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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 16:29:57 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Netware news List

	Here is Novell's announcement:
	Joe D.
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Tuesday, May 28, 1996

NOVELL NETWARE LISTSERVER KEEPS RESELLERS AND USERS UP-TO-DATE

Listserver Subscribers Receive E-Mail Updates on NetWare News and
Information

What: Novell has implemented a listserver to electronically disseminate
information about NetWare, Novell's industry-leading network operating
system (NOS). Novell will collect, condense and deliver the latest NetWare
news and information directly to subscribers' desktops by e-mail, free of
charge. Listserver content will include news summaries, NetWare press
releases, brief white papers, competitive NOS information, Novell's *Week
in Review* and *Reality Check* publications as well as other pertinent
information to help subscribers make informed business decisions and get
the most out of their networks. The listserver information will cover a variety
of NetWare-related topics: advances in Internet, intranet and directory
services technology, network management issues and other subjects of
interest to resellers and customers.

The e-mail messages will be text-based, but formatted documents, such as
the *Week in Review* and *Reality Check* items, will occasionally be
attached to the messages as Novell Envoy files to enable readers to view
the graphical layout. Resellers will be able to print out the formatted
attachments to use as marketing pieces. Users can download the Envoy
viewer free of charge from the World Wide Web at
http://www.novell.com/ corp/freesoft/envoy/envoy1a.html. By gathering
and delivering information directly to customers, partners, resellers and
OEMs, Novell will enable them to stay effortlessly up-to-date on the
important NetWare news and competitive information they need to run their
businesses. In addition, the information will continue to be available on
Novell's Web site at http://netware.novell.com.

When: The listserver is available now.

Where: To automatically receive information about NetWare, users simply
send an e-mail message to netwarenews@novell.com. The body of the
message should read: *Subscribe netwarenews [e-mail address].* The
listserver will begin sending NetWare news and information to that e-mail
address.

Who: 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.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos from the Novell Photo Library are available
immediately via Wieck Photo Database to any media with telephoto receiver
or electronic darkroom, PC or Macintosh, that can accept overhead
transmissions. To retrieve a photo, please call 214-392-0888.

Members of the press interested in receiving Novell press releases and
other corporate information by fax should call the Novell News Hotline at
800-668-5329, or NOVL-FAX.

CONTACT: media, Susan Rogers of Cunningham Communication, Inc.,
408-982-0400, or susanr@ccipr.com, for Novell

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Date:	Thu, 30 May 96 09:42:15 MDT
From:	NetWareNews@novell.com
Subject: Welcome to netwarenews
Reply-To: NetWareNews@novell.com

Welcome to the netwarenews mailing list!

If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list,
you can send mail to "NetWareNews@novell.com" with the following command
in the body of your email message:

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Here's the general information for the list you've
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[Last updated on: Wed May 15 11:49:21 1996]

Welcome to the NetWareNews mailing list!

As a member of this list server you'll receive regular updates
about NetWare 4, including:
	-The latest NetWare press releases
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	Check" documents
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Date:	Fri, 31 May 1996 16:41:26 -0600
From:	NWNEWS@novell.com (NetWare News)
Subject: NetWareNews Week in Review May 22-29th

<snip>

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1.   Green River makes big waves
     "Managers Find Few Ripples in Green River"
      Communications Week, May 27, 1996 (cover)

"Features such as NDSmgr's ability to manage and replicate
directories and partitions simply and quickly are going to make
people who maintain networks happier and more confident. 
NDS does not take up the bandwidth it does with NetWare 4.1.
It's more efficient over the wire. That will help foster the building
of large networks" (quote from John Kretz, FB&B Consulting).

=================================================
     "NetWare Update Will be Worth the Wait"
      PC Week, May 27, 1996 (cover)

"The latest upgrade to NetWare will significantly reduce the time
and money spent administering Novell Inc.'s flagship network
operating system. . . . Within the improved NetWare
administrator we created a new user, setting security access
privileges and group specific data such as location and
department. A useful new template features allowed us to use
these specifications as a master definition when adding
additional users and can even be used for groups of users.
Good-bye redundant user management."

=================================================
     "A Look Inside the New NetWare"
      Computer Reseller News, May 27, 1996 (cover)

"An in-depth CRN Test Center examination of the pre-beta,
code-named Green River, has turned up dozens of positive
changes...  The philosophy of NetWare 4.11 (the likely name)
is to slash administration costs. Novell executives continually
stressed that Green River (code-named after a river in Utah)
represents the fifth release of the NetWare platform. The message
here is that the final product will be rock solid."

<snip>

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 1996 17:00:43 -0600
From:	NWNEWS@novell.com (NetWare News)
Subject: NetWareNews: Reality Check

NetWare Reality Check

Subject:	NetWare / NT
Date: 		May 8, 1996
Topic: 		Intelsat of Washington D.C. Switches From NT to NetWare

INTELSAT, the world's leading provider of international satellite
telecommunications, recently made the decision to replace 62
Microsoft NT Server and LAN Manager servers with NetWare
4.1. "We were having enormous difficulty with our NT and LAN
Manager network--servers were locking up daily, domains were
an administrative nightmare, and we were having to manage
too many servers," said Jet Guilaran, LAN Analyst with
INTELSAT. "NetWare 4.1 offered what NT and LAN Manager
couldn't--a hierarchical directory service that provides a single,
central point of network administration as well as disk
management and file ownership that has saved our company
considerable time and money. And because of NetWare's
performance and capacity, we were able to consolidate our 62
Microsoft servers down to just 16 NetWare 4.1 servers."

Intelsat is a telecom satellite consortium that provides
telecommunication access  around the world.  It was
established in 1963 and is jointly owned by more than 160
nations.  Intelsat provides equal telecommunications access to
all countries through a sophisticated network of satellites and
earth stations.

As the telecommunications industry has become less regulated
and the demand for services has increased, the competition to
provide those services has also increased.  As part of a
retooling effort to meet the demand, Intelsat is revamping its
network infrastructure by moving from Microsoft Windows NT
Server and LAN Manager to NetWare 4.1.

Networking Requirements:

Intelsat has approximately 900 employees worldwide.  The
majority of employees are located in the Washington, D.C. office
but a growing number of mobile salespeople are located
around the world. Applications in use include common
business applications such as e-mail, word processing, and
spreadsheet.  Large custom databases have been developed
on Oracle for vertical applications.  All client software for users
is stored on and accessed from the network servers. Desktop
operating systems and user applications are stored on the
server to facilitate control and management.

Configuration Statistics:

The facility at Intelsat is physically organized around circular
building pods. There are a total of 62 networks running fully
routed IP over token ring.  Two Wellfleet routers tie the network
rings into an FDDI backbone. Most workstations are running
OS/2 at the desktop.

Intelsat originally started with LAN Manager as the network
operating system with a total of 63 servers.  Microsoft NT Server
has been gradually integrated into the configuration and at the
point of migration, 40 NT servers were in use.

Migration:

In moving from Microsoft NT and LAN Manager to NetWare,
Intelsat migrated all users, data, and applications to four Tricord
servers running NetWare 4.1.  All four servers will be used for
file, print, and application servers and will have NFS capability.
One of the four servers will also support a Macintosh ring.  In
addition, 12 specialty servers running NetWare will be installed
for use as fault tolerant (SFT III) and data backup servers.

Why Intelsat Standardized on NetWare 4.1:

Intelsat decided to replace Windows NT Server and LAN
Manager with NetWare 4.1 for the following reasons:

1) 	Easier administration
2) 	Single user account for entire network
3) 	Ablility to limit disk and resource usage with NetWare
4) 	Easier to determine and control ownership of files and
directories
5) 	File recovery capabilities
6) 	Lower cost of ownership and administration
7) 	More powerful and comprehensive management
8) 	Lower hardware costs
9) 	Less hardware maintenance
10) 	Desktop management capabilities through Novell
Directory Services

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 1996 17:14:53 -0600
From:	NWNEWS@novell.com (NetWare News)
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews: Reality Check--Warp Server 4 Not Ready For

	      Prime Time

NetWare Reality Check

Subject: 	OS/2 Warp Server 4
Date: 		May 8, 1996
Topic: 		Newly Shipped Warp Server 4 Not Ready For
Prime Time

Exerpted from Communications Week, April 15, 1996, Issue
606, page 81

OS/2 Warp Server Troubles Network Managers

A number of problems are vexing some network managers
running OS/2 Warp Server, IBM's newly shipped network
operating system.

In combination with older hardware or pre-existing configuration
settings, the flaws can result in system crashes and data loss.
IBM recommends using only newer, 32-bit hardware
components, and using only network adapter cards certified to
work with Warp Server, which shipped earlier this year
(CommWeek, Feb. 12).

"It's a 32-bit operating system. You can run 24-bit [components]
if you want, but you're going to have some reconfiguration work
to do," said Gary Hunt, Warp Server technical lead at IBM.
And yet, Warp Server is not an entirely 32-bit network operating
system, which can give developers headaches.

32-Bit Wrapper

"Architecturally, it's still 16-bit, the underlying application
programming interfaces are still 16-bit. What they've done is put
a wrapper around a 16-bit system and called it a 32-bit NOS,"
said Phil Lieberman, owner, Lieberman & Associates Design
and Engineering, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based software
developer of LAN Server utilities.
Hunt conceded Warp Server includes some 16-bit code. "There
are pieces of 16-bit code that remain. It's here and there," he
said. . . .

