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www.novell.com/ lead_stories/98/jan05/bridge.html Performance "If it's performance you're after, no product came close to Novell's NetWare 5.1's numbers in our exhaustive file service and network benchmarks. With its lightning-fast engine and Novell's directory-based administration, NetWare offers a great base for an enterprise network." - King of the NOS hill, Network World, 1/24/00. [As compared to Microsoft Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 6.1 and SCO UnixWare 7.1.1.] www.nwfusion.com/reviews /2000/0124rev.html File/Print server "In the case you need a fast and secure environment that is easily managed and very stable [for file and print sharing, NetWare is key]. No other NOS, not Win2K, not Solaris and not even Linux is as fast, secure, easily managed or as stable as NetWare is (as a sum of the parts)." - David Poole. For more, go to www.novell.com/advantage/ roi/novellwp.html Fewer bugs "Novell's track record on initial release bug counts has historically been head-and-shoulders above Microsoft. Novell has slipped some release dates (so has Microsoft!), but when they finally come out, the Novell releases are typically much more stable than similar Microsoft releases." - Phil Burke. Cheaper maintenance/labor costs "Most companies I have seen that have migrated from NetWare to NT have, in the end, practically doubled their IT staff, and more than tripled their server infrastructure. Add that up for your company, plus the cost of migration, and it's a pretty big price tag." - Pete Wilson. Slick maintenance features "[The ABEND Analysis System] is the greatest thing since sliced bread. For most network administrators, unless you can read the code that is generated when the ABEND happened, you don't get very far. It would have been nice to do an analysis rather than getting on the phone with someone," says Chip DiComo, network manager for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, a shipping company in Miami. - Novell touts online server fix, Network World, 04/24/00. www.nwfusion.com/news/ 2000/0424novell.html The same engineer "A NOS designer since 1981, [Drew] Major helped develop the original NetWare, and has played an integral role in designing and developing every release of the now-ubiquitous NOS. He continues to be involved in the research and development of future NetWare products." - The 25 Most Powerful People in Networking, Network World's Power Issue, 12/27/99. www.nwfusion.com/power99/ power99-25major.html Rebuttal points: What about Microsoft's Active Directory Service? "Novell's had its NDS system for years. It's been buffed to a high sheen, and is generally considered the standard to which Microsoft aspires." - Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe's DigitalMass, 5/15/00. www.digitalmass.com/ columns/software/0515.html What about IPX and TCP/IP? "Novell has rewritten NetWare to use pure TCP/IP and has even made it the default network protocol, dethroning Novell's own IPX. The company previously supported IP only by encapsulating it in IPX packets, which is a drag on performance." - Novell delivers, Network World, 9/7/99. www.nwfusion.com/reviews/0907rev.html Be sure to check out our other Cheat Sheet: Making the case for Windows 2000. Got any technologies you'd like us to help you with? Send us your ideas at jmeserve@nww.com.
Why we should go with NetWare
NOTE: Includes information from Network World, Novell and networking professionals who participate in Network World Fusion's online forums.Three words - Novell Directory Services (NDS)
"NDS is the 'glue' that holds networks together. It can be used to manage NetWare, Windows 95, 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, Solaris and soon True 64 Unix from Compaq. Where Microsoft Active directory requires a Microsoft-centric approach, NDS allows many players in the network." - Mike Brady NDS allows a company to map its hierarchical organizational structure to an online directory. By doing so, IS staffs can manage people and other computing resources from a central location. It also allows users to have a single logon for all resources available on the company network. For more, go to www.novell.com/ products/nds/ ndscorporateedition.Flexibility
"You don't have to marry Novell to be able to use their products fully. You can cut out and replace the various parts you don't like within your environment with whatever else you desire at that moment in time. Without sacrificing or risking the parts you do like." - Arthur B. Arthur is saying that you don't have to throw out your existing e-mail system in favor of Novell's GroupWise to get the benefit of NDS. Novell uses standard communication protocols for relaying information between NDS and other applications. For more, go towww.novell.com/ lead_stories/98/jan05/bridge.html Performance "If it's performance you're after, no product came close to Novell's NetWare 5.1's numbers in our exhaustive file service and network benchmarks. With its lightning-fast engine and Novell's directory-based administration, NetWare offers a great base for an enterprise network." - King of the NOS hill, Network World, 1/24/00. [As compared to Microsoft Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux 6.1 and SCO UnixWare 7.1.1.] www.nwfusion.com/reviews /2000/0124rev.html File/Print server "In the case you need a fast and secure environment that is easily managed and very stable [for file and print sharing, NetWare is key]. No other NOS, not Win2K, not Solaris and not even Linux is as fast, secure, easily managed or as stable as NetWare is (as a sum of the parts)." - David Poole. For more, go to www.novell.com/advantage/ roi/novellwp.html Fewer bugs "Novell's track record on initial release bug counts has historically been head-and-shoulders above Microsoft. Novell has slipped some release dates (so has Microsoft!), but when they finally come out, the Novell releases are typically much more stable than similar Microsoft releases." - Phil Burke. Cheaper maintenance/labor costs "Most companies I have seen that have migrated from NetWare to NT have, in the end, practically doubled their IT staff, and more than tripled their server infrastructure. Add that up for your company, plus the cost of migration, and it's a pretty big price tag." - Pete Wilson. Slick maintenance features "[The ABEND Analysis System] is the greatest thing since sliced bread. For most network administrators, unless you can read the code that is generated when the ABEND happened, you don't get very far. It would have been nice to do an analysis rather than getting on the phone with someone," says Chip DiComo, network manager for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, a shipping company in Miami. - Novell touts online server fix, Network World, 04/24/00. www.nwfusion.com/news/ 2000/0424novell.html The same engineer "A NOS designer since 1981, [Drew] Major helped develop the original NetWare, and has played an integral role in designing and developing every release of the now-ubiquitous NOS. He continues to be involved in the research and development of future NetWare products." - The 25 Most Powerful People in Networking, Network World's Power Issue, 12/27/99. www.nwfusion.com/power99/ power99-25major.html Rebuttal points: What about Microsoft's Active Directory Service? "Novell's had its NDS system for years. It's been buffed to a high sheen, and is generally considered the standard to which Microsoft aspires." - Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe's DigitalMass, 5/15/00. www.digitalmass.com/ columns/software/0515.html What about IPX and TCP/IP? "Novell has rewritten NetWare to use pure TCP/IP and has even made it the default network protocol, dethroning Novell's own IPX. The company previously supported IP only by encapsulating it in IPX packets, which is a drag on performance." - Novell delivers, Network World, 9/7/99. www.nwfusion.com/reviews/0907rev.html Be sure to check out our other Cheat Sheet: Making the case for Windows 2000. Got any technologies you'd like us to help you with? Send us your ideas at jmeserve@nww.com.
