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- NOVELL ANNOUNCES BROAD-BASED INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR NEW HUB MANAGEMENT
- STANDARD
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- All Third-Party Products To Be Certified By Novell Labs
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- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- October 7, 1991 -- Novell, Inc., today announced
- industry-wide support for its new hub management architecture from leading
- microchip designers, interface card manufacturers, computer makers and
- network management platforms. The architecture allows users to integrate
- third-party hub cards into the NetWare server and manage local connectivity
- functions from a NetWare console.
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- To date, microchip designers Advanced Micro Devices, Chips and
- Technologies, Inc., National Semiconductor, and Texas Instruments, Inc.,
- are among those who have announced that their integrated chip sets will
- support Novell's management interface standard.
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- Interface card manufacturers 3Com Corporation, Accton Technology
- Corporation, Bytex Corporation, Cabletron Systems, Inc., Chipcom
- Corporation, D-Link Systems, Inc., David Systems, Inc., Eagle Technology,
- Intel Corporation, Intellicom, Kodiak Technology, Microdyne, Micro
- Technology, Network Interface Corporation, NetWorth, Pivotal Technologies,
- Inc., Proteon, Inc., Raylan Corporation, Standard Microsystems Corporation,
- SynOptics Communications, and Ungermann-Bass, Inc., have expressed support
- for the hub management standard.
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- Computer manufacturers AST Research, Inc., Cubix Corporation and Compaq
- Computer Corporation plan to seek compatibility certification between their
- systems and Novell's hub management standard.
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- SNMP-based network management solutions from Cabletron, NetLabs, Inc.,
- Racal Datacom, SunConnect (a Sun Microsystems business), The Wollongong
- Group, Inc., are compatible with the SNMP (Simple Network Management
- Protocol) software contained in the NetWare hub architecture, allowing
- these hubs to be managed from a central site.
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- "Users are best served when they can choose from a variety of solutions, so
- it's gratifying to see so many technology leaders supporting our hub
- management architecture," said Duane Murray, vice president and general
- manager of Novell's Network Management Products Division. "This
- announcement creates a new benchmark in manageable structured wiring
- technology, one that promises to lower the cost of connectivity through
- integration of the newest silicon solutions with Novell's operating system
- and network management technology."
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- HUB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND NOVELL LABS CERTIFICATION
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- Novell has instituted a development program to identify additional vendors
- whose technologies add value to the manageable hub architecture, supply
- them with complete interface specifications, work with them to develop
- compatible drivers, and assure that their products are compatible with the
- NetWare environment through Novell Labs certification.
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- Novell Labs certification programs assure customers that networking
- components from third-party developers are compatible with the NetWare
- network computing environment.
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- "Certification gives users confidence that they can build their networks
- with components from a variety of vendors and expect full compatibility
- with the NetWare environment," said Dave Owen, Novell vice president and
- head of Novell labs. "Since its inception, Novell Labs has certified more
- than 1700 products from approximately 400 vendors. It has contributed
- significantly to the overall growth of the network computing industry and
- to customer satisfaction."
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- The hub development program begins November 1, 1991. Interested third-party
- developers can obtain information about the program and about certification
- by contacting Novell Labs at 801-429-5544.
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- Novell's Network Management Products Division provides monitoring, analysis
- and management solutions for computer network managers, service
- organizations and software developers. Its products include the LANalyzer
- network analyzer and the LANtern network monitoring system.
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- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) develops NetWare systems software products
- that manage and control the sharing of data across a variety of network
- computing environments, including computer workgroups, departmental
- networks and business-wide information systems.
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