The company may find itself in a strong position at the end of that process, with a new management team in place, a source of technology products not tied to
NetWare, and $1.6 billion in the bank (largely because of the Microsoft antitrust lawsuits) and with more from Redmond potentially on the way.
"With the Novell Native File Access Pack, we are providing legions of computer users who don't use Windows PCs access to the most reliable and secure networking and storage platform on the market in
NetWare. These users can now be managed with Novell eDirectory, which simplifies and accelerates an organization's transition to a unified network where users have access to what they need when they need it, regardless of operating system."
PC-based RAS systems run under Microsoft NT and Novell
Netware, which are used in more than 90% of RAS applications.
It runs on Compaq Proliant HP9000, IBM RS/6000, and other hardware platforms and works with network operating systems such as Windows NT V3.1 and Novell
NetWare. Price starts at $50,000.
Morin offers 10 warning signs that indicate you may be using pirated
NetWare or other software:
Novell's
NetWare has been the standard LAN product for years and it controls the lion's share of the market.
Novell already has a formidable and mature channel of
NetWare VARs and systems integrators; now it inherits thousands of Unix developers, resellers, and hardware OEMs.
Kaspersky Lab, a developer of secure content management solutions, has released Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Novell
NetWare, which protects file servers running Novell
NetWare on local area networks.
Backup Express includes protection for NSS (Novell Storage Services) volumes and properties on OES and SLES9 systems, and allows users to backup data on
NetWare today, and restore it to OES LINUX after they migrate.
The Novell Open Enterprise Server Administrator's Handbook:
Netware Edition by Novell and
Netware expert Jeffrey Harris comprehensively and accessibly covers all of the major components and features of Open Enterprise Server (OES) on the
NetWare platform.
A version of
NetWare running a Linux kernel, probably SuSE, is due, while more
NetWare services will be broken-out of the operating system and put on Linux.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.0 for Novell
NetWare offers from preceding versions in managing server protection based on the creation of tasks for anti-virus functions.
