Novell® eGuide 2.1 is a Web application that provides a simple browser-based solution to search for all of the important people, places, and things your employees need to know, regardless of the location of your LDAP data source.
Novell eGuide looks like an address book. But unlike an ordinary address book, eGuide is independent of platform or a particular application. It can be accessed by any user with rights to your Web server via a standard Web browser.
In addition to searching Novell eDirectoryTM, you can use eGuide to search multiple LDAP data sources at the same time. This means, for example, that if your company suddenly purchases another company, you can easily provide a combined white pages view of both companies using eGuide pointing at two separate directories at the same time.
eGuide runs on the most widely used platforms and is compatible with e-mail, instant messaging, and real-time collaboration tools, such as Microsoft* NetMeeting* or AOL* Instant Messenger*. When users find the people they are looking for, eGuide allows them to launch whatever type of communication fits their current needs---e-mail, instant messaging, and even video conferencing.