Novell announces Industry's First Replication Software with Novell Replication
Services
NICE, France -- May 12, 1997 -- Novell® Inc., announced today the
release of
Novell Replication Services (NRS) to be available via the World Wide Web later this
month. NRS is
the first replication tool to allow the replication of files, applications, web servers as well as the
distribution
and synchronisation network-wide. This makes Novell the first company to bring this
break-through product
to the market place.
Novell Replication Services is a powerful new network management tool that will allow network
administrators to manage replicated files located in multiple geographic locations in the same
Novell
Directory Services (NDS) tree.
NRS will allow system administrators to improve consistency and data availability across Wide
Area
Networks (WANs) and Intranet web servers and so provide immediate access to the most
up-to-date network
information, such as Windows and HTML documents, software updates, graphic images, and
audio and video
clips. A scheduling facility allows synchronisation to be scheduled for times to most suit the
system, such as
periods of anticipated low network traffic or server utilisation.
The product consists of a single NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) file that runs on each
server from
which, or to which, files and directories are replicated. Administration is provided by a simple
"snap-in" to
Novell's standard administration utility so the process can be managed by any networked
organisation.
Benefits of Novell Replication Services include:
- increased access to information across the WAN; information is replicated at multiple
locations to give
WAN access at faster LAN speeds
- real-time consistency across multiple servers; the tool can detect changes and will
automatically replicate
these changes to ensure synchronised data images at each designated server
- reduced costs; automating the replication process can make more efficient use of staff; the
scheduling
facility can smooth out WAN traffic, and the replication facility can move information closer to
the end user
so reducing the need to constantly access the WAN and postpone purchases of expensive
additional WAN
capacity
David James, Technical Architect at British Telecom (BT) commented on the product: "At BT,
we are
planning to install Novell Replication Services across 100 of our servers that service over 12,500
clients. We
have had problems with mismatched software applications across our network and this has
created a need to
ensure the accurate replication and distribution of files. We are confident that Novell Replication
Services
will help us solve this problem; our trials have shown that it will ensure exact replication and
distribution
automatically."
To access a free fully supported and functional version of the Novell Replication Services, please
access
Novell's site on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/nrs/. Multilingual versions of the
product
will be released in the next few months.
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 programmes 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 of Novell, Inc., Novell Directory Services,
NetWare Loadable
Module and Novell Replication Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc.
Novell Contact:
Sandrine Leroux
Novell EMEA
Tel: (01344) 724071
Fax: (01344) 724276
Internet: sandrine_leroux@novell.com
For more information regarding the beta version of Novell Replication Services, please contact
paul_abbott@novell.com
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