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NetBasic on IntranetWare and NetWare 4.11 Gains Momentum in the Development Community HiTecSoft Announces Multiple Components for NetBasic NetWorld+Interop, ATLANTA -- September 17, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that NetBasic, the Basic scripting tool included in IntranetWare and NetWare® 4.11 releases, is rapidly gaining support among developers for the creation of applications that leverage Novell's network services and intranet infrastructure. HiTecSoft, creator of NetBasic, today announced a series of Network Modular Extension (NMX) components for Novell's developer initiative, code-named Net2000. These components will further expand opportunities for application development on the IntranetWare™ and NetWare® 4.11 platform. As the next step in Novell's Net2000 Initiative, the NMX components will deliver reusable functionality and flexibility for developers, eliminating the need to write time-consuming programs in C/C++ for many common, Internet-related tasks. Novell estimates that over 28,000 developers have ordered or received the NetBasic tool in the NetWare 4.11 Open Beta or in the June SDK, Release 8. The Net2000 Initiative further eases development on IntranetWare by including different development options with Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java™ technology, Scripting, RAD components and C/C++. The NetBasic components will be delivered to developers at Novell's DeveloperNet™ '97 conference in Orlando, Florida from December 3-5, 1996. Among the many components being announced are:
NDS and Oracle Development Using NetBasic, developers can create intranet applications, utilities or tools that can access Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™) and Oracle databases. Since NetBasic is a Visual Basic-compatible scripting interpreter, developers and administrators familiar with Visual Basic have been able to easily build intranet applications and deploy intranet solutions based on NetWare. Developers are now building dynamic HTML pages and sites which access Oracle databases or Novell services allowing end users to securely access, share and publish information across the Internet and intranets. "Response to NetBasic has been overwhelming," said Gary Mueller, vice president and general manager of Novell's Developer Services Division. "At Novell, we are providing developers with the most robust intranet infrastructure and network services available, allowing them to do what they do best -- add functionality to their corporate networks without having to lay the framework. And since we are committed to allowing developers to leverage their development tool knowledge such as Basic scripting, they don't have to waste time learning new tools." "NetBasic combined with IntranetWare extends Internet computing on the NetWare platform," said Sean Moshir, chief executive officer of HiTecSoft. "HiTecSoft, working with Novell to establish the Net2000 Initiative, is committed to application development on the IntranetWare platform. An intranet administrator, whose vision must now extend beyond the network, can use NetBasic to build dynamic, interactive applications. NetBasic's full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) simplifies intranet development and provides practical solutions that solve customer business needs today."
Customer Reaction "NetBasic has allowed us to create a client/server application that integrates NetWare with other operating software to fulfill the needs of a broad range of our customers," said Dwain Kinghorn, president of Computing Edge. "Because NetBasic is so easy to learn, Novell has given us a much simpler option to build high quality NLMs. We've created an NLM that does inventory collection and system distribution running on a NetWare server that interoperates with Windows clients attached to this server. The ability to access both NDS and Bindery services with simple function calls was a great advantage in creating this application. This functionality has opened a major market for us." "NetBasic has been a crucial addition to my development tool kit because of the speed in which I can now develop NetWare applications," said Buzz Hundley, systems engineer of Ryland Mortgage Company. "We are using NetBasic in an enterprise environment and are able to move complex loan information between branches by hooking our NetWare application into our corporate software which I have developed. Our company has been very impressed with the functionality NetBasic gives us; we have made strategic business decisions on our company's automation based on the flexibility and power of NetBasic and NetWare. With the release of IntranetWare, we will now have the ability utilizing our Windows NT-based corporate intranet to access mission critical information on NetWare servers located in our remote branches that we could not access before. We will be able to further leverage our investment in NetWare because of NetBasic and IntranetWare." "NetBasic is one of the easiest tools I've come into contact with. It allows me to create powerful applications with a minimal learning curve and without learning C," said Robert Baehr, a Master Certified Network Engineer (MCNE) of XLConnect, a Novell platinum reseller. "Using NetBasic I have written my own NDS backup and restore software in only a month and a half. Since I install and configure many different classroom servers on a weekly basis, I can back up and then restore the NDS database to make my job easier. What used to take six hours of set up now takes half an hour thanks to the power of NDS and NetBasic. I have also used NetBasic for the Internet to create HTML. It was easier than writing HTML and since it's customizable it gives me the flexibility to do my job."
Net2000 Initiative The inclusion of NetBasic in IntranetWare and NetWare 4.11 fulfills the latest step in Net2000, Novell's initiative to provide developers with easy access to its network services for building applications and components that can be managed and located across networks, intranets and the Internet. The fulfillment of Net2000 coupled with the new functionality of IntranetWare, delivers a complete solution to developers looking to develop intranet applications. Developers can choose from a number of standard interfaces and tools to access Novell's network services and its intranet infrastructure, including NetBasic, Java, C/C++, Delphi, OLE/ActiveX and Visual Basic. More steps in the fulfillment of Net2000 will be announced at Novell's DeveloperNet '97, a conference dedicated to providing development solutions for Internet/intranet. Also gaining acceptance in the development and administration community is NetBasic for the Internet, enabling a user with any Web browser to access and execute Basic scripts running on NetWare across the Internet. This allows dynamic HTML page creation through Basic scripts, remote access to NetWare services and system administration tasks, as well as access to popular databases. Now administrators can remotely access Novell's powerful NDS or NetWare Administrator™ (NWAdmin™) management tool using a platform-independent Web browser.
DeveloperNet '97 Conference Novell's first annual DeveloperNet '97 conference will be held December 3-5, 1996, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The three-day conference, based on Novell's Net2000 Initiative, will open new doors to develop on IntranetWare and its network services, providing developers with the ability to build directory-enabled Internet/intranet applications faster and easier than ever before. Developers interested in registering for DeveloperNet '97 can call 1-800-488-2883. Additional information is available on the Internet at http://www.sbexpos.com/novell/.
DeveloperNet Subscription DeveloperNet is a comprehensive subscription for developers creating and optimizing applications that utilize Novell's networking services and enable client/network computing. DeveloperNet is the primary channel for the delivery of Novell development tools, information and technical support to software developers. Some of the tools include a choice of Novell's most current networking products and Novell SDK CD-ROM, Release 9. DeveloperNet subscribers also receive a subscription to Developer Notes, Novell's monthly technical journal with tips, code samples and general information for software developers working on network-integrated applications. A base subscription to DeveloperNet costs U.S. $345 per year; an advanced subscription costs U.S. $995 per year. To subscribe to DeveloperNet by phone, call 1-800-REDWORD (1-801-861-5281) or subscribe through the World Wide Web at http://developer.novell.com. The NetWare 4.11 open beta software is currently available by registering through Novell's World Wide Web site at http://www.novell.com/intranetware/ [link removed] or by calling 1-800-200-9140 or 1-512-434-1564. Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and small-business markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing industry. Information about Novell's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and DeveloperNet, IntranetWare, NetWare Loadable Module, NLM, NetWare Administrator, NWAdmin, Novell Directory Services and NDS are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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