Hi Paul - Some positive news on the IntranetWare for Small Business product
( BW)(SPHERELINK) SphereLink announces Internet Runway for Novell's
new Server Plus IntranetWare for Small Business
Business Editors/Computer Writers
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1997--
Internet Runway provides secure Internet access over a single
TCP/IP address for the new Novell IntranetWare for Small Business
SphereLink(TM) Communications Corp. Monday announced its new
version of Internet Runway(TM) that allows users of the new Novell(R)
IntranetWare(R) for Small Business, known as Server Plus(R), to
simultaneously access the Internet through a Server Plus(R) server.
Internet Runway provides secured, high performance Internet and
Intranet access to all Server Plus(R) clients through a single IP
address. Internet Runway is an inexpensive solution for small and
medium-sized businesses that need access to the Internet.
Similar to Server Plus(R), the Internet Runway server software is
licensed based on the number of concurrent users. Internet Runway
starts at $397 for a 5 User license and comes bundled with a full
version of Server Plus(R).
"Internet Runway solves the need for access to the Internet
without having to load an expensive and inefficient TCP/IP stack on
every Server Plus(R) client within a workgroup or company LAN
environment.
"This approach significantly lowers the cost to access the
Internet, provides Firewall security and reduces administrative and
management costs," said Michael Graham, SphereLink's Vice President
of Sales and Marketing. "This product connects IPX-based Server
Plus(R) networks through Novell's NetWare Connect(R) to the Internet
so that businesses can efficiently disseminate and gather information
from sources all over the world."
NetWare Connect(R) is included with Novell's Server Plus(R).
Internet Runway transparently integrates TCP/IP and IPX/SPX and
provides Server Plus(R) clients the ability to connect to the
Internet from their standard Winsock applications such as Netscape
Navigator, Telnet, and FTP.
Once the connection is established between the client and
Internet Runway gateway, the client sends requests over the SPX
channel and the gateway translates the requests to IP and in turn
communicates with a host on the Internet.
The gateway handles requests simultaneously from multiple clients
and multiplexes the requests among the different hosts that the
clients are connected to. This fully scaleable gateway maintains the
connection information for each client and uses limited server
resources to manage the connections.
Internet Runway is a comprehensive, cost effective alternative to
current methods of providing Internet access to clients on Server
Plus(R) networks. It also eliminates the need for dual protocol
stacks on each workstation. This feature also provides an extremely
effective security firewall that is essential for protecting valuable
corporate information assets.
Some additional benefits businesses will gain from using Internet
Runway include elimination of the additional management and memory
overhead associated with individual IP addresses for network clients,
and dramatically reduces costs for individual IP addresses for each
client. "For networks of 25 users or less, the ROI (Return on
Investment) is less than 3 months," Graham said.
SphereLink develops, manufactures and markets advance business
communications solutions to VARs, VADs, Systems Integrators, and OEM
partners. SphereLink products solve the growing communication needs
for businesses over the Internet and Intranet platforms.
SphereLink is located at 1630 Oakland Road, Building A111,
San Jose, CA 95131 and can be contacted toll-free at 800/774-3731, or
408/452-1111. Over the Internet, the company can also be reached via
e-mail at info@spherelink.com or on the World Wide Web at
spherelink.com .
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One of many needed alliances for this new product release. SphereLink products solve the growing communication needs for businesses over the Internet and Intranet platforms. Have you had any experience with SphereLink products?
EKS
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