Hi Gil, I work with a company called CPS Systems - and we offer an Enterprise Directory Synchronization product called SimpleSync. We developed SimpleSync after selling and supporting Zoomit VIA MetaDirectory, the precursor to Microsofts MMS. Our current installed base is over 130 customers, synchronizing over 600 directories on a daily basis. These include Department of Transportation (with the new TSA), DOE, State of Delaware, UPS Logistics, BF Goodrich, Best Buy, Kinkos, and others. I think that you would find our product of great interest to attendees at DEC. It can be used to synchronize any combination of AD/Exchange 2000 Forests, Exchange 5.5 Organizations, iPlanet, Notes/Domino, Novell NDS, Groupwise using API support, IBM Secureware, and several X.500 directories. We also have a growing number of customers who are using our ODBC interface to 'load and maintian' AD from CSV files or SQL compliant data sources. We also have customers who see this as a way to expand the use of the email directory to include customers, trading partners and other companies with which they do business - so that contact and email information is readily available to all of their users in a single location. Would you please let me know how we may be able to participate in your conference. Many thanks, Jerry Welch
CPS Systems US/Canada: 1 888 666 0277 International: +1 703 827 0919 (-5 GMT) www.cps-systems.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gil Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 12:08 AM Subject: [ActiveDir] Call for papers - Directory Experts Conference for Active Directo ry 2003 > Greetings, > > The second Directory Experts Conference for Active Directory will be held in > Scottsdale, Arizona from April 28 through May 1, 2003. Although we have not > officially announced the conference (that will happen in a few days), I > would like to solicit the experts on the list for presentations on Active > Directory projects and issues. > > This year's DEC will focus on two topics: security and directory > integration, i.e., doing more with AD than just logging in. I'm looking for > real-world discussions that have fairly broad appeal to the AD experts > community. Problem-and-solution stories are great, as are in-depth > discussions of some of the dustier corners of AD that don't get much > discussion, e.g. integration with non-Microsoft systems. Topics that I'm > *not* interested in include "this is how we designed our directory" (unless > it's mind-bogglingly unusual), NT4-to-AD migration stories, and vendor sales > pitches, veiled or otherwise. Presentations should run about 45 minutes with > 15 minutes of discussion, although we can go longer for meatier topics. > > I'm also taking suggestions for "birds-of-a-feather" type breakout sessions. > > The DEC is a technical conference targeted toward directory architects, > engineers, and consultants with more than six months of production Active > Directory experience under their belts... attendees can generally list the > top level command options in NTDSUTIL and diagram the DNS namespace created > by a DC from memory :) This means that you can focus on the interesting bits > of your topic without having to explain things like what FSMO role owners > are and why having more than one of each is a bad thing. > > So if you think you may have an interesting story to tell, please contact me > via email at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. And if you're just interested in > attending, watch this space; I'll post the official conference annoucement > to the list as soon as its released. > > Thanks, > > -gil > > Gil Kirkpatrick > CTO, NetPro > Author of "Active Directory Programming" from MacMillan > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