Warp Bugs

Both Jeremias and Lieberman have seen two Warp Server
bugs.
The first is a single input queue that renders Warp Server's
keyboard and mouse inoperable when an application freezes.
"That definitely is a problem, and that's a problem with OS/2 in
general," Jeremias said. Lieberman agreed. . . .

The second problem occurs when running NetBIOS. Warp
Server misconfigures NetBIOS settings. "It just picks up some
real bizarre numbers," which could cause the network not to
work, Lieberman said. . . .

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 1996 17:08:27 -0600
From:	NWNEWS@novell.com (NetWare News)
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews: Reality Check--How Warp Server Compares

NetWare Reality Check

Subject: 	OS/2 Warp Server 4
Date: 		May 9, 1996
Topic: 		How Warp Server Compares: Quotes from PC
Week

Excerpted from PC Week, April 1, 1996, p. 82.

Warp Server 4's weaving together of various IBM NOS
components nonetheless falls short of a cohesive tapestry, PC
Week Labs tests disclosed.  Its inclusion of a cornucopia of
robust management tools is a bold move by IBM to redefine just
what network managers expect to find in a server.
Unfortunately, the integration between these once-separate
products is often weak.

Administrators of sites currently running LAN Server and OS/2
will be delighted with Warp Server's increased network
functionality and simplified installation in comparison with what
they have.  But those familiar with such rival network operating
systems as Novell Inc.'s NetWare and Microsoft Corp.'s
Windows NT Server should be warned, however, that they could
be in for considerably more pain than usual just to configure
Warp Server to work in the first place. . . .

Curiously, Macintosh client support and more robust
enterprise-class network directory services will be sold as Warp
Server add-ons. . . .

Warp Server's inherited directory services are starting to show
their age, particularly compared with NetWare 4.1's
industrial-strength NDS.  Warp Server becomes troublesome to
manage in large domain environments because it requires the
maintenance of multiple user ID instances across domains for
users who need network access across divisions. . . .

IBM has been working on DCE-compliant DSS (Directory &
Security Service) as a solution but this will be sold separately
and won't be shipping until later in the year. . . .

INSTALLATION

Notwithstanding its inclusion of a unified graphical installation
routine, Warp Server has carried on LAN Server's tradition of
being one of the most frustrating NOSes we've ever configured -
yes even SunSoft Inc.'s Solaris and Linux are more enjoyable.

The initial Warp Server boot floppies were unable to auto-detect
the SCSI controllers of either our Compaq Computer Corp.
Proliant or HP NetServer file servers.  And rather than being
offered the option of inserting a disk with vendor-supplied
drivers - as in NetWare or Windows NT - we were forced to
modify the CONFIG.SYS files on the OS/2 boot floppies, plus
copy the appropriate SCSI and CD ROM drivers.

Because the generic floppies were already crammed with
drivers, we had to delete files to make space, guessing at what
wasn't needed. . . .

Unfortunately, we discovered the limitations of MPTS [Multi
Protocol Transport Services] when we had to manually remove
references to 10M-bps Compaq NetFlex Ethernet cards from
OS/2's IBMLAN.INI after switching to Intel Corp.'s EtherExpress
Pro 100 M-bps cards--changes aren't global.

On more than one occasion, we found it simpler to reinstall
Warp Server in its entirety than to try to modify the configuration
files to accept new SCSI cards or network protocol
configurations.

Flaws in the seams glueing Warp Server's components
together were evident with the RCS (Remote Connection
Service), which we had to remove from our installation because
it prevented LAN protocols from binding to Ethernet cards.  We
found it easiest to install remote client service on a dedicated
OS/2 Warp client, which IBM recommends anyway, as RCS is
so resource-intensive. . . .

An SMP version of Warp Server isn't available. . . .

The ability to tune Warp Server is pretty much limited to juggling
memory allocations.  Unlike NetWare, no sophisticated disk
formatting for variable block-size selection, or built-in striping
features, are offered.

Worse, Warp Server's automated Tuning Assistant sometimes
seemed to be more trouble than it was worth.  It may have been
easier if we had simply edited the cache allocation numbers in
the HPFS386.INI file and CONFIG.SYS files ourselves: Invoking
the Tuning Assistant would frequently cause the Warp Server
console to freeze into a snail's pace--it assigned so much RAM
to disk cache that simple keyboard requests queued for
minutes. . . .

Weaknesses: Domain architecture is not complete enough for
enterprise use and is difficult to adjust; demands top-notch
hardware for good performance.

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Date:	Wed, 05 Jun 1996 23:09:41 -0600
From:	Kenny_Andelin@novell.com (Kenny Andelin)
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews Week in Review May 27-June 3

=========================================

1. Beta comparisons looking good for NetWare
	"Novell Swims Upstream With Green River"
	     Communications Week, June 3, 1996 (page 44)

"Since Microsoft Windows NT Server has no enterprise-class
directory and the much-touted Cairo exists only as vaporware,
network managers searching for directory services have only
Novell as a viable option.  They are justifiably enthused about
Novell's progress.  Network managers also mustn't lose sight of
NetWare's performance advantages."

=========================================

2. NetWare is performance leader
	"Despite the Hype, NT is Slower than NetWare"
	     Communications Week, June 3, 1996 (page 44)

"What about the technology? That's a different story.  From
everything we've seen in our labs, when used for file and print
services, NT Server appears to be four to five times slower
running on the same server than NetWare 4.1 SMP.

"The bigger the file and the farther it has to go, the greater the
disparity.  One WAN systems engineer said that's because
Novell's NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) is more efficient than the
server message block used by NT, a difference that's magnified
by bulk file transfers over high-latency networks such as
frame-relay.

"Both companies are preparing upgrades for their NOSs to
smooth shortcomings, but the enhancements planned for
NetWare appear to be more significant. . . . changes will make
[NT] easier to configure and administer. But true directory
services are still missing."

=========================================

3. NetWare is still network king
	"Network Operating Systems"
	     Computer Reseller News, June 3, 1996 (page 120)

"No matter how you measure it -- by nodes, licenses or revenue
-- in the land of network operating systems, Novell Inc.'s
NetWare is still king. . . .

"VARs remain committed to Novell. 'I think Novell has the best
technology and the best solution (for) core network business,'
said Bill Parducci, vice president of Integration & Systems
Development Inc., Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif."

=========================================

4.  Domain problems come to light with growing networks
	"NT Master Domains Hike Administration Woes"
	     Computerworld, June 3, 1996 (page 126)

"Tight security is a selling point for Windows NT.  But, when NT
Server is used to run the network, security has its limits.

"NT networks in large organizations frequently must employ
multiple master domains under NT's design scheme.
Administering multiple master domains is demanding, and the
human error can open a hole in the network's security.

"The culprit is NT Server's lack of a global directory and its
resulting use of trusting relationships between master domains.
. . . In the eyes of NT critics however, two-way trust opens up a
security hole.  When one administrator is creating user accounts
and assigning them privileges that can't be seen by the
administrator of another master domain, 'you've lost control of
your system,' asserts Robert Harbison, president of Network
Integration Consultants, a network design firm in Sausilito, Calif.

"If you want strong, centralized administration and close-knit
groups, then NT will make you 'sweat bullets' as you try to
design an accessible but secure network, in the words of one
security manager in San Francisco.

"NT lags behind Novell's NetWare in this respect.  NetWare 4.1's
global directory lets an administrator implement security in a
straightforward manner. In addition, it's scalable across many
NetWare networks."

=========================================

5. Warp directory is resource hog
  	"IBM Readies Warp Directory"
	     Communications Week, June 3, 1996 (page 5)

"But one tester, Nick Boaknin, a consultant on staff at a large
Canadian firm, described the beta as slow. Another tester,
Josiah Airall, systems analyst at Cincinnati Bell Information
Systems, said DSS on Warp Server requires a big chunk of RAM.
 'Ninety-six megabytes, then you're in the ballpark,' he said."

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Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:46:57 -0600
From:	Kenny_Andelin@novell.com (Kenny Andelin)
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews Press Release

June 4, 1996
===========================================

Novell Partners with Compaq to Deliver SMP Pentium Pro
Processor-Based Enterprise Solutions

		*****************************

Industry Leaders Join Forces to Assure Customers Smooth
Integration to Compaq ProLiant 5000

===========================================

     OREM, Utah   June 4, 1996   Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL)
today announced the optimization and integration of its NetWare
4.1, NetWare 4.1 Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP), and
ManageWise software products with Compaq Computer
Corporation's new ProLiant 5000 servers based on the Intel
Pentium Pro processor. Novell completed the integration,
optimization, and testing work as part of the Pacesetter  96
Program sponsored by Compaq and Intel. The resulting
enterprise network software provides Novell customers with a
clear upgrade path to the ProLiant 5000 server family and
Pentium Pro technology.

     The integration of  Novell network software with Compaq's
ProLiant 5000 servers combines the technological leadership of
two proven industry leaders and provides customers an
industry-standard solution that delivers the performance,
reliability and scalability of more costly proprietary systems at
about one-half of the cost. Novell tuned its NetWare 4.1 and
NetWare 4.1 SMP software to provide users with full access to
the high-performance Pentium Pro processors included in each
ProLiant 5000 server.

     "Novell and Compaq share the vision of bringing the
best-of-breed distributed networking solutions to our customers
worldwide," said Steve Markman, executive vice president and
general manager, Novell Products Group.  "The combination of
Compaq's ProLiant 5000 servers and NetWare 4 Symmetrical
Multiprocessing provides customers with a powerful and
scalable network platform that can be expanded in cost-effective
increments as the network grows."

