COMPETITION ----------- IBM: ---- IBM has released(3/92) NetWare for AIX/6000, which enables RS/6000 systems to act as servers for NetWare LANs. Based on NetWare for UNIX 3.11, it enables MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2 and AIX/6000 users to share information and resources. Files and directories reside in an hierarchical directory tree managed by AIX/6000, and this enables Version 3.11 to use Native NetWare features. NetWare redirects network print jobs to the AIX/6000 spooler or local printers and PC users can share the same printers as other AIX/6000 users. NetWare for AIX/6000 supports NetWare APIs like SPX. Terminal based applications are supported from PC terminal emulation software to provide access to AIX/6000 and with Novell Virtual Terminal, MS-DOS and Windows users gain access to AIX/6000 applications. Price: $5,500 for 1-10 users. $8,000 FOR 1-20 users. $13,000 for 1-100 users. $25,000 for 1-250 users. Prime ----- PrimeService has released Connection NetWare for Sparc, which enables NetWare clients to access the functionality of the Sparc operating environment from PC, OS/2 and Macintosh computing platforms. Based on NetWare for UNIX, Connection is a version of the NetWare 3.01 LAN operating system and is interopable with NetWare. The software connects different operating to enable users to access and share applicaitons, data and print services, and communicate with computers outside NetWare LANs. It is backward compatible with NetWare v2.1, PrimeService's SMTP/MHS e-mail and SPX/IPX to TCP/IP gateway, and supports Novell's Virtual Terminal communications. Price: $5,795 Data General ------------ Data General has ported Action Technologies' MHS to its RISC-based AViiON, allowing the UNIX system to act as a messaging engine for NetWare LAN's using MHS. In porting MHS to the AViiON, DG added several capabilities not possible for users on the PC. One of the key performance features is the ability to have multiple simultanceous remote connections to other MHS servers. This means messages can be transfer to multiple servers at the same time, either on the same LAN or across a WAN, whereas with a dedicated PC MHS engine (which can only communicate with other server at a time), they would have to be sent sequentially through connections to multiple servers. Price: N/A ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY PRODUCT SHIP_DATE ------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------ Altos NetWare for Altos UNIX June 1990 Data General Netware for AViiON Systems May, 1990 Data General NetWare Transport for MV August, 1990 Dolphin Server Teh NetWare for 88000 Announced June, 1991 Feith Systems Feith NetWare for AT&T Announced June, 1991 Hewlett Packard NetWare XL for HP3000 August, 1991 Hewlett Packard NetWare v3.01 for the HP9000 April, 1992 Hewlett Packard NetWare v3.11 for the HP9000 Expected, Sept,92 IBM NetWare for AIX/6000 March, 1992 ICL NetWare for ICL August, 1991 Interactive Interactive Ported NetWare Dec, 1990 Intergraph Intergraph NetWare May, 1991 MIPS NetWare for RISComputers Dec, 1990 AT&T/NCR NCR NetWare/X April, 1991 Prime Prime EXL NetWare July, 1990 Prime Connection NetWare for SPARC April, 1992 Pyramid NetWare for Pyramid Announced, Oct 1991 Sequent NetWare for Sequent Announced, Oct 1991 Stratus NetWare for Stratus Announced, Dec 1991 Sun NetWare SunLink Anncd 10/91 Expctd 8/92 Texas Instruments NetWare for System V Announced, Oct 1991 Unisys NetWare for U Series Dec, 1990