From: roger@asylum.sf.ca.us (Roger Greene)
Subject: Merq NFS client for LAN WorkPlace for OS/2
Followup-To: poster
Summary: Ipswitch, Inc. introduces first NFS client for LAN WorkPlace for OS/2
Keywords: Merq, NFS, LAN WorkPlace, OS/2
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:54:56 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE				Contact: Roger C. Greene
							 (617) 942-0621
							 roger@ipswitch.com

	    IPSWITCH, INC. ANNOUNCES MERQ, FIRST NFS CLIENT
	          FOR NOVELL'S LAN WORKPLACE FOR OS/2


(September 28, 1992) -- Reading, MA -- Ipswitch, Inc. today announced
the availability of Merq, the company's NFS client for Novell's LAN
WorkPlace for OS/2. Merq lets OS/2 users, using the familiar OS/2 file
system, access files on networked NFS servers. Merq's availability
coincides with Novell's introduction of a LAN WorkPlace for OS/2
upgrade.

We are pleased that Ipswitch has selected Novell's LAN WorkPlace for
OS/2 as a platform for its NFS client product," said Bob Waterman,
product line manager for Novell's Connectivity Products Division. It's
clear that NetWare users will welcome this new capability."


Merq Highlights

Record and File Locking: Merq includes NFS record and file locking
which protects data on an NFS server from being updated by more than
one NFS client at the same time. Record locking is useful for
accessing databases, as it allows multiple people to access the
database at the same time, but only one person at a time to change a
given record. File locking is useful for word processing and other
documents. Once one user opens a file with file locking, other users
may not change that file until the first user exits out of it.

Flexible Authentication: Merq works with any of several NFS host
authentication schemes, including rsh/rexec, Yellow Pages/NIS, PCNFSD
Version 1 and PCNFSD Version 2. Each of these methods is used by some
NFS servers to determine whether a user should have access to the
server. By providing all four methods, Merq lets the system
administrator choose which authentication scheme to use.

Compatible with NetWare: With Merq, OS/2 users can load both NetWare
and NFS at the same time, allocating some drive letters to NetWare
(such as L:, M: and N:) and others to NFS (such as H:, I: and J:).
Then users can switch between NFS and NetWare servers just by changing
the current directory to another drive.


Pricing and Availability

Merq is available now directly from Ipswitch and selected Value Added
Resellers. Priced at $295 for a single user, $1,395 for 10 users and
$8,495 for 100 users, the product runs over Novell's LAN WorkPlace for
OS/2 on OS/2 v1.3 and v2.0.


Ipswitch, Inc. was founded in September of 1991 to develop and market
networking software, including protocol gateway products such as the
Company's flagship product, the Catipult NetWare-TCP/IP gateway which
allows Novell NetWare users to easily access minicomputers, mainframes
and other TCP/IP hosts. Ipswitch also sells Merq, an NFS client for
Novell's LAN WorkPlace for OS/2. The Company's headquarters are
located at 580 Main Street, Reading, MA 01867 and they can be reached
at (617) 942-0621.

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Ipswitch, Catipult and Merq are trademarks of Ipswitch, Inc. NetWare
and LAN WorkPlace are trademarks of Novell, Inc. NFS is a registered
trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. OS/2 is a trademark of
International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective holders.
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