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Novell Adds FDDI to ManageWise for More Comprehensive Problem Detection, Repair and Prevention for Networks Novell Offers Customers Integrated Standards-Based FDDI Network Analysis PROVO, Utah — March 9, 1998 — Novell today announced the availability of Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network analysis and enhanced protocol support for ManageWise™, the industry-leading PC network management solution. The ManageWise FDDI network analysis is compliant with the industry standard for Remote Monitoring (RMON) and is based on Novell's market-leading LANalyzer™ network analysis technology. With this new capability, ManageWise speeds network problem resolution and reduces downtime for FDDI networks. By adding FDDI support to this network management software solution, Novell now provides the broadest range of choice in LAN standards. In addition to FDDI, ManageWise also supports Ethernet and Token- Ring networks. FDDI is a 100Mbps network standard that provides a stable, reliable and fault-tolerant network backbone. "FDDI support for LANalyzer is great news for us because many of our customers' networks have FDDI back bones," said Bill Towey, president of Powerscourt, LLC. "As a management service provider we use ManageWise to manage our customers' networks remotely and FDDI support adds significant value for those customers who use ManageWise to maximize their network investment." ManageWise helps administrators maintain network availability by minimizing or avoiding network downtime, thereby increasing the total value of the network and increasing user productivity. ManageWise FDDI analysis reduces network ownership costs by automatically providing the information administrators need through the ManageWise console so they can troubleshoot and fine-tune FDDI networks. ManageWise also provides valuable documentation through extensive automated reporting capabilities generating network performance and health trend reports in HTML format for publishing on the Web. By automatically detecting existing and potential network problems, ManageWise provides SNMP alarms immediately to network managers, allowing many network problems to be avoided. The LANalyzer network dashboard shows administrators network health at a glance and lets them simply point and click to capture and decode network packets to conduct more in-depth diagnostic investigations. The LANalyzer analysis functionality is a seamlessly integrated part of ManageWise so customers will find it a natural, intuitive part of troubleshooting their PC network environments. "By bringing ManageWise functionality to FDDI networks, we are allowing customers to tune and manage their entire network from backbones and routers to servers and PCs," said Michael Simpson, director of marketing at Novell. "Quickly isolating problems with easy and intelligent interfaces is what ManageWise does best and it is critical to maximizing the productivity of employees." The network analysis component of ManageWise is a combination of RMON agents that reside on each NetWare® server and the ManageWise Console user interface. ManageWise, with LANalyzer, supports the leading protocols including TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, AppleTalk and SNA. Important new protocols, such as DHCP, SMTP and BOOTP, have been added in this release. Pricing and Delivery LANalyzer FDDI network analysis is free to all ManageWise 2.5 customers. It will be available for download from Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com/download by March 31, 1998 and the public beta code is available now at http://support.novell.com/beta. In addition, special ManageWise 2.5 upgrade pricing is available for customers with earlier versions of ManageWise or stand alone LANalyzer products. For more information on promotional upgrade pricing, contact your local authorized Novell reseller or visit the Novell Web page at http://www.novell.com/managewise. About ManageWise Novell ManageWise is a comprehensive network and systems management solution. It reduces the cost of owning and managing a network by increasing productivity and ensuring the reliability of NetWare and Windows NT environments. The early warning system in ManageWise helps prevent network downtime and its virus protection and change notification capabilities protect the network. With ManageWise, administrators are able to provide faster end-user support and network inventory management, and are also better able to plan network growth and optimization by using ManageWise to spot trends and network bottlenecks. About Novell 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, as well as the network computing industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about Novell and its 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 ManageWise and LANalyzer are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
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