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`Copyright 1994 Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive
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`June 10, 1994
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`Networking roundup.
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` Networking Roundup 06/10/94 PENN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1994 JUN 10 (NB) -- This is a regular
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`feature, summarizing networking news not covered elsewhere by Newsbytes: Auspex Systems Inc., VocalTec Inc.,
`Ross Systems Inc., SynOptics Communications Inc., Novell Inc., 3Com Corp.
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`Auspex Systems Inc., (408-986-2288), introduced a "highly scalable" seven-model family of Unix Network File
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`System (NFS) servers. The new NS 7000 NetServer family meets customers' needs for consolidated data access and
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`storage in demanding real-world production environments -- from workgroups and departments to the entire
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`enterprise, according to the company. The NS 7000 NetServer family is comprised of two product series, the Series
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`200, designed to meet the requirements of large workgroups and departments, and the Series 500, designed to meet
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`the requirements of the enterprise. The high-end of the family, the NS 7000 Series 500, expands Auspex's network
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`connectivity dramatically to 24 Ethernets and up to four FDDI (fiber distributed data interface) or MLT-3
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`connections. The family includes a new entry-level server line, the NS 7000 Series 200 which is now available for
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`under $85,000 and includes Auspex's system software. The NS 7000 line features new dual-CPU (central processing
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`unit) SPARC network processor boards. One CPU is used for network processing, the other for file processing. The
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`processors run Auspex's lightweight microkernel, called Functional Multiprocessing Kernel (FMK). The NS 7000
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`family is available in seven models. The NS 7000 Model 500 high-end system is priced at less than $113,000 for a
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`base unit; the Model 502, which includes the base unit with redundant power supplies, is priced at less than
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`$138,000; the Model 510, which features the base unit and one expansion cabinet, is priced at less than $145,000;
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`and the Model 512, which features base and expansion cabinet both with redundant power supplies, is priced at less
`than $186,000.
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` VocalTec Inc., (Northvale, N.J.), introduced VocalChat Version 2.0 software, which reportedly gives networked
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`workgroups the combined capabilities of a full-featured intra-office voice mail system, an advanced network
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`dictation system and a real-time audio conference service in a single software package. Available immediately and
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`priced at $239 per 10-user license, VocalChat 2.0 runs on any Windows 3.1-compatible, audio-equipped PC
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`connected to NetWare 2.X, 3.X or 4.X networks, Windows for Workgroups networks, or networks supporting the
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`IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) , NetBIOS or TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol)
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`protocols. Users of earlier versions of VocalChat may upgrade for $140 for a 10-user license. Site licenses are also
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` Ross Systems Inc., (404-851-1872) began shipping Unix versions of its Renaissance CS client/server product line
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`for Digital Equipment's Alpha AXP Systems. The client/server product line includes Renaissance CS Financial,
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`Renaissance CS Manufacturing, Renaissance CS Distribution and Renaissance CS Human Resource, this month.
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`Said Ross Systems Chairman and CEO Dennis Vohs, "Demand for Alpha AXP Unix versions of our client/server
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`applications is building. Much of this demand is for applications that will run on an Oracle Alpha AXP Unix
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`platform."
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` SynOptics Communications Inc., (408-764-1180), announced new network management capabilities for its
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`intelligent hub line that. The company claims that, combined with Network General's Distributed Sniffer System
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`(DSS), give customers a comprehensive system for gathering and analyzing information critical to the operation of
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`corporate networks. The Advanced Analyzer agent software and related hardware reportedly provide
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`troubleshooting and problem resolution more efficiently than traditional stand- alone RMON (remote monitoring)
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`probes at a claimed cost savings. With the Advanced Analyzer agent in an intelligent hub, customers can determine
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`the cause of a problem on the network, along with its physical location, network address, and fault and performance
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`information, down to the port-level. The Advanced Analyzer agents can be deployed throughout the network in
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`SynOptics' Lattis System 2000, 3000 and 5000 intelligent hubs and managed with SynOptics' Optivity network
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`management system. When Optivity 5.0 ships in July, customers will get a subset of Network General's Distributed
`Sniffer System application, to display RMON packets using capture and filter groups.
