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The LAN Support Group Introduces New Version of BindView+

       NetWare Report Generator Offers Ability
           to Customize Management Reports

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HOUSTON, September, 1991--In a move to alleviate LAN 
management, security, and documentation problems, The LAN 
Support Group, a leading provider of LAN utilities, has 
announced the release of BindView+ v3.0c, the first query-
by-example report generator for professional NetWare System 
Managers, CNEs, and EDP auditors.

   "About a year ago we realized that what our customers 
needed was a new kind of information retrieval tool for 
NetWare LAN information," said Eric Pulaski, president of 
The LAN Support Group. "To be effective, a system manager 
must act to prevent problems before they occur. This means 
having quick access to a wide variety of information from 
one command console. We now finally have what we were after, 
a new type of management reporting tool that allows a single 
system manager to analyze file servers in ways that would 
previously have taken a team of analysts weeks to complete."

   BindView+ is the first report generator for NetWare LANs 
that allows system managers to define and customize their 
own reports. For example, a user could design a simple 
report that would list all users whose disk space in use is 
greater than 10MB. More complex reports can be designed 
using multiple criteria combined with boolean logic. For 
example, a report could list all users who are SUPERVISOR-
equivalent and either don't have a password or have a 
password that is unsecure. (The system manager can define 
what "unsecure" means.) Until now, users have not had this 
kind of flexibility, but have had to rely on "canned" 
reports.

   "BindView+ is the only product I've seen that gives you 
the flexibility you need as a network manager," said Greg 
Cobert, manager of office automation for the Security 
Exchange Commission. "We're a small group managing a large 
number of users and BindView provides documentation on our 
NetWare servers in a way that allows me to create reports 
for my specific needs. I also use the product as a fail-safe 
backup system. If I had to, I could reconstruct a server 
from paper using the reports I've generated with BindView."

   In addition to BindView+ being a true report generator, 
it is also unique in the large volume of information that 
can be provided, including information about the file server 
configuration, user accounts, user groups, print queues, 
print servers, and file and directory information. Users can 
use predefined reports or, selecting from a large palette of 
available options, they can create their own management 
reports covering topics such as disk space utilization, the 
configuration of user accounts and login scripts,  analyzing 
security profiles, and locating major security exposures on 
the file server. (As with other elements of a report, the 
definition of a "security exposure" can be defined by the 
user.) For this reason, BindView+ has been adopted as the 
standard security auditing tool by many LAN consultants, 
Fortune 500 companies, and financial institutions, including 
Coopers & Lybrand, CITIBANK, and Banker's Trust.

   "We recently completed testing BindView+ and have 
purchased it for use on our LANs," said Doug Hendrickson, 
vice president of internal audit for Bankers Trust New York 
Corporation. "We've found that BindView significantly 
reduces the number of manhours needed to extract and analyze 
data in the performance of LAN audits and it will soon 
become the standard tool for such audits. Several reports 
were custom-coded by the auditors to create a consistent set 
of workpapers. BindView+ is easy to install, learn, and use 
and is very flexible in its reporting capabilities."

--New Features--

   BindView+ v3.0c offers several new features, including 
NetWare 2.2 support, complete support for NetWare print 
server information, new security auditing features, enhanced 
accounting information, and the ability to group multiple 
reports in a job that can be run from a batch file or can be 
scheduled to execute at a specific day and time.
	
   The new release also includes enhancements to the 
standard output of reports to screen, file, printer, and 
MHS. Also enhanced is the ability to export reports to 
different file formats, including ASCII-fixed, ASCII-
delimited, DBF (dBase compatible) and WK1 (Lotus 1-2-3 
compatible).

   BindView+ is fully compatible with Novell's NetWare and 
provides a seamless interface with the operating system. All 
versions of NetWare are supported, and the product will soon 
be on display in all Novell Demo Centers worldwide.

--Pricing and Availability--

   BindView+ v3.0c is available for $395, which includes 
system software, documentation, and a license to use the 
product on one file server. Licenses to use the software to 
run reports on additional file servers on the same local 
network are available at $195 for each additional file 
server. BindView+ v3.0c comes with an unconditional money-
back guarantee.

   BindView+ v3.0c will begin shipping in October of 1991, 
and will be available through an existing worldwide network 
of LAN dealers or direct from The LAN Support Group.

   The LAN Support Group, Inc. is a leading provider of LAN 
utilities. The privately held company is located at 2425 
Fountain View #390, Houston, Texas, (713) 789-0881.

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