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-
- TITLE: NOVELL DOS 7 PRESS RELEASE
- DOCUMENT ID#: FYI-M-1003
- DATE: 05AUG93
- PRODUCT: NOVELL DOS
- PRODUCT VERSION: 7
- SUPERSEDES: 04JUN93
-
- SYMPTOM: N/A
-
- ISSUE/PROBLEM: This document is designed to provide you with
- additional detailed information on Novell DOS 7, the next
- generation of DOS. This was most recently updated on August 4th
- to include information to about Fifth Generation's Search &
- Destroy and Fastback Express, and Stac Electronics' Stacker
- compression utility. Additional information, including pricing
- and availability, will be added to this document when it becomes
- available. We recommend that customers register their DR DOS 6.0
- packages, and periodically check this document for further
- information.
-
-
- Novell released the following press announcement on August 2,
- 1993:
-
-
- Novell Announces Seamless Integration of Stacker Data Compression
- Technology in Novell DOS 7 Strategic Development Agreement Also
- Provides Novell Implementation of Data Compression Technology for
- Operating Systems and Network Services
-
- San Jose, Ca, August 2, 1993--In order to provide end users with
- the safest, robust and most reliable data compression technology
- available in the industry, Novell, Inc. today announced the
- inclusion of Stacker, the de facto industry standard data
- compression software from Stac Electronics, in Novell DOS 7.
- Through a strategic development agreement, Stac has granted
- Novell a license for Novell networks and operating systems which
- could as much as double the storage capacity of network servers
- and workstations that currently do not compress data, as well as
- facilitate the transmission of compressed data throughout the
- network. Novell DOS 7 reflects the company's commitment to the
- world's largest installed base and the needs of DOS customers
- worldwide for enhancedfunctionality and better networking
- support.
-
- The integration of Novell DOS 7 and Stacker enables the data
- compression device driver to execute in protected memory,
- providing customers better performance and more conventional
- memory for running applications. Additionally, customers can use
- existing hardware because data compression technology enables end
- users to have up to twice the storage capacity than without
- compression technology, leveraging their investment in hardware.
-
- "Providing our customers with the ability to store more data
- without having to upgrade their hardware means that customers get
- the most power from existing investments in technology," said
- Steve Tucker, vice president and general manager of Novell's
- Desktop Systems Group. "Novell is providing its customers with
- networking and desktop solutions and support that truly work in
- today's complex computing environment."
-
- "The seamless integration of Stacker will give Novell DOS 7
- customers a fully integrated and powerful operating system that
- can grow well into the future," said Gary Clow, president of Stac
- Electronics. "We are pleased to be selected by Novell as one of
- their strategic technology partners."
-
- Stacker will fully support Novell's new technology known as DOS
- Protected Mode Services (DPMS) to further reduce its conventional
- and upper memory requirements. DPMS is an API that allows device
- drivers and TSRs to reside in extended memory and execute in
- protected mode on 286, 386 and 486 computers, thus providing
- additional conventional and upper memory for DOS applications and
- Microsoft Windows. Using DPMS compatible software, customers can
- configure feature rich systems with substantially more
- conventional and upper memory. DPMS is DOS version independent
- and is fully compatible with Microsoft Windows.
-
- With the industry's current concern over disk compression
- technology at the desktop level, Tucker stated Novell is ensuring
- its customers that they will receive the most reliable data
- compression technology through the integration of Stacker with
- Novell DOS 7. "Through partnerships with leading technology
- developers such as Stac Electronics, Novell is providing
- technically superior products to our customers, " he said.
-
- Novell DOS 7, the first network-ready DOS, is designed to be easy
- to use, install and administer. Its disk management utilities
- and disk caching fully support Stacker's compressed drives
- providing consistency and simplifying the end user's use of
- compressed drives. Other additions to Novell DOS 7 that will
- significantly extend DOS technology include NetWare client
- support, network installation, peer-to-peer networking, a SNMP
- network management agent, pre-emptive multitasking, desktop
- security and enhanced memory management, backup and virus
- protection, and DOS and Microsoft Windows user interfaces.
- Novell DOS 7, available in September, is the first major upgrade
- to DR DOS to be released from Novell's Desktop Systems Group.
