Nahhh...Joe - Here's your friend Willy Donahoo, senior director of marketing for Novell's Internet Products Group, with more news...
Look we can do Unix print sharing too. Can MS provide this?
Novell Enhances File and Resource Sharing in Mixed IntranetWare and
UNIX Environments
PR Newswire - February 20, 1997 07:58
IntranetWare NFS Services 2.12 and IntranetWare Print Services 2.12 Deliver Seamless Connectivity to IntranetWare and UNIX Users
OREM, Utah, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) today announced the immediate availability of IntranetWare NFS Services 2.12, an enhanced networking product for Novell's IntranetWare and NetWare 4.11 servers that simplifies information sharing and strengthens connectivity between UNIX and Novell network environments. With this upgrade, IntranetWare and UNIX users can transparently share files between IntranetWare, Novell's full-service Internet/intranet platform, and any operating system supporting
the NFS (Network File System) protocol.
Also available with this release is IntranetWare Print Services 2.12 for UNIX, which enables users to easily print documents regardless of whether the files reside on a UNIX or IntranetWare server.
These two products continue Novell's overall strategy to connect and
manage the broadest range of systems. "Customers operate heterogeneous
networking environments because they want to be able to leverage the strengths of the different platforms," said Willy Donahoo, senior director of marketing for Novell's Internet Products Group. "With this and other products, Novell is making it easier for different servers -- whether IntranetWare, UNIX, or Windows NT -- to coexist on one network."
Centralized Installation and Administration
Centralized software installation is an integral feature of IntranetWare NFS Services 2.12. An administrator installs and configures software only on an IntranetWare server, eliminating the need to install the new software on every PC for an NFS client to share and access to data stored in UNIX systems.
Further simplifying the job of a network administrator, this software
provides a single point of administration for management of users through Novell Directory Services (NDS). The administrator, with the assistance of NDS, controls access to files in the combined UNIX and IntranetWare environments.
Security is greatly enhanced when an administrator is able to control and manage access to IntranetWare and NFS files even when the files reside on a non-IntranetWare system. The recognized strength of IntranetWare security is an aid in managing the data flow between UNIX and IntranetWare networks.
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A few other tid-bits...Did you notice some of the acquasitions lately by Hewlet Packard? They purchased some of Symantac's divisions, specificaly the Norton product which is equivalent to our ManageWise product and some other "admistrative productivity" network control software utilities. IMO, no chance now for a HP offer.
Any thoughts?
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