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- NOVELL INTRODUCES NETWARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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- Systems Administrators Gain Control of Complete Network Computing
- Environment
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- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- February 5, 1992 -- Novell, Inc., today
- unveiled the NetWare Management System, providing the foundation
- for a series of cohesive, modular network management products that
- combine to give systems administrators centralized control of
- resources throughout the network computing environment from a
- single PC.
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- Novell's NetWare Management System provides an open, extensible,
- object-oriented environment that allows systems administrators to
- manage the NetWare environment, as well as a wide variety of
- additional networked devices such as hubs, routers and wide-area
- network links. The system also lets developers create their own
- applications using Novell's network management application
- programming interfaces (APIs). These applications, combined with
- Novell's NetWare Management System, allow network managers to build
- a complete management solution on a single platform.
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- "Most vendors provide management utilities for their own devices,
- but a network management standard system for the network computing
- environment has yet to emerge. Users today are asking for a
- single, unified platform that can manage the entire network
- computing environment from a standard PC," said Duane Murray, vice
- president and general manager of Novell's Network Management
- Products Division. "With this announcement Novell delivers
- comprehensive network management and introduces a standards-based
- interoperability platform that allows users to manage virtually any
- networked device from within a single integrated system. By
- simplifying and consolidating network management, Novell is
- fulfilling its promise to accelerate the growth of the network
- computing industry."
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- Steve Long, manager of internal support/data administration at
- Zimmer, Inc., a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb, plans to use
- Novell's management system because of its potential to integrate
- management systems from a variety of vendors. "We anticipate
- Novell will accomplish in the area of network management what it
- has done for networks in general," Long said. "Novell put
- standards out there, broke down the barriers between vendors and
- got different products to work together to deliver better
- solutions. We need the same result in network management, and
- Novell is well-positioned to make this a reality."
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- Novell's NetWare Management System Environment Novell's NetWare
- Management System supports both OS/2 and Microsoft Windows
- applications and NetWare Management Agents. The NetWare Management
- System offers the following key features and benefits:
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- o Open, standardized development and application environment --
- Developers can add value to any part of the NetWare Management
- System in a variety of ways, including instrumenting a
- server-based application, enhancing the information contained
- in the NetWare Management Map database, or writing a
- management application that supports their own devices. Users
- benefit from a consistent look and feel throughout the NetWare
- Management System interface, regardless of management
- application or managed device.
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- o Application integrator -- lets third-party developers create
- their own icons, integrate their menuing systems into Novell's
- network management graphical environment and launch their
- network management applications from the NetWare Management
- Map. %Data server -- provides the means for management
- applications to share the same protocol stack, interface card
- and low-level software, letting users employ a single network
- interface card and single set of management protocols to
- manage their network computing environment.
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- o Alarm manager -- allows reception and communication of alarms
- caused by network events to be passed between Novell and
- third-party management applications, so network events from a
- variety of agents can be viewed in a consistent manner.
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- o Integrated database -- Novell's Btrieve database engine allows
- developers to use standard database tools and interfaces to
- link their applications with Novell's NetWare Management
- system. Users get a single, consistent view of network data,
- regardless of the source of the information.
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- Technology Licensing and Software Development Kits Novell's network
- management core technology is the foundation for Novell's NetWare
- Management System and allows products from Novell, such as NetWare
- Services Manager, LANtern Services Manager, Communications Services
- Manager, and Hub Services Manager to be integrated into the NetWare
- Management System. The software development kits (SDKs) are the
- primary building blocks that let third-party developers integrate
- their technologies into the NetWare Management System. Developers
- can license Novell's network management SDKs for US$4995.
- Interested parties may call Novell at 408-473-8333 for further
- information.
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- Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software
- company, the developer of network services, specialized and general
- purpose operating system software products including NetWare, DR
- DOS, DR Multiuser DOS and FlexOS. 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.
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