Novell has announced immediate availability of DirXML, powerful new integration software that makes possible new business solutions to accelerate a company`s transformation to eBusiness. DirXML extends the capabilities of NDS eDirectory, allowing companies for the first time to fully integrate business processes and existing applications across the enterprise.
By combining state-of-the-art directory technologies with the common language of eBusiness, XML, DirXML powers secure cross-platform and cross-network information exchange. Through its ability to deliver centralized control over a company`s eBusiness processes, DirXML reduces network management costs and drives new opportunities to elevate relationships with clients and customers over the unified global network -- one Net.
According to Novell SE manager James Thomas, DirXML is the solution everyone has been waiting for. "It will allow users to connect their disparate systems and link all their user information across all the different applications they run. We anticipate it will greatly reduce the time and cost spent on network management by ensuring that the information they have is updated dynamically so it`s always current."
"As enterprises rely more on directories to manage networked applications, they will need access to the XML metadata that increasingly describes networked resources. Novell`s DirXML is the forerunner of the XML-aware directory architecture of the 21st century," commented James Kobelius of The Burton Group.
DirXML makes it possible for networks to function more "intelligently" by allowing diverse business solutions to take advantage of the management and security of directory-based computing. DirXML is the first solution to centralize and automate key business processes thereby allowing companies to effectively integrate existing applications with that of their customers and partners, without special application programming or modification.
Furthermore, it is unique in its ability to ensure that a company`s core information automatically gets to the applications that need it, when they need it, and in the form they need it. DirXML is empowering a new breed of solutions, including, among others, employee provisioning, customisable partner and customer relationship management, and universal employee access to the corporate information and applications they need.
"With the release of DirXML, Novell has taken the directory to a qualitatively new level. By merging the directory fully with business processes, we`re moving the directory beyond an IT function to become the foundation for business solutions," adds Thomas. "This is a significant breakthrough, demonstrating how Novell has once again pushed the envelope on directory-based solutions."
Novell supports open standards and integration and has taken the lead in adopting several new standards, including XML, DSML, XSLT, and LDAP. DirXML is based on the widely adopted open industry standard, XML (eXtensible Markup Language), making it simple to implement, inexpensive to deploy, and easy to integrate for application developers.
Novell is offering a complete developer program on-line to train consultants and developers in the practice of developing drivers for DirXML. This training can be found at http://developer.novell.com/education. Additionally, Novell is creating a comprehensive training and certification program that will be designed to ensure the correct deployment of DirXML-based solutions through qualified channel partners.
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