Seamless, scalable, available, reliable.
Written on December 18th, 2025 by Tech Ads
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“A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS PUT THISIRPLANE IN THE AIR IS NOT ON THIS AIRPLANE.”
BRUCE PARKER
Bruce Parker knows the power of networked computing. His Information Services Division keeps
NET PROFILES
United soaring. With cutting-edge technology that links over 95,000 employees on five continents.
And manages 25,000 workstations, over 500 aircraft and over 235,000 passengers every day.
And who did he recently choose for networking software? Novell
066 Novell is the networking specialist. So Bruce uses Novell NetWarew for his core network platform;
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER Novell Directory Services (NDS™) for network administration; and Novell Consulting, Education and O V e
Support Services for ongoing success. Seamless, scalable, available, reliable. United puts some of c
the world’s most advanced technology on the ground so it can put some of the world’s most
NETWARE advanced technology in the air.
NOVELL DIRECTORY SERVICES That's why United flies with Novell
NOVELL CONSULTING, EDUCATION ww.novell.com/ or 1-800-513-1700
AND SUPPORT SERVICES UNITED AIRLINES
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‘Seamless, scalable, available, reliable.’
Novell NetWare was a network operating system that provided - amongst other services - file share, DNS, DHCP, print, and SAN solutions. By the autumn of 1999, NetWare 5.0 (first released in October 1998) was the leading release of Novell’s NetWare line. Whilst Novell NetWare had been a leading network operating system in the early to mid 1990s, by the late 90s and early 00s Microsoft’s Windows NT/2000 platform had made severe inroads into NetWare’s market share.
Bruce Parker ceased to be CIO of United Airlines in December 1999.
In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, United Airlines entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, restructured, and continues to trade today.
Taken from: Wired - Volume 7, Issue 12 (December 1999)
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