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To: Stock Watcher who wrote (8073)	5/5/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: flickerful	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

sw......looks like NOVL may see some action next week. Networld+Interop Preview Novell To Add HTTP to NetWare 5 By JEFFREY SCHWARTZ Novell next week will disclose plans to release an update to its NetWare 5 operating system--adding HTTP to the list of protocols that the NOS supports. The new release, code-named Cobra, will debut at the Networld + Interop trade show in Las Vegas. Novell has not set a shipping date, nor has the company decided if Cobra will be offered as a free service pack or will be released as an upgraded point version of NetWare. The company said Cobra will be released in advance of shipping its multiprocessor-based version of NetWare, code-named 6-Pack. The latter will be offered as a separate NetWare upgrade release, according to Brian Faustyn, Novell's NetWare product marketing manager. The 6-Pack release will go to beta imminently and be released around the time Microsoft's Windows 2000 ships, Faustyn said, which is still scheduled for year's end. The release of Cobra, however, is arguably the most significant enhancement to NetWare since Novell released NetWare 5 last year. While multiprocessing support is needed in NetWare, HTTP support is more important than 6-Pack, or even Novell's Clustering Services, noted Jamie Lewis, president of The Burton Group. Clustering Services are in beta now and due to ship in the second half of this year. "The architectural shift toward Internet protocols is of more value in the long run--NetWare needs that just as it needed to support pure IP," Lewis said. "Plugging HTTP into the NetWare engine and giving it direct access to the file system is a very important thing for NetWare." Just as IP is replaced IPX as the networking protocol in NetWare 5.0, Cobra lets users circumvent the proprietary NetWare Core Protocol, Faustyn said. "This makes it easier for us and ISVs to access NetWare services via HTTP in a secure way," he said. That, combined with Novell's recent announcement that it is working with IBM to offer the WebSphere Web application server with NetWare, is key to Novell's efforts to convince IT managers that NetWare can be used as a platform for Web-enabled applications. However, whether IT managers embrace NetWare as a platform for Web-enabled applications is anything but certain. "NetWare is not the leading development platform out there today," Lewis said. "The deal they have with IBM has a lot of potential to bring a lot of coherence to the strategy." Having basic HTTP support in the file server will let IT managers access NetWare services, via Web browsers, eliminating the need for a separate Web server. But Cobra will still require users to have the NetWare client, Faustyn said, though for certain purposes users will be able to access NetWare services through a Web browser. Initially, Cobra will enable Web browser access to basic server management features. For more sophisticated management of enterprise NetWare and utlimately Novell Directory Services systems, Faustyn said IT organizations will need Novell's Java-based ConsoleOne. Also next week, Novell will announce the Small Business Suite, a package for enterprises of up to 50 users. The suite is the first small business package to include NetWare 5.0. Bundled with it will be GroupWise 5.5, BorderManager FastCache 3.0, ZENworks Starter Pack 1.1, Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare, Network Associates' VirusScan and NetShield, NetObjects Fusion and other applications and tools. Pricing and availability was not disclosed. internetwk.com