     "Compaq and Novell enterprise solutions open the door for
managed, comprehensive, new distributed networking
applications required to remain competitive in today's fast
changing business environment," said Gary Stimac, senior vice
president and general manager, Compaq Systems Division.
"Together with Novell we are offering scalable,
high-performance, highly available solutions for deploying next
generation client-network systems on industry standard
platforms."

     With an installed base of over 50 million users, Novell's
NetWare network operating system is today's leading PC
platform for network solutions.  Users can create advanced
networking solutions by leveraging Novell network services,
such as Novell Directory Services, to simplify the creation of
distributed enterprise networks.  The scalable power of NetWare
SMP builds on this NetWare platform to meet enterprise needs
for critical network services such as database management,
messaging, Internet access and intranet services.  With the
addition of Novell's NetWare Web Server and InnerWeb
Publisher to the Compaq-Novell solution, customers can readily
adapt their LANs and WANs into intranets supporting the
heaviest user traffic.  These networks benefit from the inclusion
of ManageWise, the leading hetrogeneous PC network
management suite, to provide end-to-end network
administration.

A Proven Partnership

     Compaq and Novell have been working together since 1983
to address the evolving needs of network computing customers.
Through the Enterprise Computing Partnership, Compaq and
Novell are helping companies migrate business-critical
applications to industry-standard solutions, and simplify the
integration, operation and maintenance of networked computing
environments.

     For more information about Novell, customers can call
1-800-NET-WARE or visit Novell's home page at
http://www.novell.com.

     Compaq Computer Corporation is the world's largest supplier
of personal computers, offering desktop PCS, portable PCS,
servers and options. The company reported 1995 worldwide
sales of $14.8 billion. Compaq products are sold and supported
in more than 100 countries through Compaq marketing partners
and sold directly to customers through Compaq Direct Plus at
1-800-888-5858. Compaq provides 24-hour customer support
and can be reached through the Compaq forums on
America Online, CompuServe, Internet
(http://www.compaq.com), and Prodigy, or calling
1-800-OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller locations
can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518.

			      ###

Press Contacts:
Terri Tindall
Novell, Inc.
(408) 577-7887
Internet: ttindall@novell.com

Jerele Neeld
Compaq Computer Corp.
(713) 514-0484
Internet: kneeld@bangate.compaq.com

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 1996 11:23:16 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Week in Review

============================================

1.	LAN Times
	   Readers Choose NetWare 4.1 2-to-1 over Microsoft NT Server
		LAN Times, June 10, 1996, (p. 18)
LAN Times published its annual Readers' Choice Awards, and once
again, Novell products top the list. LAN Times readers picked the
following Novell products as their favorites: NetWare 4.1 for best
network operating system, GroupWise for both best e-mail package and
groupware software, ManageWise for best LAN-management software
and SoftSolutions for best document management system. LAN Times
readers chose NetWare over Microsoft NT Server 2-to-1 in the vote for
best NOS. Both NetWare and SoftSolutions are past LAN Times Readers'
Choice winners.

============================================

2.	Customers say NetWare faster than NT Server
	   *Proof from the Field* -- Letter to the Editor
		Communications Week,  June 10, 1996 (p.33)

*I read Wayne Rash's column, *More Proof that Windows NT Server
Transfer Files Slower Than NetWare' (CommWeek, April 29) and I must
say *Thank You.' My experience with transferring large file using NT was
similar to Rash's. I have two servers set up identically, except the NT
server has about four times the processor cycles as the NetWare 4.1
server. My need was to move graphic files on the Net. My
seat-of-the-pants testing showed that NT needs three to four times the
processor cycles to be within 30 percent of the transfer rate of
NetWare. If I attach multiple segments to the NetWare server, the transfer
rate continues with good results. With NT, the server runs out of steam
with one segment attached.* (Art Lamp, via the Internet)

=============================================

3.	NetWare, the people's choice
	   Readers Choice Awards
		Data Based Advisor, July 1996 (page 83)

In the July issue of Data Based Advisor, readers pointed to Novell
NetWare as their choice for *Best Network Operating System.* The Data
Based Advisor cites NetWare because it *lowers the cost of Network
ownership, helps businesses run more efficiently, and integrates
heterogeneous systems.*

================================================

4.	Green River continues making waves
	   *Novell will Sink or Swim on Green River*
		PC Week, June 10, 1996 (p. 55)

*The Green River beta version shows that NetWare will have the tools to
make upgrades less painful. But the decisive feature that will keep
NetWare ahead of NT is NDS. The current version of NT can't touch it,
and it does not appear that Cairo will even come close to matching the
new NDS capabilities of Green River, such as the new NDS Manager,
which will help large sites manager complex global Network directory
trees. Green River will provide plenty of reasons to upgrade, especially
to 2.x and 3.x corporate sites that have been reticent about moving to
4.1.*

================================================

5.	Java on NetWare
	   *Novell Schedules Java Integration*
		LAN Times, July 1996 (cover)

*Novell Inc. Is taking a novel approach to getting more application to run
on its NetWare 4.x platform: It's making it easier. This fall the company
will ship a beta version of a Sun Microsystems Inc. Java SDK (software
developer's kit) that can be used to create portable applications
executable on NetWare.*

==============================================

6.	Novell Directory Services (NDS) for NT
	   *Novell's NT Plan no Longer Secret*
		Network World, June 10, 1996 (cover)

*Putting an end to rumor and speculation, Novell, Inc. CEO Bob
Frankenberg last week vowed publicly that his company will tie its Novell
Directory Services (NDS) to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT Server by
year-end. *The domain service in NT doesn't lend itself to rational
administration, and NDS really does,' said Gil Kilpatrick, director of
Network services at NetPro Computing.*

================================================

7.	Novell GroupWise 5 begins beta
	   *Novell customers wise up about messaging*
		Network World,  June 10, 1996 (p. 6)

*Novell, Inc. last week announced that about 100 sites have begun
beta-testing its GroupWise 5 messaging and groupware software,
which was previously known as GroupWise XTD. This beta is the first to
include advanced document management features, according to Novell.*

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jun 1996 15:54:51 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Success Story

Children's Medical Center of Dallas

A Novell Success Story

Children's Medical Center of Dallas is a 220-bed, acute-care
pediatric facility located in Dallas Texas. Children's is a
not-for-profit hospital specializing in long-term care such as
heart/liver transplants, oncology care and research, and other
diseases such as cystic fibrosis. In 1996, Children's added 60
beds to take over Dallas County's major hospital's (Parkland
General's) pediatric patients.

Children's is currently using the Cerner Corporation SMS
Invision Patient management and Financial Systems
application suite to support patient registration and admission
activities, as well as patient billing and collection efforts. The
Cerner clinical applications are implemented in a VAX Cluster
environment, which includes three VAX 7620s and one AXP
7620. The VAX Cluster is linked to the NetWare 4.1 network
operating system (NOS) running on seven servers and
approximately 1,400 workstations, with 1,900 users. The
previous local area network (LAN) used at Children's was
NetWare 3.11.

Don Ramsey, Information Technology Architect for Children's,
states that the evolution from NetWare 3.11 to NetWare 4.1 was
natural because "Children's has been a NetWare customer
since the mid-80s." They did, however, evaluate Microsoft
Windows NT. Mr. Ramsey states that they will probably use NT
in the future as an application server, but that "NT is just not
right for the enterprise solution we need. We have always been
with NetWare and we know that they are the best in the industry
for the core services we need in our business." Additionally, he
says, "I just know that with NT I would have to add two to three
additional [IS] people, plus the extra hardware I'd need just to
maintain the current environment we have with NetWare. The
costs were just too enormous."

Mr. Ramsey goes on to explain that the move to NetWare 4.1
was also precipitated by the way their network is set up. They
have all of the center's applications centralized at the server
level, rather than at the client. Hospital personnel are at the
periphery, accessing applications from various workstations.
With NetWare 3.11, employees had to log in to different servers
each time they wanted access to the various applications. From
an IS perspective, Mr. Ramsey states that "NetWare 4.1
manages this system more efficiently because now users are
able to get to the applications no matter where they are."

Mr. Ramsey also states that because of the disparate systems
in use at Children's, including UNIX boxes, PCs and proprietary
systems, NetWare 4.1 enables them to utilize the "universal
workstation." He further says that "connectivity with the superior
NetWare 4.1 core services and the various workstations is key
to our business. We just couldn't get this kind of flexibility with
NT."

When asked about the implementation process of moving from
NetWare 3.11 to NetWare 4.1, Mr. Ramsey states that it was
fairly smooth. "After we made the bindery emulation
adjustments to [Novell Directory Services] NDS, we were able to
switch about one server per week and 300 to 400 workstations.
We have a very good relationship with Novell in Dallas and they
helped us set it up nicely. Because we have a department
structure, we just moved into NDS based on the various
departments."

Mr. Ramsey further states that IS managers and end users
were able to use their experience with NetWare 3.11 to get "up
and running easily."

Children's has experienced some great benefits since
upgrading to NetWare. According to Mr. Ramsey, "Creating and
moving users or objects is so much easier . . . it's simple. We
also have tons and tons of disk space because of the [disk]
suballocation. This is real handy because we can centralize our
applications instead of having them on multiple servers. We
now have our office automation services on three servers
instead of all of them."

