UnixWare 2.0 Pricing and Availability
George F Demarest
This has been released today, 1/10/95
gfd
For Immediate Release
NOVELL INTRODUCES UNIXWARE® 2
New UNIX Operating System Is Ideal for Business-Critical and Database
Applications, The Preferred Application Server For NetWare®
Environments.
San Jose, CA -- Jan. 10, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced pricing
and availability of UnixWare 2, the ideal general purpose application
platform for business-critical and database applications and the
preferred application server for NetWare environments. The worldwide
rollout of UnixWare 2 began in December 1994 when the product was
delivered to OEM customers and application developers. UnixWare 2 in
English, French, Italian, German and Spanish versions will be
available through Novell's authorized UnixWare distributors beginning
March 21, 1995.
UnixWare 2 is the next generation of UNIX System V Release 4 (SVR4)
technology, a platform for popular commercial applications that has
been evolving for more than 20 years. This new version is designed
for customers seeking a powerful, cost-effective system for deploying
business-critical and database applications across their enterprises.
UnixWare 2 meets customer needs for high performance, scalability,
NetWare integration, ease of use and administration, and broad
applications support, in an application server platform designed for
mission-critical systems.
"The installation process for UnixWare 2 is simple and greatly
reduces the time and expertise required," said Michael Kraft,
president of Kraft, Kennedy and Lesser, a New York-based consulting
and system integrator firm specializing in the legal market. "The
multiprocessing option makes it a very powerful product because it
gives our clients greater performance and the ability to easily
expand as their needs grow. And in the legal industry, the need for
tight integration between NetWare and UnixWare makes this a very
viable solution."
"UnixWare 2 gives businesses a level of performance and scalability
on industry standard Intel platforms never before available in any
general purpose operating system," said Mike DeFazio, executive vice
president and general manager for Novell's UNIX Systems Group.
"That power, coupled with simple installation and administration,
rich connectivity to NetWare and UNIX networks, and support for
thousands of existing applications, makes UnixWare the premier
application and database server for business. Novell is delivering
the industry's finest line-of-business application platform for truly
pervasive computing in today's enterprises."
Pricing and Availability
UnixWare 2 Application Server is currently available to OEM
customers, major accounts and developers. Full product line
availability through Novell's authorized distributors for English,
French, Italian, German and Spanish language versions will begin
March 21, 1995. Customers should contact their local Novell
authorized reseller or call 1-800-638-9273 in the U.S. or
801-429-5588 outside the U.S.
The suggested retail price of UnixWare 2 products listed here apply
to English, French, Italian, German and Spanish versions. Pricing
remains consistent across all these international language versions.
Some duty fees may apply.
UnixWare 2 Products Suggested Retail Price (in U.S. Dollars)
UnixWare 2 Application Server $1,695
CD-ROM, QIC-120 Tape
UnixWare 2 Personal Edition (includes NFS) $445
CD-ROM, QIC-120 Tape
(Supports up to two processors)
UnixWare 2 Processor Upgrade $895
(one upgrade per additional CPU)
on diskette
UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager $2,195
CD-ROM, diskette
UnixWare 2 Server Merge $395
on diskette
UnixWare 2 Encryption Utilities (U.S. only) $95
on diskette
UnixWare 2 Software Development Kit
(includes C and C++)
CD-ROM $145
QIC-120 Tape $195
Novell is also announcing a UnixWare 2 worldwide upgrade promotion
which allows customers who purchase UnixWare 1.1 between November 1,
1994 and March 31, 1995 to upgrade to UnixWare 2 for only US$99, at a
savings of up to US$295. This enables customers to get started with
single-processor configurations now and save when they upgrade to the
multiprocessor-capable UnixWare 2 Application Server.
Novell Offers Aggressive Upgrade Program
Customers who have purchased any previous version of UnixWare
Application Server prior to November 1, 1994 can upgrade to UnixWare
2 Application Server for US$399. Purchasers of UnixWare Personal
Edition can upgrade to UnixWare 2 Personal Edition for US$199. In
addition, customers who have any competitive UNIX OS product may also
upgrade to UnixWare 2 for up to 75 percent off the list price.
UnixWare 2 Upgrades Any UW 1.1 Customer UW 1.1 Purchased After 11/1/94
UnixWare 2 Application Server $399 $99
CD-ROM or QIC-120 Tape
UnixWare 2 Personal Edition $199 CD-ROM $99
$249 QIC-120 Tape $99
UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager $649
CD-ROM or diskette
UnixWare 2 Server Merge $99 diskette
UnixWare 2 Encryption Utilities $49 diskette $49 diskette
UnixWare 2 Software Dev, Kit $99 CD-ROM $99 CD-rom
$149 QIC-120 Tape $149 QIC-120 Tape
$149 QIC-120 Tape
UnixWare 2: More Powerful, Easy to Use and Manage
UnixWare 2 builds upon the traditional strengths of its UNIX SVR4.2
base by including new functionality which makes it an even more
attractive application platform. Information systems managers and
end users alike benefit from:
Industry-Leading Performance and Scalability
Building on the success of UnixWare 1.1 in delivering outstanding
price/performance using industry-standard benchmarks, UnixWare 2 includes
advanced features that further enhance and increase the performance on
larger SMP platforms. Its symmetric multiprocessing supports 2 Intel
processors "out of the box," and scales up (through incremental processor
upgrades) to support the largest industry-standard Intel-based SMP
machines available today, providing the flexibility and power IS
managers require on industry-standard hardware. UnixWare 2 is a
fully multithreaded operating system, increasing performance on both
single- and multiprocessor systems.
