LDAP Implementation Cookbook

1.9. Summary

The combination of the IBM cross-platform applications and services integrated on an open standards-based LDAP directory provides an excellent base for directory exploitation projects. As the product lines of IBM and its partners becomes directory enabled, IBM will offer services from the networking layer through the middleware to the end user applications that can share a common base of user, security, and object information based on open standard directory services. This will provide customers with the flexibility to deploy applications and services across the platforms of their choice and leverage the investment in their current install base of hardware and software. All this will be backed by the experience and reach of the ...