"NetWare 4.1 includes seven core services, all of which are crucial to effective and productive networking. These services are:
FILE
NetWare 4.1 offers significant improvements in storage efficiency and performance, for the industry-leading network file services platform.
PRINT
NetWare 4.1 includes simplified printing facilities, improved printer handling, and a common utility for local and remote printing.
DIRECTORY
NetWare Directory Services offer transparent, network-wide access to users, services, and resources on the network.
SECURITY ON
NetWare 4.1 includes powerful encryption and digital signature technologies, as well as multiple levels of file, directory service, and server access controls.
INTEGRATED MESSAGING
NetWare MHS Services supply built-in message store and forward services, along with basic E-mail access and support for message-enabled applications.
MULTIPROTOCOL ROUTING
NetWare 4.1 supplies built-in routing services. It provides options for TCP/IP and AppleTalk, as well as IPX, and offers performance enhancements over both local- and wide-area networks.
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
NetWare 4.1 offers significantly improved management and server administration facilities and utilities.
Though Novell believes all of these services are critical to successful networking, NetWare 4.1's full complement of core services are unmatched by any other NOS available. These core services provide the foundation for pervasive computing, and furnish a NetWare server with the capabilities needed to be useful and productive quickly and easily."