The Most Network-Ready UNIX Available
UnixWare 2 is the ideal application server in NetWare environments because
it provides built-in connectivity to NetWare servers, including access
to NetWare file directories, exchanging e-mail and sharing printers in
either direction. The product also includes TCP/IP and NFS, making
UnixWare 2 an ideal Internet server and application server in either or
both networking environments.
Ease of Installation, Administration and Use
With its intuitive menus, UnixWare 2 can be installed quickly and
easily without the need for extensive configuration. The autodetection
facility further simplifies installation by identifying platform and
peripheral hardware with minimal user interaction. System administration
is made easy with graphical facilities for adding/removing
users, installing applications, backing up, and scheduling tasks.
Performance management facilities allow administrators to easily view
system information, monitor performance and tune the system.
Cost-Competitive Advantages
UnixWare 2 performance and scalability, combined with support for a
wide variety of industry standard multiprocessing platforms from
major vendors, provides customers with a significant cost advantage.
UnixWare 2"s ease of installation, use and administration, and
scalability across a broad span of hardware platforms, also
dramatically reduce the cost of ownership over the life of the
system.
UnixWare 2 provides a high level of system availability and data
integrity through the integrated journaling file system, which allows
the system to easily recover from power failure without delay or
significant loss of data. It is further enhanced by the optional
UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager which offers mirroring, striping, and
on-line backups. UnixWare 2 is a highly reliable platform for
mission-critical computing, which means customers can deploy UnixWare
2 throughout their enterprise with confidence. UnixWare is also very
secure, supporting C2 auditing, role-based administration and Access
Control Lists (ACLs), among other security features.
UnixWare 2 Gains Industry Support
UnixWare 2 supports more than 3,000 existing applications and
maintains compatibility with SVR4, SCO UNIX and Intel ABI
applications. UnixWare 2 provides an opportunity for application
providers to offer a single version of their software which can span
the entire enterprise from low-end to very large MIS server systems.
More than 1,000 independent software vendors have committed to
support UnixWare 2, providing IS managers with thousands of
leading-edge business solutions. Novell also has established
relationships with leading hardware vendors to deliver high
performance SMP platforms ready to run UnixWare, including those
built to the Intel MP Spec 1.1. This new version will make it
possible for companies to deploy powerful, fast UNIX-based
applications for a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems.
Jim Watts, UNIX Business Manager for SAS Institute, a strategic
UnixWare developer partner, said, "Novell, with the release of
UnixWare 2, has combined the heritage of SVR4 and the power of SMP
to create an ideal environment for the SAS System's enterprise-wide
suite of business analysis software."
The business of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), is connecting people with
other people and the information they need, enabling them to act on it
any time, any place. Novell is the world's leading network software
provider. The company's software products provide the distributed
infrastructure, network services, advanced network access and network
applications required to make networked information and computing an
integral part of everyone's daily life.
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George Demarest g...@summit.novell.com
UnixWare Prod. Mktg. Mgr. (908) 522-6363
Novell, Inc.
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Brian J. Murrell
George F Demarest <g...@summit.novell.com> wrote:
>
>For Immediate Release
>
>NOVELL INTRODUCES UNIXWARE® 2
>
>UnixWare 2 Products Suggested Retail Price (in U.S. Dollars)
>UnixWare 2 Application Server $1,695
>CD-ROM, QIC-120 Tape
>
>UnixWare 2 Personal Edition (includes NFS) $445
>CD-ROM, QIC-120 Tape
>(Supports up to two processors)
>
>UnixWare 2 Processor Upgrade $895
>(one upgrade per additional CPU)
>on diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager $2,195
>CD-ROM, diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Server Merge $395
>on diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Encryption Utilities (U.S. only) $95
>on diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Software Development Kit
>(includes C and C++)
>CD-ROM $145
>QIC-120 Tape $195
>
>Customers who have purchased any previous version of UnixWare
>Application Server prior to November 1, 1994 can upgrade to UnixWare
>2 Application Server for US$399. Purchasers of UnixWare Personal
>Edition can upgrade to UnixWare 2 Personal Edition for US$199. In
>addition, customers who have any competitive UNIX OS product may also
>upgrade to UnixWare 2 for up to 75 percent off the list price.
