争霸Internet市场的几家大公司——Cisco系统公司、Microsoft公司,Netscape通信公司以及Novell公司等又开始了一番争斗。用哪种技术才能控制局面?是分布式应用?构件技术?Internet安全?网络操作系统?基于政策的管理?还是网络开发环境?答案包含了上述所有技术。最近作为Internet战略性保垒而出现的技术是目录服务。目录服务实质上是存放有关网络上的应用设备和用户信息的产业数据库的集合,同时也是建立下一代网络计算环境的基础。由于Internet日趋成为指导电子贸易和商务的集中地,需要信息统一存储,使得服务提供商和各公司能够设立管理更复杂的计算环境,这肯定是一种既值钱又合算的武器。 Several large companies competing in the Internet market-Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Netscape Communications, and Novell-started another battle. What kind of technology to control the situation? Distributed applications? Component technology? Internet security? Network operating system? Policy-based management? Or network development environment? The answer includes all the above technologies. The technology that recently emerged as a strategic proxy for Internet is the directory service. Directory services are essentially a collection of industry databases that store information about application devices and users on the network and are also the foundation for building next-generation networked computing environments. As the Internet has increasingly become a hub for directing electronic commerce and commerce, requiring unified storage of information, enabling service providers and companies to set up more sophisticated computing environments, it is certainly a valuable and cost-effective weapon.