In addition to NetWare 4.1, Children's uses other products from
Novell, including NetWare SFT III, Novell's fault-tolerant server
solution; NetWare Connect, for WAN connectivity; GroupWise,
Novell's superior groupware product that includes E-mail,
scheduling, calendering and task management; and NetWare
for LAT for connecting to DEC hardware. Within the near future,
Children's is moving to Windows 95 and also implementing
Novell's ManageWise. Mr. Ramsey is looking forward to using
ManageWise because of its increased productivity aspects. He
states that Children's uses these products because of the
"great interoperability with NetWare 4.1. This really keeps the
complexity of the whole network down."

In conclusion, regarding the performance and reliability of
NetWare 4.1 and recommendations to other customers, Mr.
Ramsey states that "for large enterprise businesses I can't see
doing it any other way. When we build programs or other things,
there is always the potential for mistakes, but NetWare has
helped us do things in a fashion that we know it will work after
we've finished. You can't beat that kind of reliability."

"NetWare 4.1 manages the whole system better. It helps us
keep on top of the technology critical to our business."

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 1996 15:50:20 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Success Story #4 - Sterling Homes

Verandas Development (Sterling Homes)

A Novell Success Story

Verandas Development is a land development company with
primary emphasis on residential construction. They focus on
multi- and single-family home construction, but are branching
into commercial development with several restaurants in their
portfolio. 

Verandas Development originated in March of 1992. They have
grown from a $3 million company in 1994 to $15 million in
1995, with projections of $20 million in 1996.Verandas currently
employs between 15 and 20 people with corporate offices on
Marco Island in Florida and numerous construction trailers at
their various construction sites. They currently have five
workstations and one printer using Novell's NetWare 4.1, with a
forecast of growing to 20 workstations in the next couple of
years.

A small business with rapid growth must have a "network that
grows as the company does," says Mike Hughes, controller and
network administrator. In 1994, Verandas had one computer
with several people sharing it. Mike Hughes states that it was
"hurting our business, not helping it. We definitely needed more
computers. Our question was whether we needed a network." In
the evaluation process, Verandas management set priorities
about what were important features of a networking structure for
their business.

Mr. Hughes outlines the following features that were considered
critical to Verandas:

The company wanted a security feature that would protect
sensitive, financial data from being viewed by "people who do
not need access" to the data. With powerful NetWare
4.1password encryption, Verandas attained the multilevel
security they needed.

The company uses detailed spreadsheets in their day-to-day
operations. They wanted to allow more people access to the
spreadsheets for data input. With the superior file sharing
capabilities of NetWare 4.1, the company secretary is now able
to start a spreadsheet and other employees are able to input
additional data online.

Because the majority of Verandas' business is not conducted in
the corporate offices, company management wanted to give
employees access to data from remote sites. Additionally, Mike
Hughes wanted access to the company's bank account at any
time and from any place. Novell's ManageWise Remote
Services has provided these powerful management solutions to
Verandas.

With Verandas' significant growth rate, the company wanted to
ensure that the network they chose would grow with them,
without significant cost increases. They are also interested in
"getting on the Information Super Highway within the next year,"
according to Mr. Hughes. Because NetWare 4.1 was specifically
designed to accommodate the changing needs of businesses,
the company felt that they could "grow, as well as expand with
Novell."

While all of these issues were critical to Verandas' network
evaluation process, the company also wanted to "go with a
company that is going to be around. Novell has been there in
the past and will be in the future," said Mr. Hughes. "I've used
the past four or so releases of NetWare in my previous jobs and
have been satisfied. If I have a problem, they are just a phone
call away."

They also used the NetWare 4 Reducing Cost of Ownership
diskette to see what their cost savings would be and found that
they would realize a 250 percent reduction in time and cost by
implementing NetWare 4.1. This was very important to the
company because of their budget constraints and the variable
construction business.

Verandas' total networking solution is enhanced with other
Novell products such as GroupWise Messaging and scheduling
and ManageWise Remote Services, with plans to integrate
Internet Services within the next year.

Mike Hughes states that the benefits Verandas has realized by
implementing NetWare 4.1 are numerous.

Multilevel security features give "access privileges to the people
who need access." The ability for employees to share files and
printing has Increased overall efficiency. Room for future growth
and expansion "Tried and true service and support. This is very
critical because if I'm down for 24 hours, it has a definite
monetary drawback. We can't afford downtime."

In conclusion, Mr. Hughes recommends NetWare 4.1 and
Novell's other products to small businesses because of the
features for critical business needs and Novell's superior
service and support.

"Each release is a better and better version. I knew what I was
getting and was happy with it. We'll stay with Novell as long as
they are around."

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:20:49 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews Press Release 6/18/96

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 1996

Novell Sweeps LAN Times Readers' Choice Awards

Readers Vote Novell Products Best in Five Categories

     OREM, Utah   June 18, 1996   Novell, Inc. today announced
that it led the 1996 LAN Times Readers' Choice awards as its
GroupWise, ManageWise, NetWare and SoftSolutions network
software products won in five key categories, more than any
other vendor. Each year, LAN Times readers name the vendors
they rely on to provide them with the best networking products;
readers have consistently chosen Novell software in at least
one category for each of the past six years. These awards
underscore Novell's ability to assess and deliver on customer
requirements, reinforcing Novell's position as the world's
leading network software provider. 
      "Many industry awards are based on the opinions of industry
gurus or the results of laboratory testing, but a LAN Times
Readers' Choice Award reflects the actual utility of products in
real-world settings," said Susan Breidenbach, editorial director
of LAN Times. "Novell is to be commended for providing the
preferred solution in five different categories--the most of any
vendor this year."
     Novell's NetWare won the Network Operating Systems (NOS)
category for the sixth time in a row with 67 percent of the vote. In
addition to maintaining its leadership in the NOS arena, Novell
broke ground in new areas with the readers' choice for both
Groupware and LAN Management Software with GroupWise
and ManageWise, respectively. GroupWise was also the winner
in the E-mail category, replacing cc: Mail as the long-time
leader.
     "Novell is committed to delivering the best network software
to support our customers' businesses," said Steve Markman,
executive vice president and general manager of the Novell
Products Group. "We're gratified to see the industry agrees that
the solutions we provide give organizations a competitive edge."
     The winning Novell products and their respective categories
are as follows:
GroupWise      E-mail
GroupWise      Groupware
NetWare        Network Operating System
ManageWise     LAN Management Software
SoftSolutions  Document Management System

About the Products

GroupWise 4.1     
     GroupWise 4.1, which now boasts more than 6 million users,
is an advanced electronic messaging system that combines
E-mail, calendaring/scheduling, task management and
seamless access to the World Wide Web into a single
Universal In Box. It supports heterogeneous environments,
including the most popular client desktops, server platforms
and operating systems. In addition, GroupWise can be used by
network, Intranet/Internet and remote users to improve their
ability to communicate and manage personal and shared
information. GroupWise 5, which is currently in beta testing,
adds the award-winning document management capabilities of
SoftSolutions, as well as workflow functionality, to offer
customers one of the most impressive collaborative computing
products in the industry.
  
NetWare 4.1
     NetWare 4.1 is the industry's leading NOS, providing
businesses with a proven, reliable platform for network
solutions. With more than 15 million users, NetWare 4.1
features Novell Directory Services (NDS) to help organize
network resources, and thereby easing users' access to
information and simplifying network administrators'
management tasks. NDS has emerged as the de facto industry
standard for distributed network directories.

ManageWise 2.0
     ManageWise is Novell's answer to today's network
complexities. With ManageWise, network administrators can
easily manage NetWare servers, analyze network traffic,
conduct network inventory, remotely control desktops and
prevent virus infiltration. ManageWise is priced per server in the
same stratifications as NetWare, so managers of small
networks can benefit without having to pay a large network price.
  
SoftSolutions
     SoftSolutions is a document management system that
enables users to organize and control key corporate data
through powerful features such as intelligent text search and
retrieval, automatic document archiving and deletion, and a
complete set of library management services. SoftSolutions not
only eliminates the problem of having to remember document
file names and locations, but makes finding any document in an
entire organization quick and easy.

###

Press Contact:
Elizabeth Johnson
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
(408) 764-0731
Internet: elizabeth@ccipr.com

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 1996 16:55:31 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
Subject: NetWareNews: Reality Check-- Automakers select NetWare 4.1
Sender: owner-netwarenews@NetPub.COM

NetWare Reality Check

Subject:	NetWare 4.1: The best choice
Date: 		June 17, 1996
Topic: 		Big Three Automakers select NetWare 4.1

Toughness and Reliability Drive the Big Three Automakers to
NetWare 4.1

Not everyone in the auto industry thinks the 1967 GTO is a thing
of beauty. Some prefer the a new Dodge RAM truck or a vintage
Mustang. But one thing the Big Three Automakers agree on is
the outstanding performance of NetWare 4.1. 

There are almost as many kinds of hardware and software on a
big network these days as there are makes and models of cars
on the road. But NetWare 4.1 and Novell Directory Services
(NDS) provide the foundation that lets the Big Three Automakers
design and build a stable, high-performance heterogeneous
network. An early adopter of NetWare 4, the Ford Motor
Company continues to build one of the world's largest NetWare
installations. More recently, EDS (a major subsidiary of General
Motors) adopted NetWare 4.1 and NDS in order to bring
consistency to their systems. Chrysler chose NetWare 4.1 for its
fault tolerance and dependability. According to Joel Van Dyke,
manager of hardware planning for Chrysler, "We anticipate
NetWare 4.1's reliability and stability will support any
mission-critical situation that arises."