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` Meanwhile, Novell Inc., (800-336-3892), says that, in response to customer requests to make printed documentation
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`more easily available, it has lowered the price of printed documentation for NetWare 4.01 and NetWare 3.12. Novell
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`also reduced the price of backup media. The new price for NetWare 4.01 documentation is $200, reduced from
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`$345. The new price for NetWare 3.12 documentation is also $200, reduced from $395. Additionally,
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`documentation for NetWare for Macintosh 4.01 is now $25, reduced from $55. The new prices are effective
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`immediately. NetWare 4.01 and the CD version of NetWare 3.12 currently include online documentation, with
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`printed documentation being sold separately. The new price for backup media is $35 for the CD version of either
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`NetWare 4.01 or NetWare 3.12, reduced from $70; or $100 for the diskette version of NetWare 4.01 or NetWare
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`3.12, reduced from $150. Backup media is alternative set of media used for installation. It does not include a product
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` 3Com Corp., (408-764-5137) announced a set of ISDN (integrated services digital network) products for connecting
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`the remote and personal office. The company says that the new ISDN offerings, including routers/bridges, adapters
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`and remote-access servers, are a key deliverable in the company's High Performance Scalable Networking (HPSN)
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`strategy, which according to 3Com, allows individuals, remote users and large corporations to build networks
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`spanning multiple connectivity environments, offering customers a logical migration path to a high-bandwidth
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`environment. These new products are planned for emerging major international standards, including support in
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`Europe (Euro ISDN or ETSI), Japan (INS-64) and the US (National ISDN 1 or ISDN 1). The company's
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`internetworking product line includes the central site NETBuilder II router featuring dual ISDN PRI ports and the
`remote site NETBuilder Remote Office bridge/router with one ISDN BRI port.
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` (Ian Stokell/19940610)
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` ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---
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`COMPANY: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL CO LTD; FINANCIERA DE DESARROLLO SA; NS; CS
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`COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM; NOVELL INC; BAY NETWORKS INC; COMPUTER PROCESSING
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`UNLIMITED INC; C AND S; ROSS SYSTEMS INC/CA; VOCALTEC COMMUNICATIONS LTD; AUSPEX
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`SYSTEMS INC; ROSS SYSTEMS INC; SUNDAYS SUN INC; CHINA ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; 3COM
`CORP; CPU SOFTWAREHOUSE AG
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`NEWS SUBJECT: (Major Corporations (1MA93))
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`INDUSTRY: (Software Products (1SO56); Workgroup Servers (1WO50); Computer Equipment (1CO77);
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`Networking Test Equipment & Tools (1NE39); Networking Equipment (1NE82); PC Connectivity (1PC45); I.T.
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`(1IT96); Networking Markets (1NE31); Computer Equipment Products (1CO64); Software O/S Platforms (1SO68);
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`Integrated Services Digital Network (1IN72); Software (1SO30); Communications Software (1CO45); Remote
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`Network Access (1RE92); Broadband (1BR88); Networking Software (1NE18); Server Platforms (1SE54);
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`Networking Connectivity Solutions (1NE47); Network Operating Systems (1NE23); Remote Control Software
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`(1RE34); Broadband Services (1BR03); Internet (1IN27); Remote Network Management (1RE55); High-
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`Performance Operating Systems (1HI98); Internet Software (1IN50); Telecom (1TE27); I.T. in Telecom (1IT42);
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`Networking (1NE45); Network Access Equipment (1NE14); TCP/IP Connectivity (1TC10); Networking
`Administration (1NE06))
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`Language: EN
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`OTHER INDEXING: (3COM; 3COM CORP; ADVANCED ANALYZER; AUSPEX; AUSPEX SYSTEMS INC;
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`CD; CPU; CS; FMK; FUNCTIONAL MULTIPROCESSING KERNEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE SCALABLE
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`NETWORKING; HPSN; ISDN; NETBUILDER REMOTE OFFICE; NETWORKING; NEWSBYTES: AUSPEX
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`SYSTEMS INC; NOVELL INC; NS; ORACLE ALPHA; PC; RMON; ROSS SYSTEMS; ROSS SYSTEMS INC;
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`SPARC; SYNOPTICS; SYNOPTICS COMMUNICATIONS INC; SYSTEMS; VALLEY CALIFORNIA;
`VOCALTEC INC) (Additionally; Dennis Vohs; Ian Stokell; NetWare; Windows)
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`KEYWORDS: (Business); (Computers and office automation industries); (Telecommunications industry)
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`Word Count: 1285
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