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Directory Services: Design, Implementation and Management (Enterprise Computing)
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by Nancy Cox
Sales Rank: 2383660
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List Price: $65.95
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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Digital Press; 1 edition December 1, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1555582621
ISBN-13: 978-1555582623
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
X.500, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), and their proprietary relatives--Microsoft Active Directory and Novell NDS eDirectory--are changing the way organizations structure their computer systems. They make it easier to achieve truly distributed computing, in which individual users' rights to access data and devices can be managed centrally, and apparently unified file systems can be spread across global networks. Directory Services: Design, Implementation and Management provides a so-so take on its title subject, giving its readers an overview--albeit a sometimes muddled one--of directory services, their advantages, and the risks involved in deploying them.
The problem with this slender book is that it attempts to stuff too much information into its prose and illustrations. Too many diagrams are festivals of shapes and arrows, which are referred to in text spread across multiple pages and thus very hard to decipher. It also suffers from the curse of too many writers: no fewer than seven people collaborated on the 295 pages that make up this book. What's more, though it's good that the book covers solutions from both Novell and Microsoft, there's no feature comparison of the two or analysis of the sorts of business situations into which each fits best. Look elsewhere for better coverage of directory services. --David Wall
Topics covered: Directory services, in terms of standards--LDAP and X.500--and in terms of proprietary offerings from Microsoft and Novell. Each section defines terms, sketches key operational details, and explains the processes followed in finding information and making security decisions.
Book Description
To optimally design and manage a directory service, IS architects and managers must understand current state-of-the-art products. Directory Services covers Novell's NDS eDirectory, Microsoft's Active Directory, UNIX directories and products by NEXOR, MaxWare, Siemens, Critical Path and others. Directory design fundamentals and products are woven into case studies of large enterprise deployments. Cox thoroughly explores replication, security, migration and legacy system integration and interoperability. Business issues such as how to cost justify, plan, budget and manage a directory project are also included. The book culminates in a visionary discussion of future trends and emerging directory technologies including the strategic direction of the top directory products, the impact of wireless technology on directory enabled applications and using directories to customize content delivery from the Enterprise Portal.
Directory Services is a comprehensive and practical guide that provides organizations and consultants with a roadmap used to create the directory enabled global enterprise. To provide the reader with the core knowledge required for designing directory services, the book discusses directory fundamentals including X.500, X.509 and LDAP as well as how to cost justify, plan, budget and manage a directory project
Provides critical info for design, integration, or migration for multiple messaging platforms
Covers all major directories
Provides case studies and guidelines for deployment and integration issues
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Directory Services: Design, Implementation and Management (Enterprise Computing)
List Price: $65.95
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