-
-
- Stac Electronics is the leading supplier of high-performance data
- compression products for DOS, Windows, Macintosh and OS/2
- personal computers. Implemented in software and silicon, Stac's
- products are sold direct from the company and through retail and
- OEM distribution channels worldwide.
-
- Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software
- company, the developer of network services, specialized and
- general purpose operating system products including NetWare, DR
- DOS and UnixWare. Novell's NetWare network computing products
- manage and control the sharing of services, data and applications
- among computer workgroups, departmental networks and
- business-wide information systems.
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-
- Novell released the following press announcement on August 2,
- 1993:
-
-
- Novell Adopts Stacker and Data Compression as Standard Strategic
- Development Agreement Gives Novell Multi-Platform License to
- Stacker LZS
-
- PROVO, Utah -- August 2, 1993 -- Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL)
- announced today that it has selected Stac Electronics'
- (NASDAQ:STAC) Stacker LZS as a data compression standard for its
- operating systems and network services. Under a strategic
- development agreement, Stac has granted Novell a multi-platform
- license to Stac's patented compression technology and has agreed
- to work closely with Novell to develop new compression products
- for Novell networks and operating systems. Stac's Stacker LZS
- Compression technology will be integrated into the forthcoming
- release of Novell DOS 7. Subsequent work under the strategic
- development agreement includes making stacker LZS compression
- technology available for NetWare network operating system
- products. The use of Stacker on Novell networks that currently
- do not compress data could as much as double the storage capacity
- of network servers and workstations as well as facilitate the
- transmission of compressed data throughout the network.
-
- "As networks increasingly provide distributed services for
- applications that include document imaging and multimedia, data
- compression is important in making these services affordable and
- transparent to end-users," said Jan Newman, Novell executive
- vice president and general manager the NetWare Systems Group.
- "And Stac is the clear leader in multiplatform data compression
- technology." Gary Clow, Stac president and chief executive
- officer, said that integrating Stacker into Novell DOS is the
- first in a family of development projects Stac is beginning with
- Novell. "As the industry's leader in network technology Novell
- has operating systems running on everything from individual PCs
- to wide area networks, all of which can benefit by incorporating
- a common, high-performance data compression technology," he
- added.
-
- Stac Electronics is a leading supplier of high performance data
- compression products for personal computers. Implemented in
- software and silicon, Stac's products are sold direct from the
- company and through retail and OEM sales distribution channels
- worldwide.
-
- Novell, Inc. is the computer networking company, developer of
- network services and specialized and general purpose operating
- system products including NetWare, UnixWare and Novell DOS.
- Novell's NetWare network computing products manage and control
- the sharing of services, data and applications among workgroups,
- departmental networks and a cross enterprise-wide information
- systems.
-
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-
-
- Novell released the following press announcement on March 24,
- 1993:
-
- NOVELL ANNOUNCES MULTITASKING, NETWORKING DOS
-
- SAN JOSE, CA--March 24, 1993--Reflecting the company's commitment
- to the world's largest installed operating system and the needs
- of DOS customers for enhanced functionality and better networking
- support, Novell today announced Novell DOS 7, the next generation
- DOS and a major upgrade to DR DOS 6.0. Novell DOS 7, available
- this summer, will significantly extend DOS technology and enhance
- the core functionality of DR DOS by including integrated NetWare
- client support, peer-to-peer networking, a network management
- agent, network installation, pre-emptive multitasking, enhanced
- memory management and desktop security, as well as a suite of
- protected mode drivers. Novell DOS 7 is the first major DOS
- upgrade to be released from Novell's Desktop Systems Group.
- Novell DOS 7 is designed to be easy to use, install and
- administer. Its robust technology offers tighter integration
- with NetWare and scalable solutions from the emerging palmtop
- market to desktop PCs. Novell's DOS 7 will also continue to
- provide the best foundation for Microsoft Windows by offering
- Drag-and-Drop network resource capabilities. Novell DOS 7
- benefits from another key technology known as DOS Protected Mode
- Services (DPMS), an API that allows device drivers and TSRs to
- reside in extended memory and execute in protected mode on 286,
- 386 and 486 computers. DPMS greatly reduces the demand for
- conventional memory, allowing customers to leverage more existing
- memory for applications.
