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- NOVELL SHIPS NETWARE WORKSTATION KIT FOR OS/2 V2.0
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- NetWare Workstation Kit Available Today on NetWare Express; Kits to Begin
- Shipping to Novell Resellers on June 29
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- Overview: Novell, as part of its NetWare Desktop System strategy, today
- announced the shipment of the NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0. This
- kit brings powerful services and network management features to the OS/2
- v2.0 user, transparently. The Kit is available now on NetWare Express
- (Novell's online service, available through the NetWare Software
- Maintenance Program) or available June 29 through 1-800-UPDATE1 and
- NetWare Distribution Channels.
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- The NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 contains everything needed to
- run commercial and customer-developed OS/2 distributed applications on
- DOS, Windows and other OS/2 client workstations. Also, with the NetWare
- Workstation Kit for OS/2, users have concurrent access to NetWare and
- IBM's LAN Server environment and OS/2 Extended Services' Communication and
- Database Managers.
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- NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 is designed to help Fortune 500
- companies leverage their investment in OS/2 by reducing network
- installation and training time and cost, enhancing user productivity with
- NetWare services, and extending the availability of mission-critical
- applications across the network.
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- Features: NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 offers:
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- Easy installation and configuration -- Including a Presentation Manager-
- based installation program with point and click functionality; a GUI that
- allows users to map drives, configure print queues and view and send
- messages to DOS, Windows, OS/2 and Macintosh network users
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- Remote printer capability -- Allowing configuration of OS/2 2.0
- workstations to receive print jobs from NetWare print servers
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- Support for all OS/2 APIs (NetBIOS, Named Pipes, IPX/SPX) --Making
- mission-critical distributed applications accessible by network users
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- Concurrent support for up to 1000 Named Pipes connections -- Increasing
- the number of DOS, Windows and OS/2 client workstations that can access
- OS/2 distributed applications
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- Enhanced support for IBM's OS/2 Extended Services -- Allowing full
- interoperability with IBM's larger systems through concurrent access to
- both Novell's and IBM's NetBios from the same OS/2 2.0 workstation
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- Support for OS/2 2.0's multiple requester feature -- Ensuring access to
- NetWare and LAN Server from the same OS/2 2.0 workstation
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- Support for the latest NetWare operating systems -- Including NetWare
- v2.15C, v2.2, v3.11 and NetWare for UNIX
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- Availability: The NetWare Workstation Kit for OS/2 v2.0 is available now
- on NetWare Express (Novell's online service available through the NetWare
- Software Maintenance Program); or available June 29 through 1-800-UPDATE1
- and NetWare Distribution Channels.
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