NetSoft Wins Distinguished Novell YES Certification For NS/Router and NS/Portfolio For AS/400 Products.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 1997--NetSoft, an international developer of manageable PC-to-host connectivity solutions, Monday announced that Novell Inc. has awarded the prestigious YES Certification to its core AS/400 line of products. NetSoft's NS/Router, already the industry standard, and NS/Portfolio for AS/400 are now identified as being compatible with all current and future versions of Novell IntranetWare. Novell's worldwide customers can choose NetSoft's products with added confidence as they are now proven host access solutions for Novell networks. The YES designation is granted only to products that have passed the rigorous testing of Novell Labs. Key Labs, an independent testing facility, was contracted to conduct this certification for Novell. NS/Router and NS/Portfolio were each measured against the strict NetWare and Novell NWSAA guidelines for building intranets. "Novell and NetSoft have a long history of providing our mutual customers with innovative products, and superior support and service," said Terry Mullin, NetSoft's vice president of business development and product marketing. "The YES certification proves that NS/Router and NS/Portfolio products meet the high standard of excellence established by Novell. This reinforces our commitment to provide customers with the tools they need to build safe and secure network solutions that allow business users to access information they need to get their jobs done accurately and quickly." "NetSoft's NS/Router and NS/Portfolio products easily passed the strict guidelines we have established," said Scott Wells, director of Developer Services at Novell. "We are pleased that NetSoft's offerings are now among the elite group of solutions that Novell customers have come to depend upon for their Internet/intranet needs." NS/Router is a Windows-based APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communications) A high-level protocol from IBM that allows one program to interact with another across the network. It supports client/server and distributed computing by providing a common programming interface on all IBM platforms. router and is supplied as the client/server protocol A communications protocol that provides a structure for requests between client and server in a network. It refers to OSI layer 7. engine for NetSoft's midrange client server. The NS/Router's APPC services provide the foundation for a variety of client/server applications. NS/Portfolio for AS/400 is the only full-featured, integrated AS/400 connectivity solution for all Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. platforms. The single-license package is specifically designed for multigeneration Windows environments, and provides performance, flexibility, reliability and ease of use. Novell developed YES trademarking to help customers easily identify and purchase third-party hardware and software products that are compatible with Novell products. The YES logo is a valuable trademark of Novell, recognized around the world as a mark indicating a product's compatibility with Novell products. Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and small-business markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. industry. Information about Novell's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com . NetSoft, a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , develops, markets and supports manageable PC-to-host connectivity software solutions which provide maximum value for its worldwide customers. A broad range of multiprotocol network software products running under different PC operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. including Windows 3.x Windows 3.x can refer to either an individual or all of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
NetSoft distributes its products through direct sales, distributors and resellers. As an international company, NetSoft has positioned sales and support teams worldwide, with wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. located throughout Europe. Contact NetSoft at 800/352-3270 or http://www.netsoft.com . -0- NetSoft and NS/Router are registered trademarks and NS/Portfolio is a trademark of NetSoft. Novell and the YES logo are registered trademarks and IntranetWare is a trademark of Novell Inc. Other product and brand names are properties of their respective holders. CONTACT: NetSoft, Irvine Ann Barnett, 714/789-8033 barnetta@netsoft.com |
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