Novell Software Development India, the
four-and-a-half-year-old fully owned subsidiary of network software company
Novell Inc., has developed the Novell
Directory Service (NDS) for Solaris–Sun Microsystems’ UNIX operating
environment.
Novell has positioned itself as a directory company and its key
products are NDS for Netware, Windows NT and Solaris.
“We at Novell India realized that the future for the company and all
of us depended on building products and not doing periphery work like
coding and fixing bugs,” maintained a senior official of Novell
Software Development (India) Ltd.
NDS for Solaris is the first directory product which has been
completely developed from the company’s center.
Network directory service products store information about hardware
and software resources on the network, thereby simplifying network
management.
Industry sources point out that the products are
increasingly used by corporates across the globe.
“Analysts predict the revenue from directory products to reach $5
billion in the year 2000. Directory business is crucial for Novell
Inc.,” the company official added.
Speaking about its other arm–Onward Novell Software (India) Ltd., which
is a joint venture company between Novell Inc., USA and Onward
Technologies, the official pointed out that the company offers a wide
range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet
and small business markets.
He added that making Novell products affordable to the Indian customer
was a key cornerstone of the firm’s marketing strategy.
To accomplish this, all the power brands of Novell are locally reproduced
making
them affordable to customers and reducing the delivery time.
Novell India is now in the process of developing NDS v 8 for Solaris,
which it expects to deliver by June-end. NDS v 8 is Novell’s next
generation scalable Internet directory.
The representative added, “Our goal has been to be a full product
company and we are moving towards it even at the cost of declining few
projects. Developing major products means that within the corporation
your contribution is in the right direction.”
Novell India will set up a US$1 million testing facility for real-time
testing in a simulated customer environment.
Commenting on the firm’s education programs, the representative
pointed out that the company ensured that administrators, resellers,
consultants and other Novell users have the knowledge and tools to
provide maintenance, service, support or training for Novell networks.
Onward Novell has appointed more than 35 major education players like
Aptech, CMC, Datapro, TULEC and others as Novell Authorized Education
Centers to impart authorized training on Novell products.
The company conducts CNE/MCNE/CNA/CNI tests at its Mumbai, Bangalore,
Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad office with its
tie-up with Sylvan Prometric Pty. USA.
DeveloperNet, Novell’s comprehensive subscription program provides
independent software vendors and corporate developers with technical
information and software developer kit.
Moreover, the company has launched its `Yes’ Certification program in
India to certify networking hardware (servers, clients, LAN adapters,
disk adapters).
Novell has developed the program to help customers
easily identify and purchase third party hardware and software
products that are compatible with the Novell product line.
Earlier vendors had to send their networking hardware to Novell Inc.,
USA, to obtain this certification and the entire process used to
take six months. Now it is completed in a month’s time.
