ballentine_m@apollo.UUCP (Mike Ballentine) (11/07/87)
LICENSE SERVER, NEW PORTS EXTEND APOLLO'S INDUSTRY STANDARD NCS
CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts, October 20, 1987 -- Apollo Computer Inc.
has introduced the Network License Server(tm) (NLS), which is based on
Apollo's Network Computing System(tm) (NCS) and provides a viable
alternative to the two traditional approaches to licensing software --
single-CPU licensing and site licensing. It is the first product to
implement the concept of concurrent usage licensing, which allows a
fixed number of end users to concurrently access an application
independent of their location on the network.
Apollo also announced new ports to five computing environments for
NCS, extending NCS to the full range of computing systems -- from PCs
to supercomputers. The systems supported by NCS through these new
ports -- MS-DOS for IBM PCs and compatibles, Cray, UNIX System V, DEC
ULTRIX, and SunOS -- join the expanding base of NCS-supported
computing systems which already included Berekely 4.2 and DEC VAX/VMS.
Like NCS, NLS is an open product with its source code readily
available. NLS complements the concept of network computing by
providing a unified network-wide mechanism to manage software
licenses. Without the concurrent usage software licensing provided by
NLS, software vendors, up until now, have been forced to license their
software on a single-CPU basis only. This inhibits network computing
by restricting the free flow of applications and users across the
various systems in heterogeneous networks. Other components of
Apollo's network computing program complement NLS by providing
distributed data access, sharing of network computing resources, a
common network-wide user environment, and distributed software
development tools.
For more information, contact your local Apollo representative.
Jim Barbagallo
Apollo Computer Public Relations
(617) 256-6600
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