I recently found Novell’s April 1st press releases – from 1992, soon a decade old -, which I think must stay accessible forever…
By the time we got them, we did what we usually did with press releases… Copied and sent them without reading… to twenty-some journalists… Then one of them [only one!] called us several days later, with “What is this hillarious nonsense?”… Then we’ve read them too…
So here they are, in text format [to feed google] and of course the scans of the originals at the bottom.
Novell Announces “WORN Disk Technology”
Düsseldorf, 1.4.1992 – Novell, Inc., developer of NetWare systems software products, today announced WORN technology. WORN is a result of Novell’s close cooperation with major disk manufacturers and implements the most recent and straightforward concepts of data storage on harddisks.
WORN technology is an ideal alternative to the high capacity CD WORM (Write Once Read Maybe) disks developed during the recent years. WORN (Write Once Read Never) is an easy to use and simple technology to store data of any kind of media. WORN has been field tested effectively in combination with Novell’s backup utilities and drivers for 3 years. Many customers reported the successful implementation of Novell’s new WORN resources.
Without data compression an effectively unlimited amount of data can be stored even on smaller disk systems. The current release allows standard hard disks and disk controllers to be used with WORN drivers supplied by Novell. Internal tests performed in the Novell labs showed that more than 200TB (terabytes) could be stored on simple 40MB harddisks.
Due to the fact that the process of storing data currently runs much faster than data retrieval, WORN disks is be especially useful for storing large amounts of data that do not have to be accessed very often. As a side effect of the new WORN technology Novell can guarantee that applications stored on WORN drives can never be infected by computer viruses.
The next WORN release will implement additional features: it will allow floppy drives on a NetWare file server to serve as WORN devices. In combination with Intel, one of the most prominent manufacturer of microchips, there will be a co-development of WOMs (Write Only Memory) that will replace standard RAMs and ROMs in most file servers. WORN and WOM technology will revolutionize data storage and data processing of the future and post another milestone of networking technology.
As network computing expands into the enterprise, there is a great need for data security and high speed data transmission. Many distributors and national reseller organizations are sponsoring Novell’s new IPX/CE seminars for resellers and end users who need this information.
“We believe in the direction Novell is taking in the security market,” said A.E.Neumann. “Their products are so strong and this promotion is such a great opportunity that we’re creating a whole new division to support it.”
Novell, Inc., (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company and the developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating system software products, including NetWare, DR DOS, DR Multiuser DOS and FlexOS. Novell’s NetWare networking computer products manage and control the sharing of services, data and applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and business-wide information systems.
Contact:
Claudia Kornacker
Novell GmbH
Willstatter Str. 13
4000 Düsseldorf 11
Tel.: +49 – 211 – 5973 – 0
Fax.: +49 – 211 – 5973 -250
[NOVELL GMBH • WILLSTATTER STRASSE 13 • 4000 DUSSELDORF 11 • TELEFON: (02 11) 59 73-0 • TELEX: 8 587 570 • TELEFAX: (02 11) 5 97 32 50]
Novell Announces “IPX Compression And Encryption Technology”
Düsseldorf, 1.4.1992 — Novell, Inc., developer of NetWare© systems software products, today announced an enhanced version of Novell’s proprietary network protocol “IPX”. The new IPX/CE protocol allows NetWare file servers and workstations to compress and encrypt data packets before sending them to the network. The current release encrypts and compresses data packets of up to 1024 bytes into 1 byte packets.
Due to the innovative, high-performance technology it is impossible for any unauthorized receiver on the network to decrypt any information sent on the wire. The high compression ratio allows the use of the of the transmission media’s full bandwidth and increases the effective speed of data transfer by approximately 300-2000%.
Contact:
Claudia Kornacker
Novell GmbH
Willstatter Str. 13
4000 Düsseldorf 11
Tel.: +49 – 211 – 5973 – 0
Fax.: +49 – 211 – 5973 -250
[NOVELL GMBH • WILLSTATTER STRASSE 13 • 4000 DUSSELDORF 11 • TELEFON: (02 11) 59 73-0 • TELEX: 8 587 570 • TELEFAX: (02 11) 5 97 32 50]
Scans:
WORN – Page 1 of 2 • WORN – Page 2 of 2 • IPX Compression
