Ease integration with other environments
Fix mismatch to centralized enterprise operations
- “Mainframe” and other “heritage” environments still define data center operational context
- DCE’s RAS and OA&M features are weak
Departmental and remote office models
- Novell and other low-end and decentralized systems
New and evolving infrastructures (DialTone approach)
- “Wintel” systems including “heritage” and NT
- Internet, intranet, and extranet environments