Novell Connecting Points is a collaboration among Novell, Compaq and Bay Networks, a partnership ensuring security, reliability and performance. Novell BorderManager family of products manages access to the Internet. This sophisticated combination of software is powered by Compaq workstations and servers, with Bay Networks supplying reliable hubs and switches to ensure connection 24 hours a day and Gigabit Ethernet to increase the speed of the system. These systems are allowing more than 20,000 attendees at two shows to witness firsthand how the partnership between Novell and Compaq provides a foundation for networked businesses of all shapes and sizes. Availability Novell Connecting Points is located at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City for BrainShare attendees and the Moscone Center in San Francisco for JavaOne participants.
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There are more than 250 workstations total at the two locations, in addition to dial-up access from any location via a Web browser. At BrainShare, 24-hour wireless access will be available via LAN cards, which can be checked out in the show registration area. Novell Connecting Points users at both shows may enter to win a Compaq PC Communicator, which will be awarded as a daily prize at each show. Novell Connecting Points will be featured at shows around the world in 1998. BorderManager is the industry's first integrated family of directory-based network services that manages, secures and accelerates user access to information at every network border.