- Novell's award-winning directory software is the industry's most deployed directory service
PROVO, UT — July 25, 2001 — Novell, Inc., a leader in eBusiness solutions and Net services software, today announced new market adoption numbers for its award-winning directory software, NDS eDirectory. With more than 163 million seats, eDirectory is the industry's most deployed directory service. Today customers like Toyota, City of the Hague, City of Toronto, American Airlines, Allina Health System, Children's Hospital Oakland, Digital Island and Nissan are using eDirectory to simplify and secure their networks.
In an effort to remain competitive in eBusiness, enterprises are leveraging the Net to improve business processes, reduce operating costs and enhance services. Directories are increasingly becoming critical security infrastructure for their ability to centrally manage user identities, network resources and information. The directory plays the central role in extending the enterprise network to employees, customers and partners around the globe by giving businesses the ability to control and monitor who has access to what information - wherever it resides on the network.
About NDS eDirectory
NDS eDirectory is the industry's #1 directory service that provides centralized management of user identities and network resources and information. As the only directory service to work on all leading operating systems, including NetWare®, Windows NT/2000, Solaris, Linux, Tru64 UNIX and soon IBM AIX, eDirectory is the most open, robust and secure platform to develop eBusiness applications. Unlike competing products on the market today, eDirectory works with customers' existing hardware and software, eliminating the need for businesses to go through the costly and time-consuming task of making hardware infrastructure changes. eDirectory was recently awarded Network Magazine's Product of the Year Award for best directory service and is the only directory to receive SunTone Program Certification from Sun Microsystems, demonstrating superior levels of reliability and quality of service on the Solaris Operating Environment.
Press Contacts:
Shawn Dickerson
Novell, Inc.
Phone: (801) 861-2932
E-mail: sdickerson@novell.com