At GM, "52,000 Compaq PCs, Windows software, and IBM
servers will all be connected with NetWare 4.1 and Novell
Directory Services by the end of 1996." (William Donahoo,
Senior Director of Product Marketing, Novell, Inc., Information
Week, June 17, 1996, page 6)

According to ClieNT Server News, "[Novell is] just in from telling
Wall Street that GM's Saturn Division, a showcase NT account,
recently changed plans to install NT Servers as network servers
and is now installing 2,000-odd NetWare 4 servers linking
50,000 network nodes instead." (June 10-14, 1996, page 8)

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:39:05 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 1996


Novell Delivers NetWare 4 Green River Beta Software to Developers

Slated for fall release, next NetWare release expands access to
corporate network, intranet and Internet-based information

	OREM, Utah - June 18, 1996 - Novell, Inc. today
announced it shipped beta software for the next release of the
NetWare* 4 network operating system, code-named Green
River, to over 2,800 development and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partners. Green River will improve users'
access to information and resources throughout networks,
intranets and the Internet, while reducing the overall costs of
owning and maintaining those networks. Based on positive
beta customer response regarding the reliability of the Green
River software currently in testing, Novell has expanded its beta
program to include developers and OEMs, giving them time to
optimize their products and solutions for the launch of Green
River this fall. By first customer ship, Novell anticipates
thousands of third-party partner products will run with Green
River.
	With over 55 million users, NetWare continues to be the
world's best-selling network software. Novell worked with its
installed base to identify the network server features they
required; based on that feedback, the company designed Green
River as a powerful solutions platform that requires less
network administration than other network operating systems.
Major enhancements to the next version of NetWare include:
*Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability to support
network applications and intranets;
*Integrated TCP/IP support to simplify network management
and ease user access to both corporate intranet and Internet
resources;
  *C2-level security to protect sensitive data during transmission
across networks;
  *Advanced network printing capabilities to give users more
control over their printing;
  *Easier network migration and installation functionality; and
  *New graphical administration tools to better manage
companies' network and Novell Directory Services (NDS)
environments.
Developers can now incorporate these services into their own
applications, enabling their customers to create and use
networks that can adapt to their business processes and
provide them with an enduring competitive advantage.
	"We're extending the industry's leading network
operating system to become an integrated solutions platform by
adding new services," said William Donahoo, senior director of
product marketing for Novell. "Using these new services in
Green River, companies will find they can extend their existing
corporate networks to intranets and the Internet, streamline their
network installation and administration processes, and
significantly cut their overall cost of ownership in the process."
Scalable, Secure Platform for Intranet and Internet Applications
	Companies can install Green River and leverage SMP
with NDS, C2-grade network security and NetWare/IP 2.2 with
dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) support to safely
run and access critical applications such as Oracle and Sybase
databases, leading messaging systems including Novell
GroupWise, search engines and other network applications
across corporate networks, intranets and the Internet. C2
network security will also enable NetWare to serve as a platform
for electronic commerce. In addition, full TCP/IP support gives
users the freedom to choose IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols to run
their networks and benefit from direct intranet and Internet
connections.
Installation, Migration and Administration Made Easier
	The Green River release of NetWare simplifies NOS
installations and upgrades from previous NetWare versions.
New hardware auto-detection identifies network cards in a
server and automatically installs the correct LAN drivers to
speed NetWare installation. Two new utilities also help
administrators upgrade NetWare 2 or NetWare 3 servers by
automatically migrating modeled bindery information to existing
NetWare 4 trees.
	To further simplify overall network user and resource
administration, Green River also features new NDS Manager
and NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin) tools. NDS Manager
provides a new GUI NDS utility that lets network managers see
and administer multiple directory trees simultaneously, and
NWAdmin enables global changes to multiple user, resource
and data objects in the directory to further expedite
administration processes.
End Users Realize Benefits
	Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) functionality
will give network users and administrators access to, and better
control over, all network printing resources, letting users check
the status of their network printing. The NetWare Application
Launcher (NAL) also gives users more control over their
network environments by providing consistent access to their
network applications and resources, enabling complete
location-independent networking. NAL works with Novell 32-bit
client software for Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT
environments. Also, Novell is including in Green River desktop
client support for all major operating systems, including DOS,
Macintosh, OS/2, Windows, Windows 95, Windows NT and
UNIX.
Green River Delivers on Net2000
	Green River supports Novell's Net2000 developer
initiative to enhance and ease the development and deployment
of new network-aware applications and components. With
Net2000 application programming interfaces (APIs), developers
can create network applications and components easily using
popular development environments and tools.
	"The networking services in Green River provide
developers with a robust networking infrastructure for
distributing objects across global networks, introducing a
reliable foundation for distributed network, intranet and Internet
applications," said Gary Mueller, vice president and general
manager of Novell's Developers Services Division. "The
DeveloperNet Update, Novell SDK CD-ROM, Release Eight
gives developers full Basic and Visual Basic scripting
capabilities to create networked applications that can leverage
computing logic across those networks."
	Green River incorporates Net2000 features including
remote and source-level debugging facilities to give developers
easier ways to trap NLM errors written in C or C++, enhance and
fine-tune operations, and provide more reliable components.
"We are very excited about integrating our WAN adapters with
Green River," said Igor Krichevsky, business unit manager at
Eicon Technology. "Its IP functionality and scalability make it an
excellent platform for intranet and Internet connectivity, while its
source-level debugging facilities allow us to bring our solutions
to market that much sooner."
	The NetBasic Network and Management Extensions
(NMX) engine in Green River allows NLMs and components to
share a common interface to expose their services and
functionality. "The Green River release represents Novell's
attention to the developer. Both client and server programming
of NetWare applications will be much easier," said Gary Dowdy,
president of Apiary, Inc. "On the client side, developers want
ActiveX Controls for Visual Basic, Delphi and C scripting
languages; Green River delivers these tools."
Availability and Features
	Green River is slated to ship to customers in the fall.
The NetWare developer beta of Green River is currently
available to all Novell ISV partners through DeveloperNet,
Novell's premier developer relations program. To learn more
about Novell SDKs, development options or to join
DeveloperNet, call 1-800-REDWORD or visit the World Wide
Web site (http://developer.novell.com).

###

Press Contacts:
Chris Rader
Novell, Inc.
(801) 861-5587
Internet: crader@novell.com

Julia Mason
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
(408) 764-0747
Internet: julia@ccipr.com

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:27:48 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
Subject: NetWareNews Week in Review

=================================================

1.  NetWare keeps going and going and going . . . 
      "NetWare Still Dominates the Market"
	IOMA's Report on Managing Lan Costs, June 1996
(page 7)

"IDC predicts continued strong growth for NetWare through the
end of the century.  Customers are finding that Novell Directory
Services, a central component of NetWare 4.1, enables them to
handle the management of countless resources on
heterogenous systems spread around the globe.  As a result, a
recent IDC survey shows that NetWare 4 customers are
planning to expand their installations by 258%."

=================================================

2.  Compaq Proliant 5000 ready for NetWare SMP
      "Novell, Compaq Agreement"
	Communications Week, June 17, 1996 (page 20)

Novell and Compaq have announced that Compaq's Proliant
5000 server, which is based on Intel's Pentium Pro processor,
now supports NetWare 4.1 Symmetric Multiprocessing.  Novell
also optimized and integrated NetWare 4.1 and ManageWise
network management software for the Compaq platform."

=================================================

3.  NetWare is the backbone at GM
      "Rolling at GM" (letter to the editor)
	Information Week, June 17, 1996 (page 6)

"But, contrary to what your article implies, GM did not select NT
Server for its Common Office Environment program.  Instead,
GM is aggressively rolling out Novell's NetWare 4.0 across its
enterprise.  The 52,000 Compaq PCs, Windows software and
IBM servers will all be connected with NetWare 4.1 and Novell
Directory Services by the end of 1996." (William Donahoo,
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Novell)

=================================================

4.  Customer touts NDS's superiority over NT administration
      "Fish Story" (letter to the editor)
	Network World, June 17, 1996 (page 49)

"In your article 'Islands in the Data Stream' (April 22, page 1),
Ken Perryman is quoted as saying 'NT Server is easier to
configure and manage than NetWare 4, by all accounts I've
heard.'

"I think Ken has been getting his networking advice from his
fishing buddies.  Somebody needs to set this guy straight on
server software.  Windows makes a great client to work from. 
But, when it comes to managing and servicing a large network
with multiple sites, NT Server is a nightmare compared to
Novell's NetWare Directory Service.

"Poor Ken.  He wants to go fishing, but instead he is going
wading through the swamps of two-way trusts, deleting users
from one server and recreating them on another, constantly
fiddling with backup domain controllers, and all the while
watching the hourglass as the browser scans the network for
resources." (Mark Perrelli, Systems Administrator, Sunshine
Mining and Refining Co.)

=================================================

5.  Novell Canada sets record straight
      "Novell Disputes Microsoft Claim"
	Computing Canada, June 6, 1996 (page 8)

"As vice-president and general manager of Novell Canada, I
must bring to your attention the misleading information included
in Microsoft's Windows NT Server ad entitled 'Freedom or Trust,
Which Come First.' 

"The answer to Microsoft's question certainly is not 'trust.'  In the
ad, Microsoft asserts that according to research from  IDC
Canada, Windows NT Server was the leading network server
operating system in third quarter sales in 1995.  Microsoft's
assertion is clearly misleading."

