It’s always sad to note the passing of an era, but that’s what we need to do this week as Novell has finally announced its “end of life” plans for NetWare 4. On March 1, 2004, NetWare 4.2 – the last ...

Many, many press releases cross my desk (including “news stories” that simply reiterate press releases). Well, these days, they usually just cross my inbox on their way to the trashcan. I rarely get ...

In the not-too-distant past, network operating systems (NOS) pretty much meant one thing: a Novell NetWare server for managing files and printers on a local area network. For some government agencies, ...

Major releases of operating systems such as Novell Inc.’s NetWare or Microsoft Corp.’s Windows traditionally have featured major architecture changes that challenged the ability of IT staff to adapt ...

With NetWare, Novell essentially created corporate PC networking. The years may have dulled some of this pioneer product's luster as it ceded its dominant position to Windows, Unix, and, most recently ...

I think NetWare is going to make a comeback. No! Stop laughing. I'm serious! Let me make myself perfectly clear. NetWare is not going to come back and sweep Windows 2000 and Linux off servers and ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...