It is, however, possible to join LAN servers created by owners of the full version.

Nonetheless by 1994 Buckland believes that Lan Server should comply to this new standard for distributed systems.

LAN Server is the network component of I.B.M.'s OS/2 operating system.

The 3Com 3Server was a headless dedicated network attached storage machine designed to run 3Com LAN server software.

I.B.M., in turn, will develop the fittings necessary for Netware and LAN Server to work together seamlessly on large business networks.

1997: Released LAN Server to Windows NT Migration Wizard

1994: Released Intensive Care Report Generator for IBM LAN Server

Variants included LAN Server Ultimedia (optimized for network delivery of multimedia files) and Workplace On-Demand.

IBM LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988.

There were also LAN Server products for other operating systems, notably AIX (now called Fast Connect) and OS/400.

However, these same features made Windows NT perfect for the LAN server market (which in 1993 was experiencing a rapid boom, as office networking was becoming common).

LAN Manager/IBM LAN Server

IBM is preparing to jettison all Microsoft code in future versions of its LAN Server network operating system, according to our sister publication, Network Week.

Among the goodies promised for the Autumn release of LAN Server is native support for the Macintosh - co-developed, says Buckland, with Apple Computer.

Blancco LAN Server was launched in November 2001 and expanded the company's clientele to include recycling and refurbishing centers, auction houses, leasing companies and large-scale corporations.

IBM LAN Server 2.0 introduced remote booting of OS/2 stations (since OS/2 1.30.1) in 1992.

Instead, I.B.M. has licensed Microsoft's LAN Manager technology and has incorporated aspects of it into its own LAN Server software.

LAN Server pioneered certain file/print sharing concepts such as domains (and domain controllers), networked COM ports, domain aliases, and automatic printer driver selection and installation.

IBM also released server editions of Warp 3 and Warp 4 which bundled IBM's LAN Server product directly into the operating system installation.

1993: Started development of IBM LAN Intensive Care Utilities for IBM LAN Server

Responding to what it said were requests from customers, I.B.M. said it would begin selling and supporting Novell's Netware operating system, along with its own LAN Server software.

I.B.M. says it will continue to support LAN Server, but it will now compete directly with Microsoft's LAN Manager by selling Netware as well.

As a result, the center ring was filled with talk of local area networks (LAN's), LAN servers, fiber optic networks, twisted pairs, LU6.2 and X.25 protocols and other exotica.

Here the short term LAN Server refers to the IBM OS/2 LAN Server product.

Both boards support NetWare, Microsoft's LAN Manager, Windows For Workgroups and Windows NT and IBM LAN Server.