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- NOVELL LICENSES LANALYZER TECHNOLOGY TO
- NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
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- NCC Acquires Novell's Hardware-Based LANalyzer Network
- Analysis Product
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- Novell to Focus on LANalyzer for Windows Network Analyzer
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- SAN JOSE, CA -- February 8, 1993 -- Novell Inc. today
- announced a licensing and technology agreement under which
- Network Communications Corporation (NCC) acquires exclusive
- rights to develop and market the hardware-based LANalyzer network analyzer.
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- In addition to the LANalyzer product, NCC also acquires
- rights from Novell to use the LANalyzer registered trademark
- for two years, as well as rights to and responsibilities for
- all current LANalyzer sales, service and support. The
- agreement includes the hardware-based LANalyzer only; Novell
- will continue to develop and market its software-only
- LANalyzer for Windows.
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- The two companies have shared technologies since September
- 1991, when they announced they would cooperate to combine LAN
- and WAN analysis capabilities in a single testing instrument.
- This agreement is the outcome of that relationship and of
- Novell's continuing commitment to the software services
- segment of the networking industry.
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- Navindra Jain, vice president and general manager of
- Novell's Network Management and Internetworking Products
- Division, said NCC's familiarity with LANalyzer puts them in
- the best position to support current and future LANalyzer
- customers. "This agreement assures customers that continued
- development of and support for LANalyzer, one of the world's
- leading network analyzers since 1986, is in the best possible
- hands," said Jain. "NCC has established its technical
- excellence in the WAN analysis field. They use many of the
- same specialized resellers through whom LANalyzer has been
- sold, and have the hardware expertise to continue evolving
- this product.
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- "In addition, this agreement allows us to focus more
- closely on software-based solutions for distributed network
- management and analysis of the NetWare environment," Jain
- added. "Through our NetWare Management System and LANalyzer
- for Windows, we will continue to deliver the best possible
- support to Novell's customers."
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- George Wood, president and chief executive officer of NCC,
- said this agreement positions NCC to become the premier
- supplier of LAN/WAN integrated testing platforms. "Novell is
- an excellent company to partner with," Wood said. "We are
- pleased to acquire the good name and excellent tradition that
- Novell has established for the product. LANalyzer continues
- to be the premier LAN analyzer on the market and it is a
- natural product extension for NCC. Our customers are
- continually moving forward with networking technology and the
- acquisition of LANalyzer provides a clean convergence of
- LAN/WAN internetwork integration that fits our customers
- needs."
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- ABOUT LANALYZER
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- LANalyzer, a combination of specialized hardware and
- analysis software, monitors network activity, diagnoses and
- troubleshoots problems, and fine-tunes performance on
- Ethernet or token-ring (4- and 16-Mbps) networks. It
- captures 100 percent of network traffic, decodes all seven
- protocol layers for 18 distinct networking environments, and
- displays information about protocol errors, interfering
- traffic, and the network's physical integrity.
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- Key features include the Automated Troubleshooting System,
- a set of more than 175 pre-programmed testing applications
- designed to troubleshoot common problems and perform
- maintenance tasks. Tests are predefined; users select
- criteria and parameters. LANalyzer also allows users to
- develop their own customized testing routines.
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- LANalyzer captures 100 percent of network traffic, offers
- configurable alarms and packet definitions, and simulates
- network load conditions while simultaneously monitoring the
- results. It automatically recognizes individual protocols,
- offers real-time displays and stores analysis data for later
- evaluation.
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- Network Communications Corporation (NCC) is a leading
- supplier of wide area network test equipment based in
- Bloomington, Minnesota. Its Network Probe and INTERNetwork
- Probe product lines include wide area network portable
- diagnostic instrumentation, performance measurement, and
- media-level mapping and statistical tools.
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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 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 business-wide information systems.
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