-
- Having access to network services is a critical element in
- today's enterprise computing environment. Novell recognizes that
- as desktop operating systems evolve, they must continue to be
- tightly integrated with the information and services found in the
- NetWare environment, whether those desktop systems are integrated
- into a workgroup or an enterprise solution. "Novell DOS 7, our
- next product offering, is more tightly integrated with NetWare,"
- said Steve Tucker, Novell vice president and general manager.
- "Novell DOS 7 will increase our lead over the competition in
- providing advanced DOS system software," he added.
-
- DOS PROTECTED MODE SERVICES
-
- DPMS is a DOS version-independent and Microsoft Windows-
- compatible API that provides protected mode support for device
- drivers and TSRs. By implementing DPMS, developers can easily
- add functionality and reduce conventional memory requirements of
- their programs. The API is available now as a Software
- Developers Kit (SDK) to third party developers. Developers will
- be able to license and distribute DPMS free of royalty charges.
- Novell DOS 7 will include several DPMS client components
- including disk cache and compression drivers, a peer-to-peer
- server, and CD-ROM extensions. The DPMS SDK is priced at $195
- and is available through Novell's Professional Developers
- Program.
-
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-
- Novell released the following press announcement on May 24, 1993:
-
-
-
- NOVELL TO ADD FIFTH GENERATION BACKUP AND ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION
- TO UPCOMING NETWORKING, MULTITASKING NOVELL DOS 7
-
-
- NEW UTILITIES GUARD AGAINST THOUSANDS OF VIRUSES FOR DOS AND
- MICROSOFT WINDOWS
-
-
- SAN JOSE, CA--May 24, 1993--In another move to provide users with
- the most advanced DOS operating system available, Novell today
- announced the addition of fully integrated utilities from Fifth
- Generation Systems. These utilities are designed to protect
- users from virus infection and provide reliable, high performance
- backup all through easy to use, full screen interfaces.
-
- Fifth Generation is a leading developer of DOS, Microsoft
- Windows, Macintosh, UnixWare and NetWare utility software for
- backup, anti-virus, security, recovery and communications.
- Novell DOS 7, the next generation of DOS and a major upgrade to
- DR DOS 6.0, will be available this summer. "To provide our
- customers with the best data security and reliability available
- in the industry, Novell has licensed the leading anti-virus
- utility and a fast and dependable backup and restore utility for
- DOS and Microsoft Windows," said Steve Tucker, vice-president and
- general manager, Novell Desktop Systems Group. "It is Novell's
- philosophy to leverage the core competencies of our industry
- partners to provide the optimal solutions for our customers in a
- timely manner."
-
- Search & Destroy is Fifth Generation's anti-virus utility for DOS
- and Microsoft Windows. While memory resident, Search & Destroy
- is the least memory intensive virus monitor available in the
- industry. Also included is an ongoing virus scanner and removal
- utility, to provide reliable protection for executable,
- compressed and archived files. Novell DOS 7 also includes Fifth
- Generation's Fastback Express, a fully integrated backup and
- restore utility for DOS and Microsoft Windows. Utilizing DMA
- (Direct Memory Access), Fastback Express provides high
- performance and reliable backup and restore functionality to
- users. Fastback Express is NetWare-aware, ensuring preservation
- and restoration of all NetWare file attributes, which saves time
- and is a convenience factor for NetWare users using Novell DOS 7.
-
- The fully integrated networking security, data compression,
- memory management and multitasking features of Novell DOS 7,
- together with the utilities from Fifth Generation, are an example
- of Novell's continuing commitment to DOS customers. Search &
- Destroy guards against thousands of today's known viruses and
- supports Drag and Drop functionality for Microsoft Windows,
- allowing users to quickly scan individual files and directories
- from Microsoft Windows.
-
- "Novell is renowned for the production of the highest quality
- system software. We are very pleased to have our software
- included in such a highly respected product," said Barry L.
- Bellue, president and CEO, Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. "Our
- alliance with Novell is helping to bring a fully integrated
- operating system to DOS customers and allows us to continue to
- provide the most complete and reliable solutions to the computer
- industry."
-
- Novell DOS 7, expected to ship this summer, will be available in
- English, French, and German with Italian, Spanish and Japanese
- versions to follow.
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