Open Door Networks Announces ShareWay IP Professional; Popular File Sharing Gateway Now Supports Multiple Servers, Advanced Management Features.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1998--Open Door Open Door, maintenance in a certain territory of equal commercial and industrial rights for the nationals of all countries. As a specific policy, it was first advanced by the United States, but it was rooted in the typical most-favored-nation clause of the treaties concluded with China after the Opium War (1839–42). Networks Inc. today announced the Professional Edition of its popular ShareWay IP Gateway at the MacWorld trade show here. The Personal and Standard Editions of ShareWay IP, shipping since October, have excited the Macintosh community by enabling any AppleShare Earlier software from Apple that turned a Macintosh into a file server. It worked in conjunction with the Mac operating system and could coexist with other Macintosh applications in a non-dedicated mode. It was replaced by Mac OS X Server.-compatible server to provide Macintosh file service using Internet protocols Refers to all the standards that keep the Internet running. The foundation protocol is TCP/IP, which provides the basic communications mechanism as well as ways to copy files (FTP) and send e-mail (SMTP). The Web added the HTTP protocol for downloading Web pages and HTML, XML and XHTML for formatting them. There are many others and many more are expected, as the Internet has become "the" arena for global standards. See TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, HTTP and HTML.. The new Professional Edition provides IP support for multiple servers from a single Macintosh, centralizing server management and providing an easy, cost-effective way to support large networks of servers. ShareWay IP leverages technology introduced last year by Apple Computer with AppleShare IP. AppleShare IP provides traditional AppleTalk Apple's local area network architecture introduced in 1985. It supports Apple's proprietary LocalTalk access method as well as Ethernet and Token Ring. The AppleTalk network manager and the LocalTalk access method are built into all Macintoshes and LaserWriters. With other products from Apple and third parties, support for AppleTalk has been made available for PCs, VAXs and Unix workstations. Patterned after the OSI model, AppleTalk is a routable protocol. See AFP. Filing Protocol (AFP) file service using Internet protocols, enabling Macintosh file sharing in non-AppleTalk environments such as the Internet or intranets. ShareWay IP takes Apple's vision significantly further by bringing IP connectivity to any AppleShare-compatible server supporting AFP 2.1 or later, without requiring the AppleShare IP product itself. ShareWay IP Professional Edition adds a high end product to the ShareWay product line. "The success of the first versions of ShareWay IP proved there was a real need for IP-based file sharing," said Alan Oppenheimer, president of Open Door Networks, Inc. "With the Professional Edition we're providing high-end features well beyond basic sharing." ShareWay IP Professional's features include: - Support of up to 256 AFP servers from a single Macintosh - Real-time access statistics, graphing and logging - Sortable list of active connections, including user's IP address and idle time - Ability to export configuration and access information to text files - Ability to disconnect specific users from specific servers ShareWay IP Professional Edition is expected to be available in February. A beta version should be available for evaluation by all registered ShareWay IP Standard Edition users later this month. ShareWay IP Professional Edition requires Mac OS version 7.6.1 or later and a Macintosh with a PowerPC processor. Support for multiple servers is provided on either a multiple-IP-address ("multihoming") or multiple-IP-port basis. Multiple IP address support requires Open Transport The subsystem in the Macintosh operating system that implements AppleTalk, TCP/IP and serial communications protocols. Macintosh developers creating network applications interact with the network by writing to the same Open Transport programming interface (API), regardless of the underlying transport mechanism. Open Transport is a superset of X/Open's Transport Interface. 1.3 and Mac OS 8.1 or later. Upgrades from the Standard Edition will be available. Product and upgrade pricing has not yet been set. A free evaluation version of the product will be available on the ShareWay IP Web site at http://www.opendoor.com/shareway/ along with other details on the ShareWay IP product line. Open Door Networks also announced the availability, in beta form, of versions 1.1 of the Personal and Standard Editions of ShareWay IP. ShareWay IP Personal and Standard 1.1 provide enhancements such as the display of the number of active connections and the URL of the gateway, AppleScript An English-like command language for the Macintosh introduced with System 7 Pro and supported in Mac OS X, even though OS X has its own Unix commands. Like the command lines and batch files in DOS/Windows, AppleScript is used to invoke numerous functions and automate repetitive tasks. A variety of pre-written scripts are available, and Apple's Script Editor is used to write one's own. support, and bug fixes. Final versions of the Personal and Standard Editions are expected next month, and will be made available as free upgrades to owners of those products. Open Door Networks, Inc., a pioneer in the field of Internet tools for Macintosh computers, was founded in January, 1995 by Alan Oppenheimer, an 11-year Apple veteran and co-creator of the AppleTalk network system. Open Door's mission is to provide Macintosh users with Internet solutions that are as easy-to-use and as powerful as the Macintosh itself. Open Door Networks is located in Ashland, Oregon. CONTACT: Open Door Networks Charles McHenry, 541/772-2382 cmchenry@opendoor.com |
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