1 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Pathway to UNIX-NT Integration Dorothy Mamos DCE 3rd Party Project Manager Digital Equipment Corporation

2 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 Agenda  DIGITAL’s DCE Program  DIGITAL’s DCE Partners  DIGITAL’s DCE Direction  DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

3 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 Agenda DIGITAL’s DCE Program DIGITAL’s DCE Partners DIGITAL’s DCE Direction DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

4 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 The DIGITAL DCE Program Provide competitive DCE products for all DIGITAL strategic platforms:  DIGITAL UNIX  OpenVMS  Windows NT Intel/Alpha  Windows 95  IA-64 (Merced)

5 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.) Work with collaborative development partners to leverage DCE engineering expertise:  Improve time to market for DCE releases  Ensure continued interoperability and standardization  Simplify DCE complexity for improved implementation  Continue to promote DCE in the industry

6 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.) Work with tool providers and consulting services organizations to supplement and complement our DCE product offerings: 4Development tool providers 4Management tool providers 4Independent consulting and training services providers 4Resellers

7 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.) Continue to promote DCE in the industry:  Participate in The Open Group sponsored PSTs and ATOs  Seek out opportunities for additional collaborative development to ensure the continued standardization of DCE. …And enhance UNIX/NT integration via DCE technology

8 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 Agenda  DIGITAL’s DCE Program  DIGITAL’s DCE Partners  DIGITAL’s DCE Direction  DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

9 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Collaborative Relationships The Open Group  Sponsor of the LDAP PST  Sponsor of the ActiveX PST  Sponsor of the JADE and PRISM ATO’s  DCE Next IBM  Development partner for Windows NT and Windows 95 V2.0

10 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships DIGITAL Products and Tools:  DIGITAL ACMSxp  DIGITAL DCE Toolkit  Bea’s MessageQ, ObjectBroker, Tuxedo  IMS Software Toolset  Resource Broker …And DCE added value DCE Director, Visual ACL Editor, and DCEsetup

11 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships (cont.) Borland:  Entera 4 on NT/Intel and DIGITAL UNIX  OLEnterprise on DIGITAL UNIX DASCOM, Inc.:  Bundles DIGITAL DCE for Windows NT Servers with IntraVerse  DIGITAL ships Cell Manager with DCE for DIGITAL UNIX today  Provides lightweight DCE client, secure web products and single sign on

12 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships (cont.) Additional application developers and tool providers:  Transarc  Forte  Oracle  GSE Systems  IntraCo Systems

13 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL DCE Relationships (cont.) Worldwide Independent DCE Training and Consulting Service Providers:  US  open information technologies -  Curriculum -  Solutions Etc. -  UK  TreePax - Ian Moore, (US too)  DSPS - Peter Bennett,  Germany  Solutions Etc. -  Netherlands  VX8000 (also UK and Italy)

14 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 Agenda v DIGITAL’s DCE Program v DIGITAL’s DCE Partners v DIGITAL’s DCE Direction v DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

15 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DIGITAL’s DCE Direction  Continue to enable UNIX-NT integration  Integrate DCE with related technologies (e.g. LDAP, Security, more)  Develop additional partnerships to round out DIGITAL’s DCE solutions  Continue a leadership role in TOG by participating in major PSTs and ATOs as well as other opportunities for collaborative development  Provide the de facto DCE for IA-64 UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 95

16 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DCE Future Direction DCE/Next (R2.0)  Evolve and integrate utilizing de facto protocols: v LDAP v Security:  Pluggable security option (CDSA)  Public Key  Smart cards  Full Kerberos V5.0 support  Key recovery (CDSA)  Internet New packaging options

17 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 Agenda DIGITAL’s DCE Program DIGITAL’s DCE Partners DIGITAL’s DCE Direction DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

18 The Open Group Members’ Meeting January 26-30, 1998 DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources Contacts:    Web page:  Newsgroup:  comp.soft-sys.dce White Papers:  DIGITAL DCE on Windows NT  Coming soon …DCE on DIGITAL UNIX TruClusters and DIGITAL DCE Solutions