This would not only centralize the company's management of mobile end users but also would eliminate the need for end users to use multiple logons or passwords. Because WAP is still in its infancy, Tivoli says companies initially will likely need to rely on a Tivoli specialist to write the code to ensure that Policy Director will work with different vendors' WAP-enabled products. Richard Lincoln, an IT administrator at Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, says he can see the value in using the upgraded Policy Director to get a better handle on mobile end-user management. But Lincoln says he'd probably wait a year or more before bringing it into his shop, to let the WAP kinks get worked out. Policy Director with WAP support is available now on AIX, Solaris, Windows NT and other platforms.
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