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Novell Comes On Strong
Novell to tout new version of NetWare for Small Business
By Scott Berinato, PC Week Online
November 10, 1998 2:03 PM ET
Novell Inc. will continue its steady drum roll
of product and partnership announcements
next week with a new version of NetWare
for Small Business.
In addition to the NOS for mom and pop
shops, the Provo, Utah, company has
further detailed its partnership with
enterprise software vendor PeopleSoft Inc.
and enhanced its Novell Replication Service
software to better cooperate with its flagship
NDS (Novell Directory Services). All of the
announcements will be highlighted at
Comdex next week in Las Vegas.
The moves are part of an ongoing effort by
Novell to promote its NetWare and NDS
platforms while rival Microsoft Corp. works
to get Windows 2000 Server out the door.
Users have benefited from numerous
technology tweaks and platform
enhancements through Novell's efforts, and
the company may even have won some converts.
"I was considering NT vs. Novell [NetWare 5.0], and I've gone with
NetWare," said Steve Curcuru, resident wizard of Mugar Enterprises, a
PC Week Corporate Partner in Boston. "I probably won't go with NT
until after 2000. I'll be on [Novell] for at least a couple of years. By June
of next year, it will be 'thanks but no thanks' [with Windows 2000]."
NetWare for Small Business version 4.2 includes NetWare 4.11 as its
base operating system and GroupWise 5.2 as the e-mail and groupware
platform.
New features in the product include support for 50 users (up from 25 in
previous versions) and the ability to scale user licenses on an individual
basis. Previously, users had to upgrade by five-user licenses at a time.
Setting up a routed Internet connection has also been updated to a
wizard format. Novell officials said simplifying the Internet connection
configuration was one of users' chief requests for a new NetWare for
Small Business server.
Other enhancements include a 32-bit version of NEAT (Novell Easy
Administration Tool), which ties into NDS and helps non-technical users
add user accounts, printers and applications to the network, officials
said.
A network management agent has also been added. It allows resellers to
monitor customers' networks and support them remotely.
Partnerships have played a key role in beefing up the latest NetWare for
Small Business.
For example, a five-user version of Oracle Corp.'s Oracle 8 database
ships with the server, as does virus protection from Network Associates
Inc. and NetObjects Inc.'s Fusion Web design software, officials said.
Pricing has not been set for the product, which ships in two weeks, but
users should not expect it to vary greatly from current NetWare for
Small Business pricing. The current version lists at $995 for a five-user
license, $595 for five-user license upgrades, $895 for 10-user upgrades
and $65 per client, officials said.
Novell officials said NetWare for Small Business 4.2 is a single-site
server, not intended for branch offices. However, Novell is working on
a version with virtual private networking functionality as well as other
site-to-site features for small businesses that require connections to other
offices, officials said. They declined to give a timeline for development
and release of such a product.
In other Novell news, the company will provide consulting and services
to customers who want to integrate NDS with PeopleSoft software. The
consulting will be available through Novell Consulting Services, officials
said.
Elsewhere on the product front, Novell Replication Services has
received a refresher. Version 1.21 can now replicate data on 241
servers across a single replication tree. In addition, new management
tools allow closer monitoring of replication, and users can now lock
master servers' file systems.
Available now, Novell Replication Services costs $995.
Novell can be reached at www.novell.com.
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