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Novell Expands Open Communications Services Platform for Integrating
Enterprise Networks
Boosts LAN-To-IBM Host Computer Integration; Extends LAN Access
Nine Vendors Announce Products That Leverage Platform
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- March 31, 1992 -- Novell Inc., today announced it is
expanding NetWare Communication Services, its open communications services
platform for enterprise network integration, with the announcements of:
■ NetWare for SAA v1.2, Novell's premier LAN-to-host connectivity software;
■ NetWare Asynchronous Communication Services (NACS) v3.0, a NetWare
Loadable Module (NLM) that enables NetWare users to access and share
communications resources such as modems, asynchronous hosts and X.25
network services;
■ NLMs, hardware and software connectivity products developed by nine
third-party vendors which leverage these new releases to provide complete
business-wide solutions.
"NetWare Communication Services provides an open development environment for
vendors to build the business-wide connectivity solutions our customers have
requested," said Ray Noorda, Novell president and CEO. "This platform is open
to anyone who wishes to integrate their communications product into the
NetWare environment and take advantage of the performance, security, name
services and network management features we provide."
"At Tangram, we were particularly interested in the LAN-to-host connectivity
that NetWare for SAA delivers, " said Chris Jesse, Tangram's president and
CEO. "NetWare Communication Services provided us with the stable development
platform we were looking for to port AM:PM, our software distribution and data
collection package, into the NetWare environment."
"We saw NetWare Communication Services as an ideal platform for enhancing and
integrating our Asynchronous and X.25 Communications Interface products into
the NetWare environment" said Larry Stephenson, president, Newport Systems
Solutions. "We've worked closely with Novell and will continue to as our
products are enhanced to meet our customer's needs."
NetWare Communication Services is an open network integration platform
available to all third-party developers; future enhancements will be announced
as they become available.
Following is a list of third-party vendors which have developed NLMs, hardware
and software solutions that support the NetWare Communication Services
platform. These products either leverage NetWare for SAA v1.2 as the
LAN-to-host connection/data transport for their products, or leverage NACS
v3.0 as the asynchronous communications link to the enterprise.
NetWare for SAA v1.2
Bus-Tech Inc. Ethernet LAN Controller for NetWare (ELC for NetWare)
-- Direct LAN-to-host channel connection over
Ethernet.
CLEO
Communications 3270 LINKix-- 3270 emulator for UNIX workstations.
Gupta
Technology SQLGateway/APPC for NetWare -- NLM for SQLNetwork for
DB2 allows users on NetWare LANs to access
mainframe-based DB2 data.
Netwise Inc. DUET -- RPC Transport Interchange NLM enables RPC
translation between LAN- and IBM host-based
applications.
Newport Systems
Solutions Inc. X.25 Communications Interface (XCI) adapter --
enhanced to provide QLLC/X.25 connectivity to remote
hosts.
Novell Inc. NetWare Messaging Connect -- E-mail integration
between LANs and mainframes.
Tangram Systems
Corporation NLM version of AM:PM -- facilitates data and software
distribution from IBM mainframes to NetWare servers
and clients on the LAN.
Wall Data RumbaPM -- 3270 connectivity software for OS/2
workstations.
NetWare Asynchronous Communication Services v3.0
Citrix Systems
Inc. Network Application Server and Citrix Remote Link --
supports NetWare Asynchronous Support Interface
(NASI). Allows users to dial into the LAN through
NACS v3.0 and directly connect to a Citrix server to
run OS/2, Windows, and DOS applications remotely.
DigiBoard Multi-port asynchronous communication adapter boards
-- supports Novell's Asynchronous I/O specification.
Allows DigiBoard solutions to provide AIO-aware
services with cost effective access to large numbers
of serial ports.
Newport Systems
Solutions Inc. Asynchronous (ACI) and X.25 Communications Interface
(XCI) adapters -- are enhanced to provide
asynchronous and X.25 communications support for the
Asynchronous I/O specification and NACS v3.0.
NetWare Communication Services Manager v1.0
Novell today announced it will begin shipping the NetWare Communication
Services Manager (CSM) v1.0, its Windows-based network management application
for managing Novell communications services including NetWare for SAA v1.2 and
NACS v3.0 from anywhere on a NetWare network.
The NetWare CSM v1.0 is based on Novell's NetWare Management System (NMS) core
technology, allowing it to operate concurrently with other Novell network
management tools.
"The NetWare Communication Services Manager was designed specifically to meet
the network management challenges created as users extend their network
services beyond the LAN to include IBM connectivity and enterprise
communications, " said Gerry Machi, vice president and general manager,
NetWare Systems Group--Sunnyvale.
"We support a large number of users. Sometimes in the past when we received a
tech-support call for communication services it could be difficult to identify
the source of the problem. Now with the CSM, we can see exactly what is going
on anywhere on the network; there are no 'blind spots'," said Dan Kohner,
network services team leader for the University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer
Center. "The CSM became the missing patch we used to sew our network
environment into one big quilt."
CSM provides a comprehensive set of network management tools for fault,
performance and configuration management for any service built on the NetWare
Communication Services platform. The product minimizes service downtime
through real-time fault management. It immediately notifies network managers
of NetWare for SAA and NACS events through audible and visual alerts. For
events requiring intervention, it suggests diagnostic and remedial actions.
CSM supports Window's Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE). This allows statistics to
be linked to DDE applications such as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. In
addition, CSM provides enhanced security through its ability to access and
manipulate audit trail logs of communication services usage. Also, and Event
Monitor can be configured to receive real-time notification of potential
security violations.
NetWare Communication Services
Novell first announced the concept of NetWare Communication Services in June,
1990 and began delivering the first modules of the platform with the shipment
of NetWare for SAA 1.0 in May, 1991. NetWare Communications Services
products give users access to host resources and wide area networks. It's the
first completely integrated LAN communications system designed to support any
combination of LAN-to-host, LAN-to-LAN or remote LAN access services.
Pricing and Availability
NetWare Communication Services Manager v1.0 will be available in May, 1992.
Effective from the first customer shipment through July 31, 1992 CSM will be
available to Novell's distribution channel at a discounted price. End users
should expect to see discounts of up to 30 percent off the standard list
pricing (United States and Canada) of $4,995. For pricing outside the United
States and Canada, customers should contact their local Novell authorized
Reseller.
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company and the
developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
system software 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 across
business-wide information systems.