"According to the same IDC report findings, in 1995 Novell
shipped more NetWare connections, 51 per cent in fact, than all
other server operating systems in the world combined --
including those from Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Hewlett-Packard,
Banyan, SCO and all other Unix and NOS systems."

"In the network operating system category, NetWare maintains
an overwhelming 63 per cent market share worldwide. 
According to marketing research from A.C. Nielson, NetWare's
market share is over 72 per cent in Canada."

"IDC Canada has apologized to Novell for allowing Microsoft to
use the misleading information and has insisted Microsoft
cease publication of the ad."

"Further, Michael O'Neil, senior vice-president of IDC Canada,
asserts that 'our worldwide research shows that Novell has led
the LAN OS industry for the past 12 years, and IDC predicts
continued strong growth for NetWare.'

"Microsoft misrepresents their market share standings and
marketing strategy.  Novell does not.  We feel it is our duty to set
the record straight."

=================================================

6.  Remedial math?
      "Vendors Churn Out the NOS News"
	Network World, June 17, 1996 (page 31)

"Microsoft also admitted it was wrong about its implementation
of file and print services for NetWare in Windows 95. . . . The
Windows 95 machine advertised itself as a NetWare 3.X
compatible server but only responded to NetWare 2.X calls. . . .

"Finally, Novell revealed that its next version of NetWare, dubbed
Green River, will carry the 4.11 version number -- a .01 upgrade
from the current 4.1.  Even so, it appears to offer more of an
increase than Windows NT 4.0 does over 3.51 -- but then
Microsoft was never very good with numbering systems."

=================================================

7.  Microsoft invents virtual summer
      "ShadowRAM"
	Computer Reseller News, June 17, 1996 (page 338)

"So . . . When do you think Windows NT 4.0 will ship?  Jim
Allchin swears it's on for summer, even though the company
has yet to shoehorn in Internet Explorer 3.0, which is still under
construction.  Asked the same question, another Microsoftie
laughed aloud.  Guffawed actually.  That, said the Redmond
Ranger, depends on your definition of summer and which
hemisphere you're in."

=================================================

8.  Slip slidin' away -- Cairo
      "Microsoft Agrees to 64-bit NT on Alpha"
	ClieNT Server News, June 10-14, 1996 (cover)

"Cairo, whose ETA is an infamous moving target, due at best
guess now in 1998."

=================================================

9.  NT plug-and-play? 
	ClieNT Server News, June 10-14, 1996 (page 6)

"There are now about 3,000 hardware devices on the market
that meet plug-and-play specs, according to Microsoft.  Which
makes one curious why plug-and-play still isn't in NT."

=================================================

10.  Seat belt required
       "NT 4.0 Crash Warning: Certify Device Drivers"
	Computerworld, June 17, 1996 (cover)

"So, if a user mode program like Microsoft Word blows up, it can
only crash itself.  But, under the new NT 4.0 structure, things like
video and printer drivers are now in kernel mode. . . If they crash,
they can potentially crash both the server and the workstation."

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Date:	Tue, 09 Jul 1996 09:19:28 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 1, 1996

	Novell Ships NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows

New Client Enhancements Offer Users 32-bit Access to
NetWare Services Including NDS

     OREM, Utah   July 1, 1996   Novell, Inc. today released its
NetWare  Client 32  for DOS/Windows, available free of charge
from Novell forums on CompuServe and the World Wide Web.
Built on Novell's proven Client 32 architecture, the NetWare
Client 32 for DOS/Windows is the only client software to provide
16-bit DOS and Windows 3.1 desktop users with full 32-bit
access to NetWare services, including the industry-leading
Novell Directory Services  (NDS ), to ease user connections to
network resources and to simplify administration.

     "This is the best client software I've ever seen," said Dan
Panici, network engineer, PHH Real Estate Services. "It gives
our older 16-bit desktops full 32-bit access to network services
including NDS and because it loads into extended memory,
DOS desktops have plenty of RAM for applications."

     In addition to complete NDS access, the NetWare Client 32
software provides users with simultaneous access to multiple
network servers, printers and application resources, increased
performance through 32-bit network access, efficient client-side
caching and minimal conventional memory requirements.

     The Client 32 software includes the NetWare Application
Launcher , which leverages NDS to give users
location-independent access to their network applications and
enables network managers to centralize network application
installation and administration. The NetWare Client 32 for
DOS/Windows also provides users with the software necessary
to access and leverage network assets, including services,
resources and information, to give their businesses an
enduring competitive edge.

     The NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows and the recently
released NetWare Client 32 for Windows 95 share the same
software code base, easing upgrades from DOS and Windows
3.1 to Windows 95 by allowing network administrators to
leverage existing network drivers as they upgrade client
software, while providing 16-bit desktops with full 32-bit access
to network services.

     The NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows extends the
availability of all NetWare services to users of MS-DOS 5.0 or
above, Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. The
NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows allows users to:

Simplify connections to all network information and services by
authenticating to and simultaneously browsing network
resources throughout entire corporate networks;

Operate with a smaller conventional memory or Upper Memory
Block (UMB) footprint (4kb in most environments using 32-bit
LAN drivers), freeing additional memory to run applications;

Run a GUI login utility from within Windows to access NetWare
servers and NDS trees, execute login scripts and update
environment variables;

Fully access NetWare 2, 3 and 4 resources throughout
networks, providing connectivity and backwards compatibility
with all services and information;

Take advantage of extensive automatic reconnect capabilities,
including open files, mappings and file locks, providing
intelligent recovery and fault tolerance for the user;

Enjoy faster performance through efficient client-side caching;
and Experience improved LAN and WAN performance via
support for Large Internet Packets (LIP) and Third Generation
Packet Burst.

     The NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows also provides
network management benefits to network administrators,
enabling them to:

Lower the cost and complexity of client upgrades by dynamically
installing and refreshing client software across the network with
Automatic Client Update capabilities; and

Centrally administer user applications through NDS with the
NetWare Application Launcher, helping control businesses'
software costs.

 Pricing and Availability
     The NetWare Client 32 for DOS/Windows with NetWare
Application Launcher is available now to NetWare users
electronically, free of charge, from NetWire on CompuServe (GO
NWCL32) and the World Wide Web
(http://netwire.novell.com/home/client/client32/). For additional
information, customers can contact Novell at 1-800-NETWARE
or download information from NetWire on CompuServe or the
World Wide Web (http://www.novell.com).

------------------------------

Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 1996 12:44:49 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: NetWareNews File Updates

Attached is Novell's latest File Update list in text format. It is best
viewed from Notepad.exe or any other text editor.

PATLST.TXT is also available on Fax Back (Doc #2906175), ISO
QuickFinder, CompuServe, FTP and the WEB (URL
http://netwire.novell.com/FileUpdt/patlst.html).

This contains a brief listing of OS, NLM, & Utility update files as
of 7/12/96.  Novell Technical Support recommends applying
these updates as a baseline.  This file will be updated as
needed.



Core OS Updates
All NW v4.10  NW v3.12       SFT 3 v3.11    NW v3.11
Tools/Docs
 410PT3.exe    312PT8.exe     LANDR6.exe     311PTE.exe
DSDOC2.exe
 41NDS9.exe    CDUP4.exe      LIBUP8.exe     LANDR6.exe
IMGCPY.exe
 CDUP4.exe     LANDR6.exe     MONSFT.exe     LIBUP8.exe
TABND2.exe
 INS224.exe    LIBUP8.exe     SFTPT1.exe     MON176.exe
 LANDR6.exe    MON176.exe     SFTUTL.exe     PBURST.exe
 LIBUP8.exe    SMSUP5.exe     SMSUP5.exe     SMSUP5.exe
 SMSUP5.exe    STRTL5.exe     STRTL5.exe     STRTL5.exe
 SRVMAN.exe    VRPUP1.exe                    VRPUP1.exe
 STRTL5.exe

NetWare Utility Updates      Server Protocol Updates
4.10 Utils    3.1x Utils     NW for Mac     MPR 3.1       NFS 2.1
 41FILR.exe    312DU1.exe    3.12            MPR31A.exe
NFS197.exe
 41NDIR.exe    FIL376.exe     3XCLNT.exe    NLSP-IPXRTR
NFSSFT.exe
 LOG412.exe    LOG376.exe     AFP11.exe     NW 3.1x       NFS
1.2c
 MAP412.exe    MAP312.exe     ATK307.exe     IPXRT3.exe
NFS193.exe
 NETUSR.exe    PS3X02.exe     ATOK31.exe    NW 4.10
TCP/IP
 PS4X03.exe    PU3X01.exe     MIPXGW.exe     41RTR3.exe
TCPN01.exe*
 PU4X03.exe    RCONSL.exe     NAM312.exe    NW/IP 2.2
	       SYS376.exe    4.10            NIP22B.exe
			      MACPT1.exe     NIPW22.exe
Client Kits & Updates
DOS/Win-32    DOS/Win VLM    Mac IPX        Win95         WinNT
 DW32N1.exe    VLMKTx.exe     CL4DOC.exe     C3295N_1.exe
NT35B1.exe
 DW32D1.exe    RPLKT3.exe     CL4MAC.exe     C3295D_1.exe
NT35B2.exe
	       TCP16.exe     OS/2            C3295C.exe    NTC6.exe
	       TLIWS3.exe     OS2C5.exe*
			      OS2U1.exe
Misc. Updates
Btrieve 6.1c  GroupWise 4.1  NW Conn 2.0    NW SAA 2.0.30
SoftSol 4.1
 BTR61.exe     NGWUPD.exe     NWC203.exe     SAA30A.exe
PTCH41.exe
FLEX/IP 1.2c   NGWLIB.exe     NWC204.exe     SAA30B.exe
Source Route
 FLX196.exe    OFCK41.exe     NWC205.exe     SAA30C.exe
SROUT3.exe
 PLPD8.exe    ManageWise 2.0  NWCMOD.exe     SAA30D.exe
UNIX Prn 2.1
Glbl MHS 2.0   MW201.exe      MAC20.hqx     Sbackup
UXP197.exe
 NGM210.exe    MWLANZ.exe     WNCS2B.exe     SBACK6.exe
UXPSFT.exe

* New or Updated Files since 28Jun96.

