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Novell Takes Internet Beyond PCs with Connections for Intelligent Business and Home Devices New Novell Embedded Systems Technology (NEST ) Release Supports Internet Protocols, SNMP Management, Global Document Routing OREM, UT -- February 27, 1996 -- Novell Inc. today moved its industry-leading Novell Embedded Systems Technology (NEST) beyond traditional local and wide area networks with the announcement of an enhanced version of the NEST Software Developer's Kit (SDK). The NEST SDK 1.2, which ships March 31, gives Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and developers a flexible, compact, affordable solution for creating products that can be plugged right into both private business networks and public global networks like the Internet. The new NEST SDK supports the IPX/SPX protocols, which are used to connect 55 million Novell NetWare users, and also supports the TCP/IP protocols used to provide millions of users with access to the Internet. In addition, new support for popular Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and NEST Autoroute global document routing gives developers and OEMs even wider options for integrating intelligent devices into today's internetworking solutions. The NEST SDK is Novell's technology for accessing both public and private networks from intelligent devices of virtually every kind -- from office equipment such as fax machines, printers and scanners to industrial controls and home devices such as TV set-top boxes and security systems. Novell sees the greatest growth opportunities for NEST in integrating office equipment and energy management applications with LANs and the Internet. More than 75 companies, including office equipment giants Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, and Xerox, are currently developing over 200 NEST-enabled products, with several now shipping and dozens more to ship this year. Novell is currently partnering with UtiliCorp United to develop a new class of energy management applications that will exchange information over conventional power lines and use public and private networks to relay energy-use information between the utility and customer. "We see the release of NEST SDK 1.2 as a significant advance in networking technology and look forward to using these new tools in the development of Smart Energy applications," said Philip A. Daddona, chief information officer for Utilicorp United. "This release furthers the goals of all NEST partners in their shared commitment to open architecture." Support for Internet Protocols and Open Networks Novell's inclusion of TCP/IP in the NEST SDK 1.2 is further evidence of Novell's commitment to support multiple transport protocols and an open network environment. With both IPX/SPX and TCP/IP now part of the SDK, connectivity to the Internet and other enterprise-wide public and private networks as well as Novell networks is now provided. "By adding TCP/IP to the NEST SDK, Novell has increased our ability to deliver these capabilities to our customers expeditiously and cost effectively," said William Peisel, chief technology officer at Digital Products Inc. "This release represents a significant extension of NEST capabilities for our line of leading LAN-based print servers." John Enslow, acting vice president and general manager of Novell's Extended Networks Division said, "The market has been waiting for standard software to connect devices other than personal computers to the Internet. NEST now fits that requirement by enabling solutions that will put office equipment and other intelligent devices on the Net. Imagine using the Internet to print a document to another city, or turn on your home security system from your office PC. The new NEST SDK makes these solutions possible for the more than 75 companies developing with NEST today, as well as for any manufacturer looking to make their products part of the Internet explosion." Support for SNMP By including SNMP support in version 1.2 of the NEST SDK, Novell is offering OEMs the ability to integrate the de facto standard for managing devices on a network directly into their NEST-enabled products. SNMP allows administrators to monitor and configure any device on their network from a central location through a standard third party management tool such as an SNMP browser and by using any of the many SNMP-enabled management products available today. This greatly enhances the use and management of those devices, allowing users to preserve investments in SNMP solutions and reduce network management costs. NEST Autoroute Included The inclusion of NEST Autoroute demonstrates Novell's commitment to lowering the costs and the barriers of entry for OEMs wishing to work with the NEST SDK. Combining NEST Autoroute with the NEST SDK 1.2 makes it easier for developers to connect their devices to the network as well as take advantage of the global document routing capabilities of NEST Autoroute. NEST Autoroute allows OEMs to add global document routing capabilities to existing and future fax, copy, scan and print devices quickly, with minimal expense and without the addition of specialized phone equipment. For example, NEST Autoroute enables faxes and scanned graphics to be automatically routed to a user's E-mail box. It is capable of providing cost savings through the use of fax relay broadcasting, and can also provide least-cost routing via the network. "Inbound document routing has been available for ten years, but almost nobody used it because the solutions were proprietary, complex and costly," said Enslow. "NEST Autoroute provides a framework for addressing and routing faxed information, allowing OEMs to focus on ease of use and functionality." "NEST is the key enabling technology that allows autorouting of documents to end-users' desktops," stated David Weingard, director of business development for Cheyenne Software. "By incorporating NEST into FAXserve and BitWare, our two leading communications applications, Cheyenne provides the benefits of this technology to customers worldwide." Availability and Pricing The NEST SDK 1.2 will ship March 31, 1996 on CD-ROM and includes source code, documentation, training, test tools and support. It also includes five licenses for internal development and twenty five licenses for beta testing. Additional licenses may be obtained by signing a distribution license agreement. Suggest Retail Price for the NEST SDK 1.2 is $50,000.00 (US). For more information, contact your Novell OEM Sales Representative or call 800/895-NEST: or 512/434-1518 outside the U.S. Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling our customers to connect with other people and the information they need, anytime and anyplace. Novell partners with other technology and market leaders to help customers make networks a part of their everyday lives. Novell is a registered trademark and NetWare Directory Services, NDS, NEST, and NEST Autoroute are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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