Novell to outline plans for NetWare at NetWorld+Interop
By Paul Krill
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 5:09 PM PT, May 5, 1999
Continuing to move its core NetWare product beyond its file-and-print foundations, Novell by mid-2000 will release three upgrades to its NetWare 5 network OS, focusing on improvements for Internet deployment, multiprocessing, and 64-bit functionality, company officials said on Wednesday.
The company also is planning directory-specific enhancements related to electronic commerce and extending directories across an enterprise, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
Set for formal announcement at the NetWorld+Interop conference in Las Vegas next week, the NetWare releases, in order of availability, are code-named Cobra, which features Web enhancements; 6 Pack, which is a multiprocessor-enhanced package; and Modesto, which supports Intel's 64-bit Merced processor. Novell officials did not provide general availability information for the releases.
Also to be highlighted at the show is NetWare Small Business Suite 5.0, which is an upgrade to the NetWare for Small Businesses 4.2 solution for small companies and departments with approximately 50 employees.
Cobra, set for beta release in late June, features server management via HTTP, Netscape's Enterprise Server for NetWare Web server, WebDav Web file system support, and FrontPage Web authoring extensions.
6 Pack, set for initial beta release in July, adds multithreaded functionality to features such as the file system to enable multiprocessing. The product is optimized for eight-way multiprocessing. Novell Storage Services, for network-attached storage, also is featured. A theoretical memory limit of 64GB is supported in the release.
Novell's Modesto product is Novell's offering for the Intel Merced chip and is due to ship concurrently with Merced availability.
Novell sources confirmed two directory-related developments are under way: iChain, which links the directory to electronic-commerce applications, and Virtual Replica, a meta-directory-based technology that could be used to link Novell Directory Services (NDS) across enterprises, among other uses. No release dates were revealed.
Novell Small Business Suite 5 adds the company's BorderManager FastCache 3.0 caching system and ZENworks starter Pack 1.1 management package. Other utilities are included for Web page composition and development, faxing, Internet connections, Web services, and virus scanning. The suite is set for shipment this summer. Pricing details have not yet been released.
Novell on Tuesday also announced release of a beta version of its NDS 8.0. It will be available for download from Novell's Web site on May 11.
Novell Inc., in Orem, Utah, is at www.novell.com.
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