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Novell Enhances NetWare as a Development Platform
Basic Scripting Lets NetWare Developers and Administrators Write Applications and Simplify Management
BRAINSHARE '96, Salt Lake City, Utah -- March 19, 1996 -- As part of its developer initiative, code-named Net2000, to deliver universal network access, Novell, Inc. announced it is enhancing NetWare® as a development platform by providing support for Basic scripting languages. Using popular Basic scripting languages including Visual Basic and NetBasic, developers and network administrators can create NetWare applications, NetWare Loadable Modules® (NLMs®) and administration utilities and manage them across networks, including the Internet. As one of the Net2000 BrainShare '96 deliverables, Basic scripting helps Novell deliver on the promise of Net2000, an initiative that will provide developers and users with universal access to NetWare services. "While Novell works to enable full client/network computing by distributing 'smart' objects and components across networks, we want to help NetWare developers and administrators improve management of their current NetWare services," said David Clare, Novell director of product management. "Our license of Sun's Java technology coupled with full Basic scripting on NetWare demonstrate our commitment to make NetWare a strong platform for Internet and intranet development. By providing common scripting capabilities, Novell lets developers use their current Basic expertise to create new NetWare applications and NLMs, as well as to simplify and automate NetWare server management across networks. Developers and administrators can even create scripts to manage NLMs across the Internet using standard Web browser software and Novell's NetWare Web Server." For the first time, developers and network administrators can use popular Basic scripting languages to take advantage of Novell's industry-leading NetWare Directory Services® (NDS®) and create NDS-enabled applications and administrative utilities. By giving developers access to NDS through scripting, Novell is delivering on its promise to ease access to NDS and to simplify application development.
Create New NetWare Applications With Basic scripts, network administrators and developers can quickly build new networked applications and NLMs that reside on NetWare servers. For example, a network administrator could create a simple NLM to monitor NetWare server utilization and file usage. If utilization rises above a pre-set level, the NLM could page, fax and e-mail the administrator to highlight the potential utilization issue. Basic scripts can also be created to query a database, such as an Oracle SQL DB for specific information that can be returned to a user via an Internet browser or a Visual Basic application.
Manage and Automate NetWare Applications and NLMs In addition to providing support for Basic development, Novell has enhanced the NetWare platform by licensing the Net2000 Network Management Extension (NMX) from HiTecSoft Corp. Net2000 NMX gives developers and administrators the capability to manage and automate script execution across all networks, including the Internet. With Net2000 NMX, network administrators and developers can create custom logic that leverages existing NLMs. Using the Net2000 NMX, an administrator can automate specific network tasks by writing Basic scripts to query databases, monitor network servers and load and unload NLMs, thus freeing up NetWare server memory and increasing performance. For example, a network administrator could build a script to query NDS and perform a specific backup service for a network user at a given time. "The value of having a full Basic scripting language on NetWare allows administrators more flexibility to build applications, automate tasks and build new services," said Sean Moshir, president and chief executive officer of HiTecSoft Corp. "With our Internet NMX components, these applications and scripts can be accessible from any Web browser. NetBasic scripts generate dynamic HTML pages that provide real-time information, access to applications and NetWare services." "By providing an Oracle NMX, Oracle, Novell and HiTecSoft are extending the power of the Oracle7 Server for NetWare to the wider developer community. Building client/server applications with Oracle7 on NetWare is now within the reach of all application developers," said Jerry Baker, senior vice president of Oracle's Product and Platform Technologies Division. "The Oracle NMX component also extends the scope of HTTP applications built using Web Servers on NetWare and allows full SQL access to Oracle databases from within HTML. Traditional client/server and Internet application development will be greatly eased by NetBasic and the NMX architecture, facilitating the deployment of NetWare solutions."
Extend the NetWare Web Server as a Development Platform Through Net2000 NMX and the NetWare Web Server, developers and administrators can write Basic scripts to access NetWare directory services, databases and NLMs across the Internet. Developers can use any Web browser interface to access authorized NetWare servers to load, unload, update and manage NLMs and execute custom Basic scripts across the Internet. This capability simplifies remote site network management by taking advantage of the Internet's infrastructure.
Pricing and Availability The Net2000 NMX component, HiTecSoft's NetBasic development tools and Novell sample application and management utility scripts are available now on the Net2000 JumpStart CD-ROM, distributed free of charge to all BrainShare '96 attendees. Developers can use this software on NetWare 3 and NetWare 4 platforms to begin building Basic scripts to automate NLM applications. The JumpStart CD-ROM also contains Net2000 technical information, including BrainShare '96 presentations and white papers, sample object custom controls, Basic scripts, Net2000 component interfaces and a full copy of the NetWare Web Server with a 45-day Web Server user license. Novell DeveloperNet® subscribers will also receive a copy of the JumpStart CD-ROM. For more information, developers should contact Novell DeveloperNet at 1-800-REDWORD or visit Novell's 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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