Software & Services | 18 Mar 2008 :
The Novell-led Bandit project aims to address the challenges of cost effectively connecting disparate systems in the hotel and hospitality sector while streamlining administration and meeting compliance requirements.
The Bandit project uses open source coding based on Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) standards that will bridge various systems and platforms in an enterprise, including legacy systems, with commercially available identity management software, claims Novell.
Some hotels have as many as 100 systems in several locations with individual administrative accounts, making it difficult to effectively audit and monitor the entire operating environment. By using the Bandit project's reference code to connect all these systems to readily available identity management software, enterprises can maintain compliance with industry regulations, lower administrative costs and significantly reduce the time required to provision, administer and pass audits.
Source code: www.bandit-project.org