IBM announced professional services to help customers build <A HREF="http://www.ibm.com/software/network/directory">meta directories</A>. These virtual repositories create a single, enterprise-wide view of directory information and simplify network user administration. The services consist of the analysis and planning, design and implementation, and support needed to consolidate a company's disparate directories -- such as Novell Directory Services, IBM Resource Access Control Facility (RACF), Lotus Domino, and Microsoft Windows NT Domain -- into an enterprise meta directory.