services (NDS) by drawing information from it without giving anything back in return.
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