COMMENT ON THIS ARTICLE Novell and Honeywell are planning to announce the fruits of a project to link physical and logical access products from the two companies, offering government agencies and large enterprises a way to tie building and network access privileges together seamlessly, according executives from the two companies. The two companies plan to announce software updates and new products that are part of the solution in February, said Beth Thomas product manager for Honeywell's Smart Plus platform. The integration is Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201 (FIPS 201) compliant and the first such effort by Novell to work with a physical access security vendor. The news comes as companies look for ways to tap into a fast-growing market for integrated physical and logical control systems mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12).