Telstra and IBM Announce Licensing Agreement, Aimed at Delivering Standard-Based Internet Directory Servers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1997--Telstra Corporation Limited today announced an agreement with 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) Corporation to license its LDAP/X.500 Directory Server. The agreement allows IBM to market X.500 based applications to help customers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a flexible directory server for building information on electronic mail addresses, or White Pages type directories, to find phone numbers or index the location of web page addresses. The IBM Telstra LDAP/X.500 Directory Server software supports the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (protocol) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol - (LDAP) A protocol for accessing on-line directory services. LDAP was defined by the IETF in order to encourage adoption of X.500 directories. (LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. ) for Internet directory services. It features very powerful and sophisticated search techniques such as approximate matching capabilities. Currently the directory software is used within Australia as a White Pages directory containing more than 8 million records, and recently Swiss Telecom PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration , with the help of IBM's Telecommunications and Media Industry Solution Unit, deployed the X.500 solution for an electronic white pages system which contains information on business and residential listings representing the entire country. "IBM has provided us with a very efficient and powerful system" said Peter Berger, Project Manager, Swiss Telecom PTT. "We have successfully loaded over 4 million listings with acceptable response times. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. of any other products that are geared to these numbers." "This agreement with Telstra allows IBM to offer the directory services that provide crucial capabilities to our customers" said Phyllis Byrne, Vice President, Distributed Systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. Services, IBM Corporation. "This new IBM offering supports our customers demand for a high-performance directory server with LDAP support and helps IBM to deliver on the promise to extend enterprise services to the internet and intranets." Geoff Avard, General Manager, Products & Services, National Directory Services, Telstra said, "We look forward to working with IBM on the deployment of the ViewFinder The preview window on a camera that is used to frame, focus and take the picture. On analog cameras, the viewfinder is an eye-sized window that must be pressed against the face. Point-and-shoot digital cameras use small LCD screens that are viewed several inches from the eyes. X.500 system in a wide range of directory-dependent applications. The combination of IBM's hardware, software and integration skills with Telstra's directory technology will help provide a highly effective solution to the information-linking challenges of the new millennium." Additionally the software is a key component of the IBM Registry and World Registry offerings and will provide cross-cell communications for Distribution Computing Environments (DCE (1) (Distributed Computing Environment) Software from The Open Group that allows applications to be built across heterogeneous platforms in a network. DCE includes security, directory naming, time synchronization, file sharing, RPCs and multithreading services. ) networks, when combined with technology forthcoming from the Open Group. IBM and Telstra announced a Memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. on 16 December 1996 regarding a strategic alliance for the "Telstra World Registry" secure Internet commerce service. The IBM Telstra LDAP/X.500 Directory Server is a key component of the Telstra World Registry. This solution targets customers looking for a flexible directory server such as in the telecommunications and manufacturing businesses and in state and local federal governments. As Craig Herbert, General Manager, IBM Telecommunications & Media Industry Solutions Unit, Australia / New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. points out, it comes as a result of a lengthy relationship between IBM and Telstra. "IBM has worked with Telstra for more than 15 years. Whilst to date the relationship has been based on providing directory solutions in the Australian market place, we are delighted that this offering marks the extension of our relationship to provide an open, scalable, security enhanced environment for directory based, electronic commerce solutions to market world-wide." The IBM Telstra LDAP/X.500 Directory Server is now available. The software operates on an IBM RS/6000 workstation using the AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. operating system. About Telstra Telstra Corporation is the major telecommunications company in Australia. It is a full-service provider, with significant multimedia, directory and international operations. Telstra can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.telstra.com.au . About IBM IBM, one of the world's largest software providers, creates, develops and manufactures some of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM offers information about the company, its products, services and technology through the World Wide Web. The fastest, and easiest way to get information about IBM is to go to the IBM home page at http://www.software.lbm.com . CONTACT: Telstra Cathy Clarke, 203/532-1339 cnca@ix.netcom.com |
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