Cisco Systems Supports the Directory Interoperability Forum Efforts.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1999-- Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced its support of the newly formed Directory Interoperability Forum (DIF (1) (Data Interchange Format) A standard file format for spreadsheet and other data structured in row and column form. Originally developed for VisiCalc, DIF is now under Lotus' jurisdiction. ), initiated by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Novell. Cisco supports interoperability through standards evidenced by its co-founding of the Directory Enabled Networking (DEN) initiative with Microsoft, enabling interoperation of applications for advanced directory-enabled network services. "Cisco is committed to building applications that fit into the computing environments our customers choose," said Jim Turner, Sr. Manager of Enterprise Partnerships for Cisco Systems. "Cisco views the Directory Interoperability Forum's charter as a complementary effort to the ongoing engineering activities of the DEN initiative, the Desktop Manageability Task Force (DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., Portland, OR, www.dmtf.org) An industry consortium founded in 1992 that is involved with the development, support and maintenance of management standards for PCs. Its goal is to reduce the cost and complexity of PC management. ) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the (IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force ). We look forward to working with the members of the Directory Interoperability Forum in the appropriate standards working groups." Certification of vendor compliance with existing and future directory-related standards will ease the burden of implementing applications taking advantage of the broad set of directory services installed in customer networks. Interoperability of heterogeneous directory services reflects the reality of any customers today, and becomes increasingly important as enterprises extend their reach over the Internet. In the immediate future, vendors and customers must rely on non-standards-based technologies for interoperability. Ultimately, standards will provide the key to long term value. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (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 : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco news and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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