The Open Group Members Meeting

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DIGITAL DCE Pathway to UNIX-NT Integration
Dorothy Mamos DCE 3rd Party Project
Manager Digital Equipment Corporation
Dorothy.Mamos_at_digital.com

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Agenda

• DIGITALs DCE Program
• DIGITALs DCE Partners
• DIGITALs DCE Direction
• DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

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Agenda

• DIGITALs DCE Program
• DIGITALs DCE Partners
• DIGITALs DCE Direction
• DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

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The DIGITAL DCE Program

• Provide competitive DCE products for all
  DIGITAL strategic platforms
• DIGITAL UNIX
• OpenVMS
• Windows NT Intel/Alpha
• Windows 95
• IA-64 (Merced)

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The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.)

• Work with collaborative development partners
  to leverage DCE engineering expertise
• Improve time to market for DCE releases
• Ensure continued interoperability and
  standardization
• Simplify DCE complexity for improved
  implementation
• Continue to promote DCE in the industry

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The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.)

• Work with tool providers and consulting
  services organizations to supplement and
  complement our DCE product offerings
• Development tool providers
• Management tool providers
• Independent consulting and training services
  providers
• Resellers

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The DIGITAL DCE Program (cont.)

• Continue to promote DCE in the industry
• Participate in The Open Group sponsored PSTs and
  ATOs
• Seek out opportunities for additional
  collaborative development to ensure the continued
  standardization of DCE.
• And enhance UNIX/NT integration via DCE
  technology

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Agenda

• DIGITALs DCE Program
• DIGITALs DCE Partners
• DIGITALs DCE Direction
• DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

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DIGITAL DCE Collaborative Relationships

• The Open Group
• Sponsor of the LDAP PST
• Sponsor of the ActiveX PST
• Sponsor of the JADE and PRISM ATOs
• DCE Next
• IBM
• Development partner for Windows NT and Windows 95
  V2.0

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DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships

• DIGITAL Products and Tools
• DIGITAL ACMSxp
• DIGITAL DCE Toolkit
• Beas MessageQ, ObjectBroker, Tuxedo
• IMS Software Toolset
• Resource Broker
• And DCE added value DCE Director, Visual ACL
  Editor, and DCEsetup

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DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships (cont.)

• Borland
• Entera 4 on NT/Intel and DIGITAL UNIX
• OLEnterprise on DIGITAL UNIX
• DASCOM, Inc.
• Bundles DIGITAL DCE for Windows NT Servers with
  IntraVerse
• DIGITAL ships Cell Manager with DCE for DIGITAL
  UNIX today
• Provides lightweight DCE client, secure web
  products and single sign on

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DIGITAL DCE Complementary Relationships (cont.)

• Additional application developers and tool
  providers
• Transarc
• Forte
• Oracle
• GSE Systems
• IntraCo Systems

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DIGITAL DCE Relationships (cont.)

• Worldwide Independent DCE Training and
  Consulting Service Providers
• US
• open information technologies - www.oitinc.com
• Curriculum - www.curriculum.com
• Solutions Etc. - www.solutionsetc.com
• UK
• TreePax - Ian Moore, ian_at_treepax.co.uk (US too)
• DSPS - Peter Bennett, www.dsps.net
• Germany
• Solutions Etc. - www.solutionsetc.com
• Netherlands
• VX8000 (also UK and Italy)

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Agenda

• DIGITALs DCE Program
• DIGITALs DCE Partners
• DIGITALs DCE Direction
• DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

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DIGITALs DCE Direction

• Continue to enable UNIX-NT integration
• Integrate DCE with related technologies (e.g.
  LDAP, Security, more)
• Develop additional partnerships to round out
  DIGITALs DCE solutions
• Continue a leadership role in TOG by
  participating in major PSTs and ATOs as well as
  other opportunities for collaborative development
• Provide the de facto DCE for IA-64 UNIX, Windows
  NT, Windows 95

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DCE Future Direction

• DCE/Next (R2.0)
• Evolve and integrate utilizing de facto
  protocols
• LDAP
• Security
• Pluggable security option (CDSA)
• Public Key
• Smart cards
• Full Kerberos V5.0 support
• Key recovery (CDSA)
• Internet
• New packaging options

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Agenda

• DIGITALs DCE Program
• DIGITALs DCE Partners
• DIGITALs DCE Direction
• DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

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DCE Contacts, Pointers, and Resources

• Contacts
• Michael.Guerette_at_digital.com
• Peggy.McGrath_at_digital.com
• Garry.Woodruff_at_digital.com
• Web page
• http//www.digital.com/dce/
• Newsgroup
• comp.soft-sys.dce
• White Papers
• DIGITAL DCE on Windows NT
• Coming soon DCE on DIGITAL UNIX TruClusters and
  DIGITAL DCE Solutions