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NOVELL NETWARE 01/08/02 Today's focus: Dell ships NetWare 6 pre-installed Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * Dell finishes testing NetWare 6 * Links related to Novell NetWare * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ PRODUCT INFO IN ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION! Heard about a new product launch? Curious to find out if the features and benefits of this new product will meet your critical business needs? Network World Fusion's Product Central section includes all the info you need to make informed decision about new products and also includes a product finder function. Check it out at http://nww1.com/go/ad216.html _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Dell ships NetWare 6 pre-installed By Dave Kearns Either due to the vagaries of publishing schedules, the end of year holidays, my move from Texas to California or just downright perversity, it seems that within days of the Dec. 12 newsletter about the hunt for pre-installed NetWare 6 servers going out, Dell announced that it has finished its certification tests for the operating system and is offering it pre-installed on new servers. Indeed, the very page I pointed to on Dell's Web site (http://nww1.com/go/0107NW1A.html ) which in early December had said that NetWare 6 was still undergoing testing, now says (in big, bold letters of course): "Dell completes certification and now fully supports NetWare 6." This led to quite a bit of confusion on the part of readers who were a day or two late reading that particular newsletter. Just to set the record completely straight, here's the chronology. NetWare 6 shipped in September. Compaq was shipping it pre-installed by the beginning of November. Early in December, Dell was still testing but by the middle of the month (sometime around Dec. 13 and 14) it finished testing and began shipping NetWare 6 pre-installed. Of course, the one feature Dell is touting for NetWare is its "accelerated video drivers for NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6.0 on PowerEdge servers." Yes, sir, nothing I want to do more than watch movies on my server console! Ah well, the important thing is that you can buy NetWare 6 pre- installed on PowerEdge servers and PowerVault Storage-Area Network servers. While you're visiting the Web site with Dell's announcement, click on the "NetWare White Papers" link (or go directly to http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/power_ps3q01-main.htm ) for a fascinating account of how Dell is upgrading to NetWare 5.1 the hundreds of NetWare servers it uses in production. It'll make your little network seem puny! But, then, that's one of the great features of NetWare - no matter the size of your network it seems small because it needs so little administrative hand-holding. _______________________________________________________________ To contact Dave Kearns: Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. His most recent book is "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks," published by SAMS. Dave's company, Virtual Quill, provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more at http://www.vquill.com/ or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com _______________________________________________________________ Register your company on Buy IT, NW Fusion's Vendor Directory and RFP Center and generate new business quick and easy! 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Get listed now! http://www.nwfusion.newmediary.com/091201nwwprovnwltr2 _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS The hunt for pre-installed NetWare 6 servers Network World NetWare Newsletter, 12/12/01 http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/2001/01142711.html McAfee touts antivirus pack for Netware 6.0 Network World, 01/07/02 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/128752_01-07-2002.html Novell to improve metadirectory Network World, 01/07/02 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/128754_01-07-2002.html One-time net highfliers bumped from elite list Network World, 01/07/02 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/128761_01-07-2002.html Breaking Novell and NetWare news, updated daily: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/financial/novell.html Archive of the Novell NetWare newsletter: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/index.html ______________________________________________________________ FEATURED READER RESOURCE Network World Fusion's Net.Worker site Whether your company is growing larger or scaling back, corporate managers are looking for ways to cut costs while retaining and recruiting star employees. One smart solution - at least on paper - is to let some employees work from home. Network World's Net.Worker Web site bridges the gap between the telework concept and the hardware, software and services needed to make it happen. We bring you news and reviews, sound advice and keen insight into the technologies and solutions you need to manage a remote and mobile workforce. Visit http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/index.html _______________________________________________________________ May We Send You a Free Print Subscription? You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered at your fingertips each day. Now, extend your knowledge by receiving 51 FREE issues to our print publication. 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