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NOVELL SHIPS NETWARE WORKSTATION KIT FOR OS/2 V2.0
NetWare Workstation Kit Available Today on NetWare Express; Kits to Begin
Shipping to Novell Resellers on June 29
Overview: Novell, as part of its NetWare Desktop System strategy, today
announced the shipment of the NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0. This
kit brings powerful services and network management features to the OS/2
v2.0 user, transparently. The Kit is available now on NetWare Express
(Novell's online service, available through the NetWare Software
Maintenance Program) or available June 29 through 1-800-UPDATE1 and
NetWare Distribution Channels.
The NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 contains everything needed to
run commercial and customer-developed OS/2 distributed applications on
DOS, Windows and other OS/2 client workstations. Also, with the NetWare
Workstation Kit for OS/2, users have concurrent access to NetWare and
IBM's LAN Server environment and OS/2 Extended Services' Communication and
Database Managers.
NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 is designed to help Fortune 500
companies leverage their investment in OS/2 by reducing network
installation and training time and cost, enhancing user productivity with
NetWare services, and extending the availability of mission-critical
applications across the network.
Features: NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 offers:
Easy installation and configuration -- Including a Presentation Manager-
based installation program with point and click functionality; a GUI that
allows users to map drives, configure print queues and view and send
messages to DOS, Windows, OS/2 and Macintosh network users
Remote printer capability -- Allowing configuration of OS/2 2.0
workstations to receive print jobs from NetWare print servers
Support for all OS/2 APIs (NetBIOS, Named Pipes, IPX/SPX) --Making
mission-critical distributed applications accessible by network users
Concurrent support for up to 1000 Named Pipes connections -- Increasing
the number of DOS, Windows and OS/2 client workstations that can access
OS/2 distributed applications
Enhanced support for IBM's OS/2 Extended Services -- Allowing full
interoperability with IBM's larger systems through concurrent access to
both Novell's and IBM's NetBios from the same OS/2 2.0 workstation
Support for OS/2 2.0's multiple requester feature -- Ensuring access to
NetWare and LAN Server from the same OS/2 2.0 workstation
Support for the latest NetWare operating systems -- Including NetWare
v2.15C, v2.2, v3.11 and NetWare for UNIX
Availability: The NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 is available now
on NetWare Express (Novell's online service available through the NetWare
Software Maintenance Program); or available June 29 through 1-800-UPDATE1
and NetWare Distribution Channels.