Simware Inc. has announced the REXXWARE Migration Toolkit, a migration tool
that helps companies with large networks plan and execute intelligent
migrations from NetWare versions 3.x to NetWare 4.1. The Migration Toolkit
automates much of the work that large organizations face when they decide
to migrate their enterprise network's many servers to the newest version
of Novell's industry-leading network operating system. The Migration
Toolkit significantly reduces the effort and cost of upgrading a large,
enterprise- wide NetWare network. The Migration Toolkit is an outgrowth of
REXXWARE, Simware's NetWare automation scripting tool that NetWare
administrators have been using to automate their LAN management tasks.

The Migration Toolkit helps with six steps in an enterprise-wide upgrade to
NetWare 4.1 from NetWare versions 3.11 and 3.12. Following the initial
corporate planning effort that determines staging, logistics and the
structure of the new NetWare Directory Services (NDS) tree, IS managers
begin using the Migration Toolkit:

1. Auditing: Extensive customized reporting capabilities about the existing
NetWare 3 network help administrators plan their migration efforts, define
the scope of the migration effort and ensure accuracy.

2.  Modeling:  All modeling is done off-line, so ongoing network operation
is not affected.

3.  Importing:  Allows managers to take external information from other
sources, thereby making NDS usable as an information database from the
outset. This saves enormous manual labor effort, as the importing would
otherwise be done manually item-by-item.

4.  Editing:  Batch editing allows NetWare managers to search the database
for common objects, and apply additional attributes which are common to
all as necessary.

5.  Duplicate Object Management:  By discovering potential duplicate
objects that existed on the old NetWare 3 network, the Toolkit can merge
the identical 3.x objects into a single NDS object, thereby eliminating a
post-migration clean-up task.

6.  Migrating:  The Toolkit allows you to migrate into the new environment
in stages, moving all objects/properties first, then the file system, then
the print system. The Toolkit has a unique trial-run mode for the
migration of the file and directory system. The final migration is a
minimal risk operation.

REXXWARE Migration Toolkit is now available and will be sold through
Simware's direct sales force and through its reseller channel. It is
priced at $795 (U.S.), quantity one.

Simware Inc. is a leading provider of connectivity and LAN automation
software. The company focuses on the automation capabilities of its
products to provide solutions that make it easier for users to get to the
information they need and to provide IS with tools that directly address
their cost of ownership challenges. Customers include Chevron, Citibank
and the U.S.*Departments of Commerce and Justice. Founded in 1982, Simware
is a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: SIMWF) headquartered in Ottawa, with
offices in North America and Europe.

For More Information Contact:
Barry Gander                  Dave Manley
Simware Inc.                  Duval Woglom Brueckner & Partners
613-228-5116                  (617) 248-1881
gander@simware.com            dmanley@duval.com
 
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