>
>UnixWare 2 Upgrades Any UW 1.1 Customer UW 1.1 Purchased After 11/1/94
>
>UnixWare 2 Application Server $399 $99
>CD-ROM or QIC-120 Tape
>
>UnixWare 2 Personal Edition $199 CD-ROM $99
> $249 QIC-120 Tape $99
>
>UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager $649
>CD-ROM or diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Server Merge $99 diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Encryption Utilities $49 diskette $49 diskette
>
>UnixWare 2 Software Dev, Kit $99 CD-ROM $99 CD-rom
> $149 QIC-120 Tape $149 QIC-120 Tape
>$149 QIC-120 Tape
>
(say ODT Lite) and want to upgrade to the UnixWare Personal, it would cost
me $111.25, almost half the price of upgrading my current UnixWare 1.1.2
license.
Comments??
b.
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North Vancouver, B.C. 604 983 UNIX
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Howard D. Leadmon
>
>UnixWare 2 Processor Upgrade $895
>(one upgrade per additional CPU)
>on diskette
I had heard rumors that the PE would support 2 CPU's, and that
the AS would support 6 CPU's by default. From that initial info,
this part confuses me. If I have one of the common dual processor
pentiums, will I now have to by a processor upgrade??
>UnixWare 2 is the ideal application server in NetWare environments because
>it provides built-in connectivity to NetWare servers, including access
>to NetWare file directories, exchanging e-mail and sharing printers in
>either direction. The product also includes TCP/IP and NFS, making
>UnixWare 2 an ideal Internet server and application server in either or
>both networking environments.
Is there any more information available as to how much better the 2.0
product will interact with NetWare, vs the 1.1 product. I know that
1.1 can talk to NetWare, but not all that well. Just try copying a
1MB file to a NetWare 3.11 server some time, it takes a while and the
machines I tried this on were even on an FDDI loop.
>UnixWare 2 provides a high level of system availability and data
>integrity through the integrated journaling file system, which allows
>the system to easily recover from power failure without delay or
>significant loss of data. It is further enhanced by the optional
>UnixWare 2 Online Data Manager which offers mirroring, striping, and
>on-line backups. UnixWare 2 is a highly reliable platform for
>mission-critical computing, which means customers can deploy UnixWare
>2 throughout their enterprise with confidence. UnixWare is also very
>secure, supporting C2 auditing, role-based administration and Access
>Control Lists (ACLs), among other security features.
Are features like auditing and the remainder of the 4.1ES controls now
a default part of 2.0?? I know that C2 was an option before, and the
commands like ls -Z did not work in UnixWare 1.1.
Anyway I guess that is all my questions for now, and thanks for posting the
inforamtion. Now I will just have to wait for March...
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>George Demarest g...@summit.novell.com
>UnixWare Prod. Mktg. Mgr. (908) 522-6363
>Novell, Inc.
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Martin Sohnius
: In article <3euert$g...@bird.summit.novell.com> g...@summit.novell.com writes:
: >Novell Offers Aggressive Upgrade Program
: >Customers who have purchased any previous version of UnixWare
: >Application Server prior to November 1, 1994 can upgrade to UnixWare
: >2 Application Server for US$399. Purchasers of UnixWare Personal
: >Edition can upgrade to UnixWare 2 Personal Edition for US$199. In
: >addition, customers who have any competitive UNIX OS product may also
: >upgrade to UnixWare 2 for up to 75 percent off the list price.
: Thanks for the announcement! I will be looking forward to upgrading, but
: I have a few questions about the upgrade program.
: 1. Are upgrades available now or do they start becoming available on
: March 21, 1995 (the date mentioned in the posting for new purchases)?
It's March 21. That is the date for shipment of "Red Box" product.
What's shipping now is "gold masters" to OEMs.
: 3. How long does the upgrade program last for? I will be moving cross
: country in the next few weeks and I would rather wait until I was
: settled in in my new location before dealing with things like
: Unixware upgrades.
I'd say you are safe waiting for a few weeks until you settled in. :=)
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Martin Sohnius
: In article <3euert$g...@bird.summit.novell.com>,
: George F Demarest <g...@summit.novell.com> wrote:
: >Greetings,
: >
: >UnixWare 2 Processor Upgrade $895
: >(one upgrade per additional CPU)
: >on diskette
: I had heard rumors that the PE would support 2 CPU's, and that
: the AS would support 6 CPU's by default. From that initial info,
: this part confuses me. If I have one of the common dual processor
: pentiums, will I now have to by a processor upgrade??
There is an unfortunate text-formatting ambiguity here. The '2'
goes with 'UnixWare', not with 'processor'.
Both AS and PE support two processors out of the box. Additonal
processors are only supported on the AS, and support for them is $895
each. So, to run a $120000 Tricord with 4 Pentium-100's, you need
AS + 2 processors = $1795 + 2 * $895 + sales tax = $3600
: Is there any more information available as to how much better the 2.0
: product will interact with NetWare, vs the 1.1 product. I know that
: 1.1 can talk to NetWare, but not all that well. Just try copying a
: 1MB file to a NetWare 3.11 server some time, it takes a while and the
: machines I tried this on were even on an FDDI loop.
The NetWare Unix Client has been thoroughly overhauled.
: Are features like auditing and the remainder of the 4.1ES controls now
: a default part of 2.0?? I know that C2 was an option before, and the
: commands like ls -Z did not work in UnixWare 1.1.
Auditing is included (but not part of the "accept defaults"
installation). Not sure about the whole of 4.1ES.