Digital Equipment Corp’s Nippon DEC has started two new services businesses, the PC-LAN services business, a multi-vendor personal computer local network support service, and the Windows NT services business aimed at Windows NT users. DEC has been selling Pathworks for five years, and this time will announce NetWare, LAN Manager (Windows NT server) and TCP/IP. The personal computer local network life cycle services includes 19 individual services including telephone support, consulting and network design. Other services for Windows NT such as installation and set-up, and an advisory hot-line, are also offered. For NetWare DEC has signed a Support Alliance Partnership with Novell, and has also been working with Microsoft since May. Nippon DEC will sell these services directly, and also through its distributors, who will be offered a discount on the service sales.
