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Shiva Corp. in Burlington, Mass., is shipping an upgrade to its line of server and modem products for companies with mobile workers or branch offices that need to connect to the corporate LAN.
Called LANRover/Plus, the remote-access server permits WS, Windows and Unix users to dial into the server and access applications on networks including Novell, Inc.'s NetWare, TCP/IP, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows for WorkGroups and IBM's SNA.
This remote-access s server differs from the remote control method of remotely accessing LANs because it accesses the LAN directly. Remote control takes control of a PC at the corporate site and just sends the screen image over the remote connection.
The direct-access method is faster and...