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Novell's LANalyzer for NetWare Delivers New Level of Customer Support
New Management Product Gives Resellers, Integrators, Service Providers
Powerful Tool for Supporting NetWare Networks
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- May 11, 1992 -- Novell Inc. and several technical
service organizations today outlined ways in which Novell's new
LANalyzer for NetWare product improves the network computing industry's
ability to support NetWare customers.
Because it's both affordable and easy to use, LANalyzer for NetWare is
suited for smaller businesses, departmental administrators or their
support organizations. With LANalyzer for NetWare, customers can record
network activity and send it on diskette to their support provider,
where the file can be replayed and analyzed, revealing the network's
problem areas. Service providers can also view a customer's network in
realtime over a modem link, isolating and correcting problems as they
occur.
"The introduction of LANalyzer for NetWare adds a cost-effective,
top-notch support tool for our customers," said Richard King, Novell's
vice president of service and support. "Networking customers have been
looking for a product that's sophisticated enough to provide high-level
network analysis, while retaining the ease of use and affordability of
more conventional networking utilities. LANalyzer for NetWare provides
high functionality while delivering on price and simplicity. We feel
LANalyzer for NetWare will help grow the entire network computing
industry by making NetWare networks more manageable and supportable."
Service Industry Support for LANalyzer for NetWare
Resellers provide most of the front-line support for NetWare customers.
Howard Lubert, president of HEL Inc. and vice chairman of the Local Area
Network Dealers Association (LANDA) welcomed the announcement of
LANalyzer for NetWare. "Network management has become a critical
component in the LAN resellers' arsenal," Lubert said. "LANalyzer for
NetWare from Novell will provide most network administrators and
resellers with a practical tool to manage the network with almost no
investment in high-tech tools or training. This will undoubtedly improve
the service industry's ability to support NetWare users. I can't
imagine any reseller not being excited about this opportunity."
Novell requires its higher-level resellers to have one or more Certified
NetWare Engineers (CNEs) on staff. CNEs are the network "mechanics" who
actually diagnose and correct network malfunctions. According to Stuart
Pastman, Chair of the CNE Professional Association and Managing Partner
of CGI Systems Inc., "LANalyzer for NetWare is one of the most exciting
network management tools to emerge from the industry in a long time. I
think it will definitively expand the scope and capabilities of CNEs who
are using it to support their NetWare customers." Novell will provide
training on LANalyzer for NetWare geared to the needs of CNEs.
The Technical Support Alliance (TSA) is an affiliation of hardware and
software vendors formed to provide customers with coordinated post-sales
support for multivendor computing environments. Novell is providing a
free copy of LANalyzer for NetWare to each TSA member in an effort to
establish a common standard for unified network support. "Making
LANalyzer for NetWare available to the entire TSA gives us a common
denominator to use in evaluating network performance," said Clark
Catelain, senior vice president, product development / technical
services at Gupta Technologies, Inc., a TSA member. "We expect the
product to become extremely popular among NetWare users, partly because
they can capture files of network activity and send it to a TSA support
facility for analysis. There's no other product that's as affordable
and functional."
"We're gratified to see many service organizations and systems
integrators finding customer-oriented uses for LANalyzer for NetWare,"
said Duane Murray, vice president and general manager of Novell's
Network Management Products Division. "This product is based on input
from literally thousands of users and support providers. They wanted a
network analysis product that's affordable and easy-to-use, while
retaining many of the advanced features that have made the original
LANalyzer the most widely used product of its kind. We feel LANalyzer
for NetWare delivers on these expectations."
LANalyzer for NetWare is an affordable, hardware-independent network
monitoring and analysis system. Its graphical user interface provides
an easily understood view of network statistics, and it features a
unique point-and-click filtering system that minimizes the networking
expertise needed to use the product. Its software includes specialized
tests and diagnostic tools for the NetWare environment. The product
also includes complete seven-layer protocol decodes for all versions of
NetWare, as well as AppleTalk Phases 1 and 2. LANalyzer for NetWare can
run on any DOS-Windows workstation (80386 or better) and can analyze any
Ethernet network (standard, thin-net or 10BASE-T).
Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the
developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
system products including NetWare and DR DOS. Novell's NetWare network
computing products manage and control the sharing of services, data and
applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and
business-wide information systems.