Novell eDirectory™ Competitive Comparisons Novell BrainShare 2002 Novell eDirectory™ Competitive Comparisons Ed Anderson Director, Product Management Novell, Inc. eander@novell.com Justin Taylor Chief Strategist, Directory Services jutaylor@novell.com IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

Vision…one Net Mission A world where networks of all types—corporate and public, intranets, extranets, and the Internet—work together as one Net and securely connect employees, customers, suppliers, and partners across organizational boundaries Mission To solve complex business and technical challenges with Net business solutions that enable people, processes, and systems to work together and our customers to profit from the opportunities of a networked world

The one Net Foundation Novell eDirectory™ Identity Repository Defines identity data through schema Stores identity data in a scalable database and manages the stored data Organizes identity data in a hierarchical namespace Distributes data through advanced replication Provides access to data through standard protocols and APIs Controls access to data using authentication and authorization Secures identity data in storage and during transactions Novell eDirectory

The one Net Foundation Novell eDirectory (cont.) NetWare® Novell Portal Services Novell SecureLogin Novell eGuide eDirectory Novell DirXML™ BorderManager® GroupWise® Novell ZENworks®

The one Net Vision Extending to Partners eDirectory

Identity Management Identity Management Business Policies and Practices Identity Provisioning Networking & Storage Access Security Application Provisioning Collaboration … … DirXML™ Identity Integration … Applications ERP Messaging Applications Microsoft Applications eDirectory Identity Repository Identity Management

Managing Rising Complexity Novell BrainShare 2002 Managing Rising Complexity Magnitude Time Cost to manage IT complexity Potential cost to manage Ability to manage IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

eDirectory We Are Where We Are… Marketing activities (elevate eDirectory visibility) Competitive Analysts Partners (ISV, SI) Customers eDirectory adoption is massively growing Partners are flocking to eDirectory eDirectory Redistribution Kit Technology stabilized Launched LDAPZone Shift in strategy to “solutions”

eDirectory Adoption Unique Licenses Novell BrainShare 2002 eDirectory Adoption Unique Licenses 302 million IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

eDirectory Adoption Unique Customers Novell BrainShare 2002 eDirectory Adoption Unique Customers 9653 IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

Novell eDirectory Redistribution Program Novell BrainShare 2002 Novell eDirectory Redistribution Program Put eDirectory to work for you and your customers Visit the Novell eDirectory redistribution page for additional information and to sign up http://developer.novell.com/edirectory/ Additional resources Novell Worldwide Developer Support http://developer.novell.com Novell Developer Labs http://developer.novell.com/devlabs/ IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

Full-Service Directory Components… Discovery Ability to read, write, name, and find data in the directory Security Ability to secure the data contained in the directory Storage Ability to ensure the integrity of the data contained in the directory Relationship Ability to create and manage relationships between objects contained in the directory

What Makes It Different? Novell BrainShare 2002 What Makes It Different? Extensible schema Inherited rights Multi-master replication Referential integrity Scalable data store Multi-protocol support (discovery—access protocols) Multi-authentication support Developer interfaces Delta replication Administration console Platform support (multi-platform) Event systems (notification) IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

Directory Landscape eDirectory Novell Active Directory Microsoft General-Purpose eDirectory Active Directory Directory Server SecureWay Directory Oracle Internet Directory Directory DirX Novell Microsoft iPlanet IBM Oracle Critical Path Siemens …others Niche/Application-Specific

iPlanet Directory Server Premier application—web and Internet applications Business model is based on ubiquity in the new Internet markets Make money on web services software Built for the data center environment Partner extensively for Distribution Services Support

Microsoft Active Directory Focused on the Windows environment Active Directory is NOT a product, it’s a feature of Windows 2000 Advanced Server Premier application—Management of Windows 2000 Servers Business model is based on selling more Windows 2000 server licenses and making Windows 2000 more strategic to the business Driving toward a Microsoft-only solution

Novell eDirectory Application support Partnerships Growth drivers Novell BrainShare 2002 Novell eDirectory Application support Partnerships Growth drivers Identity management Provisioning Security Web services IO120—Novell eDirectory Competitive Comparisons

Conclusions Novell eDirectory is growing faster than any other directory offering Partners are abandoning other directory products in favor of eDirectory eDirectory is the only directory product that can provide a one Net foundation Novell has created complimentary directory-based product offering eDirectory works with everything

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