Extension makes it easier for corporations to build a single directory of user addresses.
Changes can be made from any server and, unlike the current situation, directory updating won't come to a halt because the single master is down. Not the most exciting issue on the tech front, the directory issue will nonetheless be a key to future progress of the Internet and help determine who wins the corporate purse. Netscape and Novell are in the lead now, but Microsoft is running hard to catch up. This latest effort boosts its standing in the directory space. Gateway has an existing relationship with USR and now will switch to the faster modems.