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Article: Red Hat pushes for the middle
"Szulik also predicted that there will be more products coming out of the Netscape code that Red Hat acquired from AOL last year. The code formed the basis for the Red Hat identity server.
The executive declined to name specific products, saying that he will use the Netscape code where needed to fill in holes in Red Hat's product line-up.
'We are not simply going in and replacing Active Directory or iPlanet,' he said, in a reference to two products that compete with the Red Hat Directory Server.
'This [Netscape] acquisition means that we are going way beyond just print and file servers.'"
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# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:38:45 AM)
Q&A: Red Hat CEO looks outside U.S. for growth
"How do you expect to get users to move off Microsoft's Active Directory? You raise a good point. Maybe within the next 12, 18, 36 months, Active Directory in the U.S. won't be the place where the directory's capability is, [where] the certificate management capability happens. Maybe it will happen in Spain. Or maybe it will happen in England. Or maybe it will happen in Poland or Russia. There were $19.5 billion of Linux-related technologies sold in 2004. This is an incredibly large market which we're competing in, and Red Hat's business opportunity is really at such an embryonic stage. To me, it's no longer a question of if. It's just a matter of when."
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# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:34:20 AM)
Red Hat to open-source Netscape Directory
There has been a lot of directory news lately. I've been wondering when we'd hear from RedHat and now finely we have:
"Leading Linux vendor, Red Hat, is expected to open source the Netscape Directory technology it acquired last September on the first day of its summit conference in New Orleans on June 1st. As Microsoft Watch reports, Netscape Directory Services (NDS) will be renamed Red Hat Directory Server and the code will be released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). That means anyone will be able to use, modify and redistribute the software. This is good news for organizations running Linux who now will have an alternative to the leading open-source directory software, OpenLDAP."
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# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:31:27 AM)
Quest acquires Vintela for cross-platform authentication
Big news: Vintela is acquired by Quest. I wonder if anyone is looking at Centrify now? A related article.
# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:28:12 AM)
Article: Microsoft Readies Identity Integration Server SP2, 'Gemini' Upgrade
"As identity management and access take center stage in the software arena, Microsoft is developing a service pack for its Identity Integration Server 2003 and a major upgrade, code-named Gemini, due out in 2007."
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# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:25:21 AM)
New book: Linux in a Windows World
"This book is about many of the points where Linux can be strategically placed into your network. Do you need centralized authentication for Windows and Linux machines but don't want to use Windows? This book shows you how. Do you need your Linux machines to authenticate against an Active Directory server? Not a problem? Centralized print services running on a reliable Linux machine? CUPS is your answer. Want a gateway email server to do spam and virus filtering before you email gets to your MS Exchange groupware server? Linux in a Windows World covers that too."
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# posted by Robbie (6/09/2005 11:20:54 AM)
Article: LDAP at the heart of the secure organisation
"Single sign-on (SSO) has long been a holy grail for security teams in large complex organisations. But the obstacles in the way of its universal deployment have so far proved to be too great - in particular the challenge of interfacing and synchronising data held in the various directories that larger companies typically deploy.
These proprietary directories have traditionally been built around individual applications, which creates problems for anyone attempting to standardise or centralise user and application credentials. But things are looking up. The accelerating adoption of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is offering hope to security managers who have been seeking to integrate multiple enterprise directories - and so facilitating SSO."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 11:49:13 PM)
Article: Centrify adds Debian support
"Centrify Corporation announced yesterday that its DirectControl suite -- an application that enables the use of Microsoft Active Directory within a mixed computing environment -- now supports the Debian GNU/Linux operating system."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 11:48:22 PM)
Article: Microsoft Ships R2 Public Beta: Should You Bother?
"Microsoft has released a public beta version of its upcoming Windows Server 2003 interim release, code-named R2. The release is available through the R2 Customer Preview Program. I've been following R2 development and have been working with beta R2 code for several months now. In this week's commentary, I give you some information about what to expect--and perhaps more important, what not to expect--from R2."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 11:47:19 PM)
Article: If Only I Remembered The Name Of That Guy In Accounting
"It's hard enough to remember this month's quality initiative, let alone remember the new head of accounting. Namescape, a Phoenix-based software company, has created rDirectory, a searchable secure employee directory that is based on Microsoft Active Directory."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 11:45:22 PM)
Article: Microsoft, Sun agree on sign-on specs
"Microsoft Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. said they have agreed to a single sign-on specification to ease cross-platform identity management and promised to broadly improve the interoperability of their rival .Net and Java Web services platforms."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 11:43:14 PM)
PADL Releases XAD Identity Server
PADL has announced general availability of its identity server, XAD.
"XAD® provides a cross-platform enterprise identity management service on Linux. It is based on open standards and does not require a proprietary server infrastructure. All popular client operating systems and authentication protocols are supported, including Kerberos, LDAP, and Windows logon. XAD is built on proven open source software, including the popular OpenLDAP directory server."
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# posted by Robbie (6/08/2005 09:01:00 AM)
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