Ch 8. ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS [ COMMUNICATOR 3000/XL XL RELEASE 3.0 ] MPE/iX Communicators
COMMUNICATOR 3000/XL XL RELEASE 3.0
Chapter 8 ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS
HP NewWave Office 3.0 Structured Solution
by NewWave Office Marketing
Pinewood Information System Division
HP NewWave Office 3.0 is a collection of server and client services, PC
networking products, the NewWave environment, and other PC applications
and system services offered as a Structured Solution.
The HP Structured Solution Program (SSP) is a means for divisions to
offer a related set of products in the form of a menu from which
customized solutions can be selected. The customer receives a discount
(solution adjustment) on all products and options selected from the SSP
menu. To qualify to purchase through the SSP and receive the solution
adjustment, at least one each of the Server and Client Services must be
purchased. All other products are optional.
The categories of software products available are:
* Server Information Services and System Services (required: 1).
* Client Services (required: 1).
* PC Applications (optional).
* Other Services (optional).
These services are provided for MPE XL, MPE V, HP-UX Series 800 and SCO
UNIX/386 servers.
For details on system requirements, refer to articles or other literature
specific to each component product.
SERVER INFORMATION SERVICES AND SYSTEM SERVICES
NewWave Office has the following NewWave System and Information Services:
* The System Services provide shared file and print capability.
Customers have a choice between two industry leading shared
resource servers: HP Resource Sharing with HP LAN Manager/XL or
NetWare for the HP 3000. HP LAN Manager/XL includes the LAN
Manager PC software, which is the client for Resource Sharing.
NetWare for the HP 3000 includes the Novell NetWare PC client
software.
* The Information Access Service provides client users with
information from a variety of sources that may reside on the
server or client. This information can be easily loaded into
client applications for analysis. Two Information Access server
products are available: HP Information Access Server/XL for
TurboImage database access and HP Information Access SQL/XL for HP
ALLBASE and Oracle databases.
* The Information Distribution Service provides enterprise-wide
communication of information in a variety of file formats. HP
DeskManager is the information distribution product available.
CLIENT SERVICES
The NewWave Office 3.0 Structured Solution offers the following Client
Services:
* Network Services 2.1
* ARPA Services 2.1
* Network Services 2.1 for NetWare
* ARPA Services 2.1 for NetWare
* AdvanceMail
* NewWave Mail
* Information Access PC
* NewWave Access
PC APPLICATIONS
The NewWave Office 3.0 Structured Solution offers the following PC
Applications:
* AdvanceLink for DOS
* AdvanceLink for NewWave and Microsoft Windows
* NewWave 3.0 environment
* NewWave 3.0 Technical Reference
OTHER SERVICES
The NewWave Office 3.0 Structured Solution offers the following
additional services:
* HP Software Vendor provides LAN based solutions with a flexible
tool to distribute PC applications from a server to user PCs. The
PC applications can be either HP or third party applications. HP
Software Vendor also provides features such as software user
license tracking.
* A Fax Gateway is available. HP OfficeFax is used in conjunction
with HP DeskManager for this service.
CHANGES TO NEWWAVE OFFICE
Following are important differences between the NewWave Office 3.0
Structured Solution product and the previous release of NewWave Office:
* All NewWave Office 3.0 software components are ordered through the
Structured Solution and are shipped, in a coordinated shipment, as
individual products.
* There is no longer a NewWave Office reference manual.
Instructions and procedures for installation and configuration of
each software component are defined and documented by each
product.
* The PC Software tape and Vectra Office Applications tape that were
used with the previous release of NewWave Office are no longer
provided. All PC applications are now provided on flexible disk.
* The INSTALL utility from the previous release is replaced by a new
product, HP Software Vendor, which is available as part of the
NewWave Office 3.0 Structured Solution.
* There are no replacements for the Network Setup (NETSETUP) and
Network Load (NETLOAD) utilities. PC networking software is now
installed from flexible disk using the installation facilities
provided by the PC networking software itself.
* The Server Setup (SVRSETUP) and Server Manager (SVRMGR) utilities
are no longer available.
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