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- NOVELL ANNOUNCES NETWARE FOR MACINTOSH V3.011
- NOW AVAILABLE IN 5-, 20-, 100- AND 200-USER VERSIONS OFFERING
- ENHANCED PRINTING AND SNMP SUPPORT
-
- 5-User Version Provides Cost-Effective Solution for NetWare Networks with
- Few Macs
-
- Walnut Creek, Calif. -- June 22, 1992 -- Novell today introduced the first
- 5-user version of NetWare for Macintosh in the product line's latest
- release, v3.011. The 5-user version contains the same enhanced printing
- capabilities as the 200-user NetWare for Macintosh v3.011, introduced in
- March of this year. Novell also announced 20- and 100- user versions of
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.011. All stratifications of NetWare for
- Macintosh v3.011 are shipped with 5.25" and 3.5" diskettes and new
- features include SNMP support, print accounting, printer logs, printer
- keeper and hold queues, and the option to cancel print job notification.
-
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 offers customers who have standardized on
- Novell's multiplatform NetWare v3.11 transparent integration for their
- Macintoshes, no matter how few or many are hooked into NetWare's powerful
- services. Along with the introduction of the 5-User version, Novell also
- announced an extensive NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 upgrade program to
- higher stratification levels that reflects substantial savings to
- customers.
-
- Steve Nelson, Director of Marketing for the Novell Desktop Systems Group,
- Macintosh Products, noted, "The new 5-user version of NetWare for
- Macintosh is the direct result of customer requests to bring down the cost
- of Macintosh integration for a NetWare v3.11 network with fewer Macs,
- while still offering the sophisticated printing and network management
- capabilities of our popular 3.011 version. The 5-user version also makes
- it easier and more cost-effective for NetWare v2.15 and v2.2 customers
- with Macs to upgrade to NetWare v3.11."
-
- Enhanced Print Functionality
-
- Print Accounting
-
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 allows network administrators to charge a
- user's NetWare account balance based on job size or monetary amount per
- page when dequeueing and printing print jobs.
-
- Printer Logs
-
- NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 instructs the NetWare for Macintosh print
- server to maintain a printer log file for each printer on the network
- including Apple Computer LaserWriters, ImageWriters and compatible
- printers. The printer log file holds such job information as queue name,
- job number, job size, title, owner and errors.
-
- Hold and Keep Queues
-
- Apple Talk print jobs submitted to the NetWare for Macintosh print server
- may be placed on hold by the user or the print queue operator. The hold
- queue offers flexibility to users who wish to submit their print jobs to
- a queue and have them printed at a later time. The keep queue will delay
- printing, holding the document in the queue, until the user decides to
- print the job.
-
- Optional Notification
-
- A spooler configuration option can be activated when users wish not to be
- notified by the printer of a job completion. Users continue to be
- informed of print job errors if they are logged into the server,
- regardless of the print configuration selected.
-
- Support for SNMP
-
- The Apple Talk router included with NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 supports
- the AppleTalk MIB I specification for SNMP (Simple Network Management
- Protocol), allowing the exchange of management information between network
- components. Using SNMP consoles viewed from within NetWare for Macintosh,
- network administrators can now monitor network performance and status,
- control operational parameters, and report, analyze and isolate faults.
-
- Pricing and Availability
-
- Novell is now shipping the 5, 20 and 100 user versions of NetWare for
- Macintosh v3.011. (The 200 user version of NetWare for Macintosh v3.011
- began shipping in March, 1992.)
-
- Suggested retail prices for NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 in U.S. dollars
- are as follows:
-
- 5-User $495
- 20-User $895
- 100-User $1995
- 200-User $2995
-
- For pricing outside the United States and Canada, customers should contact
- their local Novell reseller.
-
- Upgrade Program
-
- From now until December 31, 1992, Novell is offering an upgrade pricing
- structure for customers who either wish to buy higher stratification
- levels of NetWare for Macintosh v3.011 or who purchased NetWare for
- Macintosh v3.0 and v3.01. The suggested upgrade price represents a
- sixty-three percent credit from the suggested retail price of the
- customer's current user level.
-
- For more information, customers should contact their Novell Authorized
- Reseller or call Novell After Market Products at 1-800-346-7177.
-
- 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, and DR DOS. Novell NetWare
- network computing products manage and control the sharing of services,
- data and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and
- business-wide information systems.
-