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Novell Announces Intranet and Internet Future for ManageWise OREM, Utah -- June 24, 1996 -- Novell today announced its vision for the future of its ManageWise PC LAN management solution. Over the next year, ManageWise will become platform-independent through support of Java technology and the Internet infrastructure. These enhanced products will enable network administrators to perform management tasks from any intranet and Internet location through World Wide Web-based management consoles. In addition, ManageWise will provide increased scalability through integrated support for Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™), Novell's industry-standard global directory services. NDS support will allow users to consolidate management information for easier site-level administration and reporting. These enhancements, slated for the first half of 1997, are part of Novell's commitment to provide customers with management services that can be distributed across any platform on private and public networks. "Novell will continue its investment in cross-platform network services," said Steve Markman, executive vice president and general manager of Novell Products Group. "Through NDS capabilities and Java enhancements, ManageWise will be clearly positioned to take advantage of the Internet and provide IS administrators with next-generation cross-platform management services." "ManageWise is already accepted as the first integrated management solution for PC LAN networks," said Prem Uppaluru, vice president and general manager of Novell's Management Products Division. "These enhancements will solidify that leadership position by demonstrating our commitment to customers' interest in simplifying management through cross-platform tools."
Cross-Platform Management and Simplified Access to Network Information The future version of the ManageWise solutions will be based on Java technology that will simplify PC LAN management by enabling network administrators to quickly and easily connect to network information through any desktop Web browser. ManageWise applications performing management tasks, including those of traffic monitoring and real-time server statistics gathering, will be written in Java and stored as applets so that users will be able to access them from any server. These platform-independent tools will not only improve the efficiency of in-house network administration, but will also enable service providers to remotely manage networks over secure Internet services such as those run by Novell's NetWare Connect Services (NCS) partners. Future Java-based versions of ManageWise will significantly speed the collection of and access to cross-platform network information by providing integrated support for NDS. As a common framework unifying access to NetWare, Unix and Windows NT servers, NDS will serve as a central business object repository for all network resources and devices. ManageWise will populate this data store with hardware and software inventory, as well as topology information. Then, through the Java-based infrastructure, multiple users will be able to more easily access this information and related fault conditions through any management console regardless of platform.
Tighter Integration and Accelerated Development Demonstrating its commitment to the ManageWise product family, Novell is bringing all ManageWise development in-house. Previously, Novell shared ManageWise development with Intel Corporation. Now, Novell is moving ManageWise forward by licensing Intel Corporation's most recent desktop management technology, including the remote control, hardware and software inventory, file transfer, chat and virus protection capabilities historically found in ManageWise. Novell will continue to advance these features in future versions of ManageWise and will provide even tighter integration among the product family's broad range of management capabilities. Novell will also consolidate users' service and support requirements through Novell channels. To realize these goals, Novell and Intel will work closely together over the next several months to provide a seamless development transition transparent to ManageWise customers. "Customers are asking for even tighter integration among the different functions of ManageWise," said Prem Uppaluru, vice president and general manager of Novell's Management Products Division. "To fulfill these requests, we are consolidating our internal and external engineering efforts under one umbrella. We'll continue to fully support our customers during this transition."
About ManageWise Today Novell's ManageWise is the only standards-based integrated management solution that enables IS professionals to administer their heterogeneous PC network environments. ManageWise reduces the cost of owning and managing a network and enhances business operations by increasing network reliability and user productivity through server, desktop and software management, network traffic analysis, automated network inventory, remote control and virus protection. Suggested list pricing for ManageWise 2.1 starts at U.S.$795 for five users.
About Novell Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling 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 and NetWare are registered trademarks and ManageWise, NDS and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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