"OpenLDAP 2.4 Highlights: Features of the Upcoming Release" paper and presentation available

The following paper and presentation are now available from the  
OpenLDAP Publications web page: http://www.openldap.org/pub/

Title: OpenLDAP 2.4 Highlights: Features of the Upcoming Release
Author: Howard Chu, Symas Corp.
URL: http://www.openldap.org/pub/hyc/LDAPcon2007.pdf (paper)
URL: http://www.openldap.org/pub/hyc/LDAPcon2007s.pdf
Abstract:

OpenLDAP is the premier implementation of LDAP client and server  
software, providing full support of LDAPv3 and most popular standard  
and draft (work in progress) LDAP extensions. It has evolved over the  
years from its origins in the University of Michigan's reference  
implementation of LDAPv2 as a vehicle for experimentation into a  
mature, commercial grade package capable of supporting the most  
demanding environments. The current release has been proven to scale  
to hundreds of millions of objects in data volumes in excess of a  
terabyte, with performance in excess of 22,000 queries per second at  
sub-millisecond latencies. Reliability in production deployments has  
been flawless, with hardware failure being the principal cause of  
unscheduled downtime. This paper presents a brief overview of  
features in the newest release, along with a brief history and  
motivation for the new developments.