Westborough, Massachusetts-based Banyan Systems Inc will offer a new release of the Vines StreetTalk directory service in version 6.0 of its Vines network operating system due in April. The directory operates on each server, providing a single, integrated view of the network. Vines 6.0 will provide for replication of groups as well as directory synchronisation. Following Santa Cruz Unix and HP-UX implementations, Enterprise Networking Services, the stuff Banyan has stripped out of Vines and made platform independent, will ship for Solaris in April, with a second generation Enterprise Networking Services for NetWare due at the same time. Enterprise Networking Services consists of messaging, directory, security and management services including file and print sharing capabilities. Products based on its DeMarc implementation of HP OpenView for Windows and the fruits of alliance with SNMP Research Inc of Knoxville, Tennessee, will ship in the second quarter. Meanwhile Banyan has also announced an ENS Enterprise Client for TCP/IP, with other TCP/IP kernel-level products promised, at $500. A pack of 50 licences to Banyan’s TCP/IP suite of Windows, MS-DOS and OS/2 client applications and utilities is $5,000. The kernel will be integrated back into Enterprise Networking Services and StreetTalk.
