History

Organized in 1990, the New York LAN Association (NYLANA) is a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the education of enterprise computing professionals.

NYLANA has a membership data base consisting of more than 1,250 networking interested professionals who live or work in the greater New York area.

NYLANA is proud to have established strategic alliances with many organizations:

We are members of NetWare Users International, the Microsoft Mindshare User groups (for Windows NT) and a member of the Association of PC User Groups (APCUG).
We are also a listed user group with: Lotus Notes Corp., User Group Connection, PowerQuest, Adobe, DeltaPoint and have a 501-C-3 application pending with the IRS.

Why NYLANA Operates:

To promote the exchange of ideas and methods on Networking, Enterprise Computing, Intranets, Local and Wide Area Networks as well as the Internet.
To study and discuss the business and technical aspects of Networking, Enterprise Computing, Intranets, Local and Wide Area Networks as well as the Internet.
NYLANA activities are intended to keep NYLANA members informed of current developments of special interest to them as computer networking professionals.
NYLANA Encourages continuing professional development of our members, and assists our to members through our activities.

How Does NYLANA do this? By providing forums in which members can be educated and share information, holding general meetings and Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings and the distribution of various publications, including the NEW YORK LAN JOURNAL.

NYLANA is the New York area affiliate of NetWare Users International (NUI) which was founded in 1985 as an umbrella organization to provide support for Novell NetWare users. Today, NUI and its International affiliated local area groups are operated by volunteers as independent not-for-profit professional organizations that promote the exchange of information among all users of Novell NetWare and related networking products. NUI is endorsed by Novell, Inc.

NYLANA is a volunteer operation whose membership is open to all persons interested in Networking, LAN's and WAN's, Internet and Intranet computing.