Novell delivers lynchpin for e-business solutions

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Novell, Inc, announced the launch of iChain 1.5, a security and management infrastructure that provides a foundation for all e-business solutions. An extension of Novell NDS e-directory, iChain gives companies the ability to simplify and accelerate their transformation to e-business and to securely extend traditional business relationships and processes to employees, customers and partners on the Net. 

Novell also announced that Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics and a manufacturer of Gulfstream business aircraft, has selected iChain as the security platform for its presence on the Net. iChain has also been chosen by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, the world's fifth largest IT Services and management consultancy company, as a foundation for a business-to-business e-commerce exchange for the UK's Ministry of

Defence.

Gulfstream is leveraging existing Novell directory services for rapid deployment to employees. The combination of iChain and e-directory makes it possible for Gulfstream to provide customers and partners with secure access to personalized content and services over Gulfstream's website.

This secure link simplifies the complexities of e-business and provides the power and flexibility of the infrastructure needed to succeed in the Net economy. iChain Delivers e-business platform for Ministry of Defense. "We chose Novell's iChain architecture because they offer the most flexible and scalable LDAP directory in the marketplace today. It is a secure, flexible platform that can empower a number of e-business applications like procurement, order fulfillment, human resources, asset tracking, and e-commerce," said Andy Mulholland, CTO, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young United Kingdom. 

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young was chosen by the MoD as their preferred supplier for its new e-commerce system, the Defense Electronic Commerce Services (DECS). The implementation of DECS will enable the MoD to conduct business electronically with its suppliers across all industry sectors. It is anticipated that DECS will help MoD achieve 20 percent savings over the next five years by significantly reducing costs in their supply chain and shortening delivery times.