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To: E_K_S who wrote (18944)	12/6/1997 7:21:00 PM
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Novell To Reveal Open Solutions Architecture - The Server-Side Java solution??? (12/ 5/97; 5:00 PM EST) By John Fontana, InternetWeek Novell next week will outline a blueprint of its server-side Java framework that presages a networked computing architecture for future versions of its NetWare operating system and software coming out of its applications group. Called Open Solutions Architecture (OSA), the Provo, Utah, company will reveal its vision for its next-generation network OS while pushing its familiar theme of providing a manageable framework. As part of its new architecture, Novell also will showcase the OSA SDK. The kit is designed for Novell partners and ISVs to develop server-based applications that plug into the OSA framework. The SDK's infrastructure components include Java Virtual Machine v1.13, Java Developer's Kit v1.13, a Just In Time Compiler, an ORB, trader technology, a GUI server, and Client32 DLLs. The framework components consist of Java servlets, database access through JDBC, naming and directory services through Java Naming and Directory Interface and JavaBeans. Developers will be able to develop server-based Java applications using Web Server and NetBasic scripting. OSA also will support a number of third-party development tools such as Symantec's Visual Cafe, Penumbra's Super Mojo, VisualAge for Java from IBM and Sun Microsystems' Java Workshop. "We're taking our core competency and applying it to the manageability of Internet and intranet applications," said Dave Clare, senior director of corporate and product strategy at Novell. "The OSA promise is to manage such things as access control, licensing, version control, authentication, installation, configuration, updates, and other services to Java apps distributed across the network." Novell said it hopes its vision will open up opportunities for the struggling company, which showed signs of recovery in its improved fourth quarter earnings. "With Java implemented to our kernel, NetWare is not a proprietary NOS -- it's an open system architecture, Clare said. "OSA removes the proprietary label we've always had around our neck." Java on the server is not a new concept -- companies such as GemStone System, with GemStone/J, and Sanga International, with its Sanga Enterprise Solutions, are already delivering the technology. And the big-name players such as IBM, Netscape, and Sun are eyeing the server as a key platform for Java. But for Novell, a lot is at stake. "Novell needs to pull a rabbit out of its hat," said Tim Sloane, director of research for Internet infrastructure at Boston's Aberdeen Group. "This opportunity puts them on a level playing field to build meaningful development and deployment platforms for Java. Now the game begins," he said. copyright CMP Media 1997 ====================================================================== Has anybody seen or tested these new Java routines or the Novell JVM (Java Virtural Machine)? It would be interesting to hear any user feedback regarding Novell's new approach with the JVM machine and JAVA software applications. How does it work? Does it run fast or slow?? Is it easy to install and can you add new JAVA applications easy? Is this something you have to have in your enterprise system or just another bell and whistle. If this is CEO Schmidt's new product announcement, I would sure hope that a well planned marketing program is implemented along with the new product releases. Has anybody seen anything in the press...this investor has not..... EKS