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To: Spartex who wrote (25548)	2/20/1999 6:11:00 PM
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Next NDS Edition Looms Novell Also Plans New Messaging Server By Lee Copeland Provo, Utah .............. More and more, Novell Inc. plans to use its directory services to hook new accounts. So look for Novell Directory Services (NDS) to figure prominently at the company's 15th annual BrainShare event next month. Among other things, Novell is expected to spotlight the next version of NDS,code-named SCADS (Scalable Directory Services). As the name implies, scalability is a major driver. Novell has invited ISPs to beta test SCADS, which will support an increased number of objects and containers per domain, sources said. Without commenting on SCADs, Novell executives sounded the NDS horn. "NDS will be a very big thing. What we need to communicate is . . . this is a natural progression of where NetWare 5 has brought us," said Ed McGarr, vice president of marketing at Novell, Provo. "Four years ago we touted the directory as a management tool for NetWare, and now it's become so much more as LANs have expanded into the Net, managing security and desktops, quality of service, switching control, and on and on," he said. In a related vein, Novell executives said the company is polishing up a new messaging server, code-named Liberty. Novell may dub the product Novell Internet Messaging System (NIMS) but it has not finalized the name. The server is targeted squarely at ISPs. Although the market is dominated by other players and Unix-based freeware, Novell is determined to grab a slice, said Tracy Thane, product market manager for Liberty. "More and more corporate customers are outsourcing their mail. It's not just gateway type services but the entire message store," Thane said. The server will run on NetWare 4 and 5. Support for POP3 and IMAP4 standards will allow users to connect regardless of E-mail client. Solaris and NT versions are planned, Novell executives said. The product will enter a closed beta cycle at the end of this week. About 10 ISPs in the 120,000-to-3-million subscriber range will participate. Also at BrainShare, Novell's GroupWise division plans to release support for Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook client and announce a pact with Puma Technology Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of personal information manager (PIM) synchronization software. "What is coming out is a product to allow users to run the Outlook client on the desktop and connect with GroupWise on the back end," said Tom Rhoton, GroupWise director of product marketing. The company will not unveil a major upgrade this year but plans to offer updates through plug-ins and service packs. "Our customers are saying, 'Why should I have to deploy new clients, when I already have one on the desktop?" said Geno Callens, president of Cal Data Systems Inc., a Houston-based network services reseller. With support for Outlook and better support for handheld devices, GroupWise resellers will be able to tap new markets, Callens said. "It's a constant battle with my customers on using the GroupWise client," said Dirk Ellsword, director of business systems for Dell Web Corp., a national construction company based in Phoenix. "The biggest issue is connecting to PIM devices with Outlook." crn.com