BANYAN ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR OPEN DIRECTORY SERVICE INTERFACES; Banyan Commits to Ship ODSI Compliant Universal StreetTalk.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1995--At The Burton Group Conference held here, Banyan Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BNYN BNYN ePresence (stock symbol; formerly known as Banyan) ) today announced its intent to incorporate Open Directory Service Interfaces (ODSI (Open Directory Services Interface) A programming interface from Microsoft for gaining access to network naming services and directory services. ) in its industry leading StreetTalk Enterprise Directory. Banyan will work with Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, to establish these interfaces as a way to directory- enable Windows based (1) (Windows-based; upper case "W") Refers to Microsoft Windows. (2) (windows-based; lower case "w") Having resizable windows. Same as "graphics based" or "GUI based." Graphical user interfaces are all windows based. Contrast with text based. applications. Banyan also committed to deliver an ODSI compliant version of the recently shipped Universal StreetTalk. "Banyan intends to be the first vendor to ship its award-winning enterprise directory, StreetTalk, with support for ODSI," said John M. Paul, senior vice president of products and business development at Banyan. "This makes Universal StreetTalk an even more attractive solution for software developers to directory enable and enhance their applications." "Banyan's support for ODSI will help customers work with multiple directories," said Jim Allchin, senior vice president of the business systems division at Microsoft. "Customers and ISVs can now begin writing applications to a single set of interfaces that will access, manage and register multiple directories." Since April of this year, companies including SAP, Sybase, Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc., Collabra Software, Inc. and others have announced their support for the Universal StreetTalk initiative which provides software and hardware developers Banyan's StreetTalk directory for inclusion in their products royalty free. "Banyan has had its act together on StreetTalk for a long time," said Larry Gauthier, chairman of the Network Applications Consortium (NAC See network access control. ). "This Banyan and Microsoft relationship will greatly increase the number of quality directory-enabled applications." Universal StreetTalk, a complete, ready to be deployed directory service, will ease the burden placed on developers striving to build truly effective client-server applications. Through the use of Universal StreetTalk, developers will be able to simply and cost effectively incorporate a rich infrastructure including directory services, security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , browsing and management services, into their applications. This speeds the developer's time-to-market and improves robustness of their product, as well as enabling them to improve overall scalability, manageability and usability. "By supporting ODSI in its Universal StreetTalk initiative, Banyan is continuing to address the need to create directory-enabled applications," said Jamie Lewis, president of The Burton Group. "The combination of Universal StreetTalk and ODSI will allow developers to use directory services in their applications while remaining independent of different directory implementations from different vendors." About Banyan Systems Incorporated Banyan Systems (NASDAQ:BNYN) is a pioneer and leader in enterprise network services. These products make it easy to find, share and manage information and resources within enterprise networks. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Westboro, MA, the company markets products worldwide through authorized network integrators, resellers and international distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.banyan.com. Banyan, VINES, ENS, StreetTalk and BeyondMail are registered trademarks and DeMarc, Intelligent Messaging An earlier messaging system from Banyan Systems that ran on NetWare and VINES servers and incorporated Banyan's popular Streettalk directory service. It included a basic mail program, which could be upgraded to the more advanced BeyondMail system. See ePresence. and Business on Mail are trademarks of Banyan Systems Incorporated. StreetTalk is a product of Banyan Systems Incorporated and is not a product of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. CONTACT: Patrick T. Wright Banyan Systems Inc. (508) 898-1000 |
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