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New Tools in "Green River" Release of NetWare 4 Extend Novell's Lead in Network Administration and Management Updated NWAdmin Utility Reduces Network Ownership Costs through Faster, Easier Management OREM, Utah -- July 10, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced network administration tools in the upcoming "Green River" release of NetWare 4® that extend the company's lead in making networks easier to manage and more affordable to own and operate. Green River's enhanced NetWare Administrator™ (NWAdmin™) tool provides administrators with a graphical window into the network that speeds and streamlines network management, provides customizable administration interfaces, and works with Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™) to enable a higher degree of control over users and resources on distributed business networks, corporate intranets, and the Internet. "Green River's NWAdmin makes my job at least ten times easier and faster," said Boyd Wilson, LAN administrator at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. "It is packed full of many new and advanced features and benefits including the ability to create multiple user templates, the ability to change properties of multiple objects, and an easy snap-in interface for an additional NDS management tool. Now I can spend more time researching and developing new technologies for my users, which I enjoy the most." "Our customers told us they wanted easier network administration, so we designed the Green River release of NetWare to really simplify ongoing management of network resources," said William Donahoo, senior director of product marketing at Novell. "With the 32-bit NWAdmin tool, Green River helps network administrators create and manage networks that can more readily adapt and grow with their companies' businesses which helps reduce the overall cost of network ownership."
Faster, More Efficient Network Administration Green River's NWAdmin enhancements simplify network management and reduce cost of ownership by enabling Novell customers to:
Integration with other Novell Management Tools NWAdmin works with Novell management solutions - including the ManageWise network management solution and the NetWare Application Launcher™ utility in Green River - to enable administrators to manage a broad range of network-based systems and events. ManageWise, available separately, is integrated with Green River and provides capabilities such as mapping, virus detection, remote control, hardware and software inventory control and file transfer and configuration change management. NetWare Application Launcher, included in Green River, is a graphical tool that provides LAN administrators with centralized control of network applications. This control allows administrators to provide users with consistent access to applications regardless of where they log into their networks.
Support for Custom and Third-Party Applications The enhanced version of NWAdmin includes applications that snap into the utility, making it easier for administration to configure and customize their network management systems. For example, the NetWare Registry Database (NRD) provides administrators with fast access to configuration information stored in NDS. Using Novell application programming interfaces (APIs), customers can develop additional customized applications that snap in to NW Admin to better meet their solutions requirements.
About NDS NWAdmin is the global management tool for NDS, the universal directory for finding and managing network-based information and references. NDS is a hierarchial, object-oriented and extensible system that makes it easy for administrators to organize management information and locate it from anywhere on the network. It is the only directory service that supports third-party snap-in applications. Through support for open Internet technology standards, NDS will enable customers to preserve existing network investments while integrating emerging technologies into intranet solutions. About Green River Green River, the forthcoming release of Novell's market-leading NetWare network operating system, provides the network foundation for business networks, corporate intranet and Internet solutions. This platform helps organizations ease installation, migration and administration of networking processes. Currently slated for release later this year, other major features of Green River include:
Green River Availability Novell will release Green River with the 32-bit NWAdmin tool this fall. Administrators will be able to create their own customized NWAdmin applications by writing to APIs available this fall on the DeveloperNet™ update, through the Novell Software Developers Kit (SDK) CD-ROM. To learn more about Novell SDKs, development options or to join DeveloperNet, Novell's premier developer relations program, call 1-800-REDWORD or visit the World Wide Web site (http://developer.novell.com). 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 and NetWare are registered trademarks and DeveloperNet, ManageWise, NDS, NWAdmin, NWAdministrator, NetWare Application Launcher and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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