To access PATLST with file download links via the Web:
http://support.novell.com/search/patlst.htm

To search for files on the Web:
http://support.novell.com/search/

To search for files on CompuServe:
GO NOVFF
 select "Access File Finder"

To go to the CompuServe forums:
GO NETWIRE select "File Updates" then select appropriate
forum areas.
 Or
GO NWOSFILES (NetWare OS Files Forum)
 Or
GO NWGENFILES (NetWare General Files Forum)
 Or
GO NGWFILES (GroupWare Files Forum)

To get files from the FTP site:
ftp.novell.com/pub/updates

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Date:	Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:56:43 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 15, 1996

Novell Unveils Strategic Roadmap for Novell Directory Services

NDS Will Be the Universal Directory for Business Intranets and
the Internet

     PROGNOSYS, COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado   July 15,
1996 -  Novell, Inc. today announced its strategic roadmap for
Novell Directory Services  (NDS ), its industry-leading universal
directory service for business intranets and the Internet. Novell
will extend the definition and functionality of meta-directory
services and create the universal directory for business
intranets and the Internet. Over the next twelve months, Novell
will deliver NDS on Microsoft Windows NT and leading UNIX
platforms, enhance directory management capabilities, and
expand NDS support for Internet technologies and standards.
NDS will provide users with a platform-independent directory
infrastructure for accessing and managing all network
resources, for both large and small business intranets and the
Internet. Novell's NDS enhancements will extend the company's
leadership in connecting customers to more of the people,
information and resources they need to maintain an enduring
competitive edge.

     "Novell defined directory services for the enterprise with NDS,
and it has quickly grown to the status of de facto industry
standard with more than 15 million users, the largest installed
base of any directory," said Tom Arthur, vice president of
Novell's newly created Internet Infrastructure Division. "With
these new NDS enhancements and integration, Novell is clearly
years ahead of our competition. By providing a universal
directory, NDS will enable customers to develop full-service
intranet solutions that leverage existing corporate network
infrastructure and incorporate open Internet technology
standards."

     NDS will give an enduring competitive edge to business
managers, end users, network administrators and application
developers through more efficient network management and
faster, easier access to network information and resources. By
eliminating the need to administer and maintain redundant
directories for different applications, NDS will reduce one of the
largest costs associated with network ownership. NDS will
provide a common, platform-independent repository for all
directory information and resources, including people, printers,
fax servers, files, applications, databases, objects, applets and
Internet URLs.

     End users will benefit from improved access to these
network resources from any desktop or mobile computer on the
network. NDS will enable business managers to preserve and
build upon their existing network infrastructure investments to
integrate new technology and create corporate intranets unifying
multiple platforms in a common environment. NDS support for
open Internet standards will speed and simplify the creation of
directory-enabled applications, helping third-party developers
get them to market more quickly and cost-effectively. In addition,
the availability of NDS across diverse platforms will greatly
expand the market for those applications.

Roadmap to NDS as the Universal Directory
     According to a March 1996 Forrester Research report, "The
Full Service Intranet," a universal directory will be the
"cornerstone" of corporate intranets by serving as a common
repository of information that can be accessed by Web
browsers.

     Based on customer needs, a universal directory must
provide certain minimum capabilities, including platform and
protocol independence; Internet standards support; simplified
management and administration; inter-company collaboration;
simplified end-user experience; and a strong foundation for
electronic commerce and security.

     NDS today is the only directory with a fully distributed
architecture to enable scaling from small to global intranets,
and allows network administrators to customize and
reconfigure the directory without restarting the network. Over the
next twelve months, Novell will deliver a rich variety of
enhancements to NDS that more than meet the requirements
for a universal directory:

   Platform independence: Novell has already ported NDS to the
Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) UNIX operating environment.
Novell will deliver NDS on Windows NT in two stages,
beginning in 1996 with completion in 1997, and has already
begun work with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and other vendors to
provide NDS on industry-leading UNIX platforms.

   -- Eliminates network administration redundancy by enabling
NDS to provide a common directory of network resources
across multiple environments.
   -- Increases flexibility and preserves investments in existing
infrastructure by enabling customers to leverage NDS in UNIX
and Windows NT environments.
   -- Expands developers' market opportunities by enabling
developers to create NDS-enabled applications that will run on
multiple platforms.
   -- Reduces developers' time to market for NDS-enabled and
Java-based applications by providing a common access,
security and administration framework across multiple
platforms.

   NDS for the Internet: Novell will deliver NDS for the Internet
through native support for open Internet standards and
protocols, including Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Hypertext Transport
Protocol (HTTP), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

   -- Provides businesses with global access to directory
services through NetWare Connect Services (NCS) and the
world's largest telecommunications companies' intranet and
Internet offerings.
   -- Enables NDS to synchronize with other standards-compliant
directories, providing a single interface into all existing directory
information and ensuring directory content is updated in real
time across all applications and platforms.
   -- Provides access to NDS information through any HTTP or
LDAP Web browser over either TCP/IP, IPX or a combination of
transport protocols.
   -- Eliminates tedious manual DNS name and IP address
administration by enabling both to be administered through
NDS' graphical NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin ) utility.
   -- Enables developers to easily create applications that
leverage NDS by writing directly to Internet standard APIs.

   Management and administration enhancements: NDS will
provide Windows NT domain administration by the end of 1996,
and has incorporated NDS Manager  and NWAdmin
enhancements into Green River, the next release of NetWare 4.

   -- Windows NT domain administration enables all Windows
NT domain user and group accounts to be administered directly
from NDS, greatly reducing redundant tasks.
   -- NDS Manager and NWAdmin improve the efficiency and
simplicity of managing enterprise networks.

   Inter-company collaboration: Novell will add enhancements
that allow communication between different NDS directory
structures while preserving the autonomy of each.

   -- Non-global schema enables administrators to customize
their environment without replicating their individualized
changes across all systems.
   -- Federated partitions enable administrators to synchronize
and centrally manage public and private directory structures
without exposing any part of the private structure.

   End-user enhancements: Novell will improve end users'
access to applications, files and services as well as NDS
performance and search capabilities.

   -- The NetWare Application Launcher , currently available,
simplifies user access to applications and files by enabling
administrators to assign applications by user, user group or
organization and have appropriate applications dynamically
appear on users' desktops, regardless of their location.
   -- Catalog services greatly speed querying, browsing and
utility performance, and simplify development of NDS-enabled
applications.

   Foundation for electronic commerce and security: Novell will
provide both authenticated and anonymous access to NDS
information via Web browsers through LDAP v.3 and Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL).

   "NDS support for standard Internet protocols will greatly
improve our communication with our healthcare provider
network, by enabling us to give them selective access to the
resources in our NDS directory from Web browsers," said Gary
Wilkerson, program and external services administrator at
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. "In addition, it
will reduce the complexity and expense of network
administration by enabling us to synchronize our multiple
directories, including our X.500 directory."

   "NDS support for open Internet standards such as LDAP and
HTTP will greatly facilitate development of applications and Java
applets that leverage the powerful replication and
administration capabilities in NDS," said Michael Colemere,
director of business development at Cheyenne Software. "By
simply writing to the open Internet standards, we can build
directory-enabled applications that support multiple platforms,
tremendously increasing our business opportunity."

NDS Integration and Acceptance
   In addition to integrated NDS support in Novell's leading
networking software products, including NetWare , GroupWise ,
InnerWeb Publisher , ManageWise  and the NetWare Web
Server , nearly 200 third-party applications leverage NDS today,
including products from Cheyenne Software, Motorola and
Oracle Corporation. The world's largest telecommunications
companies, including AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Nippon
Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Telstra and
Unisource, rely on NDS as the global directory service for their
Internet and intranet services, offered through NCS. Novell also
enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including
HP and SCO, to expand and enhance their own operating
system products by integrating Novell's industry-standard file,
print and directory services through Novell Cross Platform
Services (NCPS).

------------------------------

Date:	Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:28:41 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Week in Review

<snip>

2.  Novell is meeting challenges with Green River
     "NetWare Vs. NT"
	Information Week, July 15, 1996 (page 6)

"A few primal forces are at work here. Perhaps the most
powerful is the affirmation on the part of the IT professionals
that no matter how relentless and persuasive a vendor's
marketing message can be, the buying decision has to be
based on the here and now. . . . Novell appears to have met
those challenges with NetWare and in the minds of many IT
managers, Microsoft hasn't been able to do the same for NT. As
an application server, NT is doing well. But where larger-scale
deployments involve thousands of users, Novell's expertise with
Novell Directory Services, combined with NetWare's track record
over the years of being dependable and stable are persuading
large IT organizations to stick with NetWare."

