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Novell Completes Agreement with Sun Microsystems -- Java Platform to be integrated with World's Leading Network Operating System
Power of Java Accessible to all Novell application developers
BRAINSHARE '96, Salt Lake City, Utah -- March 18, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced it has finalized an agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc. to license its Java™ platform for use with NetWare, the industry-leading network operating system serving over 50 million users. As part of the agreement, Novell is authorized to offer its developers and customers access to the complete Java platform, including the core power of Java -- the Java Virtual Machine™. Novell will use the Sun technology to create an execution environment on NetWare servers for Java applications that can be accessed and distributed across business intranets and the global Internet, regardless of the client platform. This new environment will enable developers to leverage the installed base of more than 3 million NetWare servers and Novell's distributed network services to create a new generation of distributed applications for the Smart Global Network. Sun has expanded its licensing model for Java to allow licensees the right to provide full Java functionality to third-party software application developers. Novell will embed the Java Virtual Machine into Novell's NetWare operating system. As a result of this, Novell can provide the functionality of Java to its third-party software developers who in turn can create Java applications in NetWare. "We see Java as the catalyst in the paradigm shift from the old desktop-centric computing model to the vision of network computing," said Alan Baratz, president of JavaSoft, an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc. "To carry that shift through, Java must be freely available -- it must become ubiquitous. This agreement will make the power of Java accessible to a broad new group of users directly through Novell, long considered a visionary leader in networking. "Java and NetWare make a powerful blend," said Drew Major, Novell's chief scientist. "NetWare and Java will provide developers with a complete foundation of network services on which to build distributed applications. Our ability to distribute the complete Java platform as an integrated part of the Novell Operations system will position us as the leader in offering exciting new options and opportunities to our developer community. Java will provide the next-generation application execution environment for NetWare, and NetWare will provide the next major application platform for Java." "NetWare servers are everywhere, providing a high-performance network platform ideally suited for hosting Java applets," Major added. "Given NetWare's performance characteristics, we expect that Java running on NetWare will be a very hot performer." By integrating the Java Virtual Machine and class libraries with NetWare, Novell becomes the source for Java Virtual Machine functionality for its developers and customers who are writing for NetWare. Novell and Sun are exploring ways to extend Java class libraries, allowing application developers to include NetWare Directory Services (NDS), IPX and other Novell network services in their distributed applications. Novell plans to integrate Java applications with NDS to support a client-network architecture in which application components, or objects, can be distributed across intranets and the Internet and accessed transparently. Through its initiative, code-named Net2000, Novell will provide tools to allow NDS to access, store and manage Java objects, regardless of where they are located on the network. "Novell's vision of Java applications hosted and accessed everywhere through NetWare servers is impressive," said Baratz. "With this agreement, Novell becomes one of the leaders in bringing the power of Java to business intranets." Novell plans to incorporate Java in operating system and softwre development products during 1996. 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. JavaSoft, headquartered in Cupertino, Ca., is an operating company of SunMicrosystems Inc. The company's mission is to develop, market and support the Java technology and products based on it. Java supports networked applications and enables developers to write applications once that will run on any machine. JavaSoft develops applications, tools and systems platforms to further enhance Java as the programming standard for complex networks such as the Internet and corporate intranets. With annual revenues of more than $6 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides products and services that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing environments. Widely recognized as a proponent of open standards, the company is involved in the design, manufacture and sale of products, technologies and services for commercial and technical computing. Sun's SPARCTM workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC microprocessors, SolarisTM operating software and ISO-certified service organization each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Sun's JavaTM platform-independent programming environment, provides a comprehensive solution to the challenge of programming for complex networks, including the Internet. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
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