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  3.  IBM ANNOUNCES LAN NETVIEW FAMILY                                               
  4.                                                                                 
  5.  IBM today announced its LAN NetView* family, a comprehensive                   
  6.  set of system management framework products and applications                   
  7.  for managing distributed LAN environments.                                     
  8.                                                                                 
  9.  LAN NetView is an integrated solution for managing multi-vendor                
  10.  LANs.  Benefits include flexible management of clients, servers,               
  11.  and other resources -- all using industry standard technologies for            
  12.  an open management platform.                                                   
  13.                                                                                 
  14.  LAN systems management can be central, remote or a combination                 
  15.  of both with LAN NetView.  From a single, consistent graphical                 
  16.  interface, systems administrators can run IBM and other                        
  17.  vendors' management applications.                                              
  18.                                                                                 
  19.  LAN NetView's ability to provide centralized management in                     
  20.  addition to distributed management minimizes skills required                   
  21.  in remote locations and reduces both end-user downtime and LAN                 
  22.  administrator over-time.                                                       
  23.                                                                                 
  24.  With LAN NetView, administrators can manage a variety of servers:              
  25.  file/print/mail servers like LAN Server and Netware**, database                
  26.  servers like DB2/2* and Extended Services Database Manager, and                
  27.  Communications Servers (CM/2).  Client environments that can be                
  28.  managed include DOS 5.0 and higher, Windows 3.0 and higher,                    
  29.  and OS/2 2.0 and higher.  Other network resources such as                      
  30.  bridges, routers, and hubs can also managed through SNMP                       
  31.  agents.                                                                        
  32.                                                                                 
  33.  Industry standards for open management platforms are built into                
  34.  LAN NetView.  SNMP and CMIP, industry standard management                      
  35.  protocols, are both fully supported.   X/Open's XMP Application                
  36.  Programming Interface is also supported, enabling third party                  
  37.  developers to write portable multi-vendor management applications.             
  38.  In addition, LAN NetView offers the first implementation of                    
  39.  the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Management Environment              
  40.  (DME) technology on an Intel platform.                                         
  41.                                                                                 
  42.  The LAN NetView family of products include:                                    
  43.                                                                                 
  44.  * LAN NetView Manage -- Provides the framework for the creation                
  45.    and execution of systems management applications and allows                  
  46.    the LAN administrator to view and communicate with all hardware              
  47.    and software on the network.                                                 
  48.                                                                                 
  49.  * LAN NetView Enabler -- Offers management services to the OS/2                
  50.    2.0 and higher managed clients.                                              
  51.                                                                                 
  52.  * LAN NetView Agents for DOS -- Contains management agents for                 
  53.    IBM DOS 5.0 and higher managed clients.                                      
  54.                                                                                 
  55.  * LAN NetView Agents Extended -- Offers management agents for                  
  56.    OS/2 servers such as OS/2 LAN Server 3.0, OS/2 Extended                      
  57.    Services Database Manager 1.0, IBM DB2/2, and OS/2 CM/2 1.0.                 
  58.                                                                                 
  59.  A core set of systems management applications is included in the               
  60.  LAN NetView family.  Among these are applications which manage                 
  61.  OS/2, DOS, and DOS with Windows clients, Netware 3.11 and Netware              
  62.  4.0 and LAN Server 3.0 servers.                                                
  63.                                                                                 
  64.  The LAN NetView applications announced today include:                          
  65.                                                                                 
  66.  * LAN NetView Monitor -- Provides system performance monitoring                
  67.    of OS/2 and LAN Server resources on the LAN through data                     
  68.    collection, threshold monitoring, graphing and reporting                     
  69.    features.                                                                    
  70.                                                                                 
  71.  * LAN NetView Fix -- Allows the system administrator to                        
  72.    receive and respond to error messages from remote resources,                 
  73.    including OS/2 clients and servers, DOS and Windows clients, and             
  74.    any SNMP device.  Fix provides for autoamted responses to                    
  75.    errors to allow for unattended operations.                                   
  76.                                                                                 
  77.  * LAN NetView Tie -- Provides best-of-breed connectivity to                    
  78.    NetView/MVS to centralize host-based management. Tie will                    
  79.    convert events from system resources managed by the                          
  80.    LAN NetView family into SNA alerts and forward them to the                   
  81.    host.  It also supports host-based automation by responding                  
  82.    to commands from NetView/MVS.                                                
  83.                                                                                 
  84.  Application support from other software vendors is strong.  More               
  85.  than 20 applications already are being developed for LAN NetView,              
  86.  including the following:                                                       
  87.                                                                                 
  88.  * Best/One, BGS                                                                
  89.  * OSRM2, C. O. L. Systems                                                      
  90.  * CA-Unicenter, Computer Associates                                            
  91.  * ESP, Dolphin Networks                                                        
  92.  * NETLS, Gradient                                                              
  93.  * ManageWare, HiTecSoft                                                        
  94.  * Networker, Legato Systems                                                    
  95.  * LANlord, Microcom                                                            
  96.  * Net F/X, Network Telesis                                                     
  97.  * Netware Services Manager, Novell                                             
  98.  * Mass II Systems Management, Parallan                                         
  99.  * Network Control Series, ProTools                                             
  100.  * AlertVIEW, Shany                                                             
  101.  * Service Point 32, Strategic Solutions                                        
  102.  * ADSM, IBM Storage Systems Division                                           
  103.                                                                                 
  104.  General Availability of LAN NetView is October 29, 1993.  List                 
  105.  pricing in the U. S. is:                                                       
  106.                                                                                 
  107.  IBM LAN NetView Manage, $1,839                                                 
  108.  IBM LAN NetView Enabler, $89                                                   
  109.  IBM LAN NetView Agents for DOS, $75                                            
  110.  IBM LAN NetView Agents Extended, $75                                           
  111.  IBM LAN NetView Monitor, $795                                                  
  112.  IBM LAN NetView Fix, $1,249                                                    
  113.  IBM LAN NetView Tie, $1,995                                                    
  114.                                                                                 
  115.  In addition, the IBM LAN NetView System Package -- LAN NetView                 
  116.  Manage, Fix, and Monitor -- is offered for a reduced price of $3,495.          
  117.                                                                                 
  118.  * Trademark or registered trademark of IBM                                     
  119.  ** Trademark of Novell                                                         
  120.                                                                                 
  121.  Lynn Richardson                                                                
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