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- Novell Announces NetWare Runtime v3.11
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- PROVO, UtahDDJan. 28, 1992DDNovell today announced NetWare Runtime v3.11, an
- OEM version of NetWare v3.11 that allows vendors to add value to the Novell's
- flagship operating system and deliver high-performance, cost-effective network
- computing solutions to the marketplace. In addition, NetWare Runtime provides
- an ideal alternative to Unix- and OS/2-based servers.
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- "By offering NetWare Runtime, developers and Novell can create innovative,
- high-performance products that solve a variety of problems for our network
- computing customers," said John Edwards, director of marketing for Novell's
- NetWare systems group. "Some of these solutions are available from Novell
- today, and customers can expect to see other solutions from both Novell and
- developers this year."
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- NetWare Runtime Products
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- NetWare Runtime v3.11 currently ships with Novell's NetWare for SAA v1.1 NLM
- that provides connectivity to IBM mainframes and AS/400 host computers. In
- addition, the next version of NetWare SQL, Novell's high-performance
- relational database, will offer a NetWare Runtime configuration. According to
- Nancy Woodward, vice president and general manager of Novell Austin, "This
- will broaden the NetWare SQL product offering and will allow system
- administrators to customize a configuration that best responds to our
- customers' demands."
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- Novell today also announced its new NetWare Hub Services and NetWare
- Multiprotocol Router products (please see accompanying announcements). Both
- take advantage of the NetWare Runtime operating system, allowing users to
- create dedicated, hardware-independent hubs and routers using standard PC
- platforms. NetWare Hub Services will be available beginning late March. The
- NetWare Multiprotocol Router will be available beginning late February.
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- In addition to Novell's solutions, several developers are in the process of
- providing NetWare Runtime products. Gupta Technologies is currently working
- with Novell to certify two products that utilize NetWare Runtime. These are
- the SQLBase Server, a high-performance database server and SQLGateway/APPC
- that works with NetWare for SAA to connect IBM mainframe database applications
- to NetWare clients.
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- Commenting on one of the benefits customers receive when using products
- combined with NetWare Runtime, Rod Zimmerman, Novell strategic relationship
- manager for Gupta said, "Novell's NetWare Runtime product will allow us to
- reduce the customer's effort for installing the SQLBase NLM on a dedicated
- database server to three double clicks."
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- NetWorth will also use NetWare Runtime to provide intelligent wiring hubs to
- their customers. John McHale, president of NetWorth said, "We've decided that
- NetWare Runtime is the hub operating system of the future. By combining
- NetWare Runtime and NLMs with our intelligent wiring hub products we can give
- our customers the capability to build powerful customized hub solutions."
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- Developer Support
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- Support is provided to developers through Novell's industry partner support
- programs that include the Professional Developers' Program (PDP) and Novell
- Labs. Through the PDP, developers receive access to NetWare products,
- programming tools and extensive technical and marketing support services to
- make the job of integrating products into the Novell environment as easy as
- possible. Once a product has been developed, testing and approval is
- available through Novell Labs. Approval by Novell Labs assures customers that
- approved products will perform as advertised and will not harm or interrupt
- their existing NetWare network.
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- Product Availability
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- NetWare Runtime v3.11 is currently available to developers of NetWare network
- computing products through Novell's OEM distribution channel. For more
- information on becoming an OEM partner, network computing developers in the
- U.S. and Canada should contact Novell Developer Relations at 1 (800) 733-9673
- or (512) 794-1796. Vendors outside the U.S. and Canada should contact their
- local Novell office.
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- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the
- developer network services and 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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