NetVision and EDS Enter Into Working Agreement to Provide Migration Solutions; Prompted by Migration Initiatives at Major Customers, EDS Begins Offering NetVision Products.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2001 NetVision Inc., the world's leading provider of network directory administration solutions, Wednesday announced that Electronic Data Systems (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ) has signed a master software licensing agreement (MSLA MSLA minimum school leaving age MSLA Multi-State Lottery Association MSLA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs MSLA Master Security Loan Agreement MSLA Mutual Supply Logistics Agreement MSLA McMaster Sri Lankan Association ) that allows EDS to purchase NetVision products at a substantial discount and offer the solutions to EDS' migration customers. The agreement was prompted by the need of a large EDS customer to migrate 65,000 users from Novell's NetWare Directory Services See eDirectory. (networking) Netware Directory Services - (NDS) Novell, Inc.'s directory services for Netware, Windows NT, and Unix. The NDS directory represents each network resource (user, hardware, or application) as an object of a certain class, where each class has (NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services ) to Microsoft's Active Directory (AD). NetVision's Synchronicity synchronicity (singˈ·kr for Active Directory was one of several products tested jointly by EDS and the customer and was determined to be the only viable solution for migration and coexistence between the two environments. "Large-scale migrations are quickly becoming a fact of life at many companies, and EDS is leading the charge to help companies smooth the transition," said Todd Lawson, president of NetVision. "As the only tool available that helps migrate user/group accounts and passwords while facilitating coexistence between NDS and AD, Synchronicity provides many distinct and measurable benefits to companies migrating to Windows 2000. NetVision is thrilled to be validated by an industry leader as forward-thinking and customer-focused as EDS." Synchronicity is the only real-time password synchronization Password synchronization is defined as any process or technology that helps users to maintain a single password that is subject to a single security policy, and changes on a single schedule across multiple systems. tool that also manages user/group accounts (additions, modifications, and deletions), resource objects, and security features such as passwords. Its ability to synchronize new systems with existing enterprises make Synchronicity a valuable migration management tool. Synchronicity performs cross-platform (bi-directional) passwords synchronization across NDS, Active Directory, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , iPlanet, Exchange, LotusNotes/Domino, NetWare, and GroupWise. In addition to the initial client implementation of Synchronicity, this agreement also allows EDS to propose and use Synchronicity in other large migration projects. Additionally, EDS is free to sell the entire NetVision Policy Management Suite, which includes the Synchronicity, DirectoryAlert, and ServerAlert products. About NetVision Inc. NetVision Inc. is acknowledged in the high-tech industry as a pioneer and innovator in multi-vendor directory integration. Global Event Services (GES GES GTN (Global Transportation Network) Exercise System GES General Estimates System (NHTSA) GES Ghana Education Service GES Government Economic Service (UK) (R)), NetVision's patented real-time event system, is the foundation for the Policy Management Suite that helps systems administrators reduce their workload and make their networks more reliable, cost-efficient, and secure. Information about NetVision and its products is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.netvision.com. |
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