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EDITORIAL CONTACTS: PRCS470015
Lynn Alens, HP
(408) 447-1008
Susan Lider, Novell
(408) 473-8665
FACT SHEET
HP/NOVELL PROJECTS
In addition to the plans to make NetWare available directly on
the PA-RISC architecture and Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to
distribute NetWare, the following additional projects will enhance the
existing portfolio of HP/Novell enterprisewide networking solutions.
HP NewWave and NetLS
Novell and HP plan to apply elements of HP NewWave in Novell
NetWare products to provide increased functionality for Novell
networking solutions. The first joint project between the companies is
to determine the best way to deliver a collection of agent tasks that
use NetWare utilities that automate network administration. These
agent tasks significantly can reduce the time and skill-level required
to administer a network. According to HP and Novell, these agent tasks
will reduce the time spent administering a NetWare network by up to 30
percent.
Novell also is investigating using NetLS, the Open Software
Foundation's standard software-licensing system, as a component of
future NetWare software licensing and distribution solutions.
HP NewWave software is a desktop manager for Windows that adds
value to DOS and Windows-based applications through its desktop
organizer, agent-task-automation and workgroup-library capabilities.
HP NewWave runs on any Windows-compatible personal computer (PC).
Netware Availability on the HP 9000
HP will distribute and market NetWare services for the HP 9000
family business systems and servers running on top of the HP-UX*
operating system. This move complements HP's current offering of
NetWare for the HP 3000 business computer running on top of the MPE/iX
operating system. HP now offers NetWare across its complete line of
RISC-based business systems and servers.
NetWare for the HP 9000 will offer standard NetWare services,
such as centralized file services, print-queue management, resource
accounting, backup and network security. Through their NetWare
networks, customers will be able to access business-critical commercial
UNIX*-system-based applications supported on HP's high-performance
RISC-based HP 9000 Series 800 business servers.
One example in which NetWare for the HP 9000 provides direct
benefits to users is in the office environment. Aside from file and
print services, desktop-computer users need to access business
applications including E-mail, desktop publishing or database
applications for tasks such as order entry and inventory management.
NetWare lets users take advantage of file and print services, and
access business-critical UNIX-system-based business applications on the
same server. With improved access to information from their desktop
computers, users can increase their productivity.
HP 9000 NetWare licenses are expected to be available in the
first quarter of 1992, ranging in price from $2,725 to $24,900, U.S.
list.
Network Printing
HP and Novell have developed a number of network-printer products
to supply high-performance, easy-to-use printing in the NetWare
environment, and will continue to build upon this foundation to provide
new generations of complementary and integrated solutions for network
printing.
Worldwide Customer Service and Support
Enhanced NetWare support programs will build on HP's and Novell's
past support relationship. HP was first authorized to support Novell
products in 1989, and is a founding member of the Technical Support
Alliance. HP currently supports NetWare networks as part of its
worldwide multivendor network-support program. Under the new
agreement, HP and Novell will:
o collaborate on and expand support solutions for
enterprisewide customer networks;
o expand the effectiveness and breadth of Novell's
Technical Support Alliance -- a program that provides
one-stop service and support of HP and Novell products
operating together in a NetWare environment; and
o work together to support Novell products distributed by
HP.
Electronic Messaging and Directory Services
HP and Novell plan to pursue complementary and integrated
solutions for local-area and enterprisewide communication. This will
allow integration between Novell's messaging solution, based on Message
Handling System (MHS), and HP's messaging-backbone solution, based on
standards such as X.400 and X.500.
Through this collaboration, HP and Novell will provide enterprise
communication for clients on NetWare networks. This will reduce the
number of operations required by users to communicate electronically.
It also will provide customers a scalable platform to support future
growth by allowing the consolidation of software and by offering a
comprehensive set of services on a single, scalable server.
HP/Novell History
Cooperation between HP and Novell has been a major element in
their network-computing strategies for nearly four years, resulting in
a wide range of solutions that provide superior networking performance
and interoperability.
Past projects include the HP Storage System for network mass
storage and the HP network-printer interface cards for the HP LaserJet
II, IID, III, IIID and IIISi printers. HP also was an early licensee
in Novell's portable NetWare program and ships NetWare for the HP 3000
line of business systems and servers.
In June 1989, HP and Novell shared a vision of HP printers
operating in a network managed by NetWare. Novell has consulted with
HP on product designs, shared respective product plans and certified HP
products as NetWare-compatible. Novell helped HP develop products
including the Network Connection for HP LaserJet printers in July 1990,
and the Network Printer Interface for the HP LaserJet IIISi, IIID, III,
IID and II printers in 1991. Integrated and tightly coupled with
NetWare, these printers connect readily to the network and offer high-
quality, high-throughput network printing.
Two years ago, HP agreed to develop NetWare as an application on
the HP 3000 line of computer systems and has been shipping this product
since mid-1991. NetWare for the HP 3000 has added a new dimension to
desktop computer integration with HP business systems. Traditional
file- and print-sharing now is included. Additionally, NetWare for the
HP 3000 provides the foundation for client-server applications using
Novell's process-to-process communication.
# # #
HP-UX is based on and is compatible with USL's UNIX operating system.
It also complies with X/Open's* XPG3, POSIX 1003.1 and SVID2 interface
specifications.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories Inc. in the
U.S.A. and other countries.
X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and other
countries.
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