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Novell Net2000 Developer Initiative Leverages NetWare Directory Services To Enable Client/Network Computing
Developers Can Create and Run Visual Basic and NetBasic Applications For Intranets and the Internet
BRAINSHARE '96, Salt Lake City, Utah -- March 19, 1996 -- During its annual technical development conference, Novell, Inc. today announced the first deliverables resulting from its developer initiative, code-named Net2000, that will extend desktop and network technologies and distribute them across enterprise networks:
Net2000 is Novell's initiative to provide development partners with a universal interface for creating networked applications, which become the building blocks for the Smart Global Network. Using these Net2000 technologies, developers can easily create NetWare applications using popular scripting and common objects, then find and share those applications and objects across networks, including intranets and the Internet. With this announcement, Novell builds on its plan to integrate Sun's Java technology with NetWare, enhancing NetWare as a development and execution platform. The Net2000 technology announced today will help developers hasten the advent of client/network computing, an advanced computing paradigm that goes beyond desktop and client/server computing to give developers and users access to information components across global enterprise networks. "Novell was founded on the idea of extending existing desktop functions across the network, so it's only natural that we're using Net2000 and our proven directory services to extend desktop OLE objects and components across networks in the same way," said Steve Markman, executive vice president and general manager for the Novell Products Group. "NetWare today is much more than file and print services, it's a solid platform for network services that provide powerful solutions to developers building distributed components and logic. Using NetWare and Net2000, developers can create fully distributed network applications in both the Novell and Microsoft environments."
Increased Value for the NetWare Platform: Full Visual Basic Scripting Novell is committed to helping developers add functionality to their existing NetWare environments by enabling full Basic language scripting on NetWare for the first time. This will allow administrators and developers to use standard Basic scripting, including NetBasic and Visual Basic, to quickly manage and automate NetWare applications including NetWare Loadable Modules® (NLMs®). For example, using Basic scripting, administrators can automate the loading and unloading of a backup NLM to coincide with the network backup schedule, increasing overall server performance by freeing up memory. For more information about Basic scripting on NetWare, see the supporting press release entitled, "Novell Enhances NetWare as a Development Platform."
NDS Components Expose Directory Functionality NDS is rapidly emerging as the de facto industry standard for distributed network directories -- a distributed database that presents all network users and resources as objects that can be named, viewed and managed from a single centralized location. As part of Net2000, Novell is exposing its rich NDS functionality through OLE object custom controls, Visual Basic controls and Delphi controls to increase object developers' access to core directory services. By opening the NDS technology to a broader range of developers, the number of directory-enabled applications will increase, strengthening NetWare as the client/network platform. Novell is providing a number of sample utilities written in Visual Basic that demonstrate how to access NDS from the Net2000 NDS browser control in order to simplify directory and resource management. One sample utility lets network administrators change multiple passwords at once, while others update user login scripts and change directory schema.
Discover and Access OLE Objects and Java Applets Across Networks Through the Net2000 component management services based on NDS, security and licensing technology, Novell will help developers access, secure and manage distributed logic such as OLE objects, including Microsoft's ActiveX, and Java applets across networks. By registering components in the component management services, developers can easily share and publish logic across enterprise networks, including the Internet. For example, a developer could create an object custom control to open a database and compile corporate sales figures. After registering the object custom control in NDS, other developers throughout the company could find that object in NDS and bind it to their own application, adding new functionality without having the object reside on their local workstations. Combining Net2000 and NDS to manage and access components, objects and applets across networks delivers on the promise of NDS by enabling developers to track and manage logic as easily as files and resources.
Pricing and Availability Novell's JumpStart CD-ROM is available to all BrainShare '96 attendees free of charge. On the CD-ROM, developers will receive technical information about Net2000, including BrainShare '96 presentations and white papers, as well as sample object custom controls, Basic scripts and Net2000 component interfaces. The JumpStart CD-ROM also includes a full copy of the NetWare Web Server with a 45-day Web Server user license. Novell DeveloperNet® subscribers will receive a copy of the CD-ROM. For more information, developers should contact DeveloperNet at 1-800-REDWORD or visit the Net2000 World Wide Web site (http://developer.novell.com/net2000). Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: Novell), is the world's leading networking software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling our customers to connect with other people and the information they need, any time and any place. Novell partners with other technology and market leaders to help customers make networks a part of their everyday lives. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and DeveloperNet, NDS, NetWare Directory Services, NetWare Loadable Modules and NLMs are trademarks of Novell, Inc. BrainShare is a service mark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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Trudy Edelson
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