3.  Early NT adopters going back to Novell
     "Reality Check"
	Information Week, July 15, 1996 (page 14)

"In the continuing debate over network operating system
technology, Microsoft Windows NT has grabbed considerable
mindshare from Novell's NetWare. But enthusiasm is one thing,
practical implementation another -- and some early NT
advocates have decided it's time for a reality check. Take Aetna
Life & Casualty Co. The Hartford Conn., insurance provider is
backing off a strategy decided last fall, to employ NT enterprise
wide as its networking operating system. . . .

"Why? 'Management got caught up with Microsoft's marketing
hype before we had proper direction for the change to NT," says
an Aetna IT consultant who requested anonymity. 'We looked at
the costs for domains, backups to domains, maintenance for
the domains, the bandwidth bottlenecks [from master domains],
upgrading the hardware, and ramping up training.' And the
winner: Novell's NDS. . . .

<snip>

------------------------------

Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:04:23 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 1996


NetWare 4 "Green River" Release Speeds, Simplifies
Installation and Upgrade Process

New Utilities Add to NetWare's Administration and Management
Lead By Making Installation and Upgrades Easy

     OREM, Utah   July 24, 1996   Novell, Inc. today announced
new utilities in the upcoming release of NetWare  4,
code-named Green River, that speed the installation and
upgrade process in making networks easy to administer and
affordable to operate. New auto-detection capabilities in Green
River speed the installation process by identifying adapter cards
on the server and automatically installing the correct device
driver software. Green River also streamlines the installation of
network solutions by integrating features such as symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) support and TCP/IP that were previously
installed separately. In addition, new utilities make the upgrade
process fast and easy by enabling network administrators to
model and then automatically migrate bindery and file
information from NetWare 2 and NetWare 3 servers to NetWare
4 directory trees.

     "With the delivery of Green River, we have reduced the time
and effort it takes to install the new operating system, effectively
decreasing the cost of network administration," said William
Donahoo, senior director of product marketing at Novell. "Each
new feature of Green River adds to Novell's networking lead and
makes Green River a more obvious choice for both upgrades
and new installations."

Automated Installation Process Cuts Administrator Efforts

     Novell has automated key aspects of the Green River
installation process, eliminating many of the manual operations
required by previous versions of NetWare. New hardware
auto-detection capabilities recognize the server's LAN adapters
and disk adapters and support all drivers compliant with
NetWare Peripheral Architecture (NWPA). Green River also
automates the administrator's choice and configuration of
network protocols, eliminating the need to reference and then
manually enter protocol specifications for each LAN card.

Green River auto-detects the following types of adapter cards:

EISA   Extended Industry Standard Architecture
MCA   Micro-Channel Architecture
PCI   Peripheral Component Interconnect
PnP ISA   Plug and Play Industry Standard Architecture
PC Card   Personal Computer Card (formerly PCMCIA)

Integrated Migration Utilities Simplify Upgrades

     To simplify upgrades from earlier NetWare releases, Green
River features two new utilities   DS Migrate  and File Migration .
DS Migrate, developed in partnership with Preferred Systems,
Inc. (PSI), provides an "in-the-box" migration solution by
enabling fast and easy transfer of NetWare 2.1x, NetWare 2.2
and NetWare 3.1x bindery information to an existing NetWare 4
directory. DS Migrate, a sub-set of PSI's' popular DS Standard
Novell Directory Service  (NDS ) management tool, offers the
core capabilities found in that product. For more robust
migration capabilities, as well as NDS modeling and
management, Novell Labs has approved the full
implementation of DS Standard. DS Migrate also enables
administrators to model, verify and print directory trees before
performing migration. Novell surveys show that network
administrators place a high value on these capabilities for
analyzing various directory schema and preparing proposals
and presentations to upper management.

     Green River's new File Migration tool transfers existing data
files to NetWare 4 directory trees, while maintaining existing
trustee rights. Both of the new utilities are integrated with Green
River as part of NetWare Administrator  (NWAdmin ), the global
management tool for NDS. Other new Green River modeling
and migration features include:

The ability to view and model the migration process through a
graphical user interface that saves time and makes decision
making more intuitive; and Support for English, Portuguese,
French, Italian, German and Spanish, enabling European
administrators to manage networks with a local-language
interface.

<snip>

------------------------------

Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 1996 08:25:14 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release -- 1996 BYTE Award


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 1996


Novell NetWare Wins BYTE Readers' Choice Award for 1996

Twentieth Major Award Conferred on NetWare 4.1

     OREM, Utah   July 30, 1996   Novell, Inc. today announced
that, for the second consecutive year, NetWare has been voted
Readers' Choice for the Network OS - DOS, Win, OS/2 category
in BYTE Magazine. NetWare was also runner-up in the Network
OS - MAC category.

     The results of BYTE's 1996 Readers' Choice Awards reflect a
"real world" user preference based on a poll of 4,000 readers
randomly selected to represent BYTE's total of nearly half a
million readers.

     "NetWare continues to meet the needs of businesses and
users of every sort better than any other network operating
system on the market," said William Donahoo, senior director of
product marketing. "This award from BYTE Magazine recognizes
NetWare's excellence as well as its market dominance. With
Green River, the latest version of NetWare, due out this fall,
Novell is building on the networking infrastructure customers
already trust to extend the network's reach to include corporate
intranets and the Internet."

     Serving more than 55 million users worldwide, NetWare
continues to gain momentum as the network operating system
of choice. BYTE's Readers' Choice is the twentieth major award
conferred on NetWare 4.1 since its release in December, 1994.

     Novell responded to feedback from users, like BYTE readers,
to create the next iteration of this well established and
recognized NOS. Green River will include symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) scalability, integrated TCP/IP support,
easier network migration and installation functionality, C2-level
security and new graphical administration tools.

------------------------------

Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:08:43 -0600
From:	NetWare News <NWNEWS@novell.com>
To:	netwarenews@NetPub.COM
Subject: Press Release -- NT Client


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 1996


Novell Delivers Robust Client For Windows NT Desktops

New 32-bit NetWare Client for Windows NT Enters Open Beta;
Fully Supports Upcoming Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

     OREM, Utah   July 30, 1996   Novell, Inc., the world's leading
provider of networking software solutions, today announced that
its NetWare  Client for Windows NT software will enter open
beta by August 14, when it will become available for download
from Novell on-line forums on CompuServe and the World Wide
Web. The NetWare Client for Windows NT provides Windows
NT desktops with a seamless, cost-effective networking
solution that combines the most full-featured client software
available with NetWare 4, the world's leading intranet platform.
The new NetWare client software underscores Novell's
commitment to provide a common set of advanced network
services across all major client and server platforms,
connecting organizations with more of the resources and
information they need and giving them an enduring competitive
edge.

     The NetWare Client for Windows NT connects Microsoft
Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 Workstation users to all NetWare
services and information including Novell Directory Services
(NDS ). Administrators can use the client software to centrally
manage NetWare services directly from Windows NT
workstations and to dynamically refresh client software across
the network using Automatic Client Update (ACU) capabilities.
The NT client software includes the Novell Application Launcher
 (NAL), which utilizes NDS to give users location-independent
access to their applications and enables network managers to
centralize application installation and administration. Support
for remote access services (RAS) allows users to dial out to
remote NetWare or NT servers, connecting them to networked
information from any location.

     "Novell is releasing our NetWare Client for Windows NT in
the same timeframe as Microsoft's release of Windows NT 4.0
Workstation to ensure that customers of all major desktop
operating systems gain the best possible access to NetWare
network resources," said Denice Gibson, vice president and
general manager of Novell's Information Access Division. "The
NetWare Client for Windows NT offers full compatibility with
Windows NT, while providing significant enhancements such
as a single graphical login, integrated security and
authentication and 32-bit administrative tools to ease network
management and lower support costs."

     "The NetWare Client for Windows NT enables me to
incorporate all of my Windows NT desktops into the network
and give them complete access to network resources," said
Amyn Hassan, senior networking analyst at Houston's
Methodist Hospital. "No other client software provides my users
with a comparable level of access, while giving me centralized
and secure control over my network and users."

     The 32-bit NetWare Client for Windows NT is the newest
member of Novell's family of 32-bit client software, which
includes the recently-released NetWare Client 32 for
DOS/Windows and the popular NetWare Client 32 for Windows
95. The NT client offers users significant benefits, including:
Full integration with Windows NT Workstation 3.51 and 4.0;
One-step graphical login with a single password to gain
complete access to the workstation and all NetWare services;
Full login script execution including NDS support;
Access to NetWare services using TCP/IP;
Co-exists with Microsoft peer-to-peer service, allowing user
access to resources and services on other NT servers and
workstations;
Auto-reconnection to servers, printers and other network
resources in cases of unplanned network connection
disruptions; and
Dial-in and dial-out capabilities to NetWare and Windows NT
servers through RAS to provide users with full access to remote
network data.

     The NetWare Client for Windows NT also provides
administrators with significant benefits, enabling them to:
Lower the cost and complexity of client upgrades by dynamically
installing and refreshing client software across the network with
ACU capabilities;
Centrally manage user access to network applications through
NAL;
Simplify administration through easy client setup, a fully
configurable installation and the ability to centrally update
clients; and
Easily create, modify and delete NDS objects such as users,
applications and networked resources through the 32-bit
NWAdmin  utility.

Availability
     The NetWare Client for Windows NT open beta with Novell
Application Launcher will be available by August 14 to NetWare
users electronically, free of charge, from NetWire on
CompuServe (GO NWCLIENT) and the World Wide Web
(http://support.novell.com). For additional information,
customers can contact Novell at 1-800-NETWARE, or download
information from NetWire on CompuServe or visit the World
Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.

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