These leading hardware and software vendors join a total of over 35 OEMs who have signed agreements with Novell to integrate NEST in their products. Building upon Novell's vision of pervasive computing, NEST expands the conception of the networked office to include fax machines, digital copiers, scanners, printers, PBX and storage devices. By embedding the NetWare client into each of these devices, NEST allows each device to become a node on a NetWare network. Most machines in an office environment offer services that could be better utilized if made part of the larger network.
NEST facilitates the integration of the entire office environment into one networked workgroup.
Novell Partners With Leading Office Product Vendors Ricoh will implement the NEST Autoroute software within its popular line of fax machines, enabling users to access and distribute fax information over the network. Ricoh facsimile with autoroute will enable the user to encode the message to be faxed into digital copy for routing to multiple destinations. The coding process will organize the fax so it can be routed to the correct destination, whether it be a printer, digital copier or e-mail box. Selecting these destinations for the user will be as easy as keying in a code on their fax machine. Autoroute allows Ricoh to enable a user to deliver a fax not only to another fax machine, but also to a remote desktop or e-mail mail box.