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Customer testimonials demonstrate how Novell solutions are solving customers' business problems. We often hear from you that customer testimonials are your most essential selling tool because they:

• speed the sales cycle by providing peer validation
• increase your sales potential
• enhance your brand recognition

In an effort to generate more customer success stories to aid in your selling efforts, we are pleased to offer you the opportunity to earn US$1000*. The process is simple:

• Submit a customer reference that meets the defined criteria and facilitate their participation in the story development
• Our success story team will work with you and the customer to write the story and get final approvals
• We reward you with US$1000 cash

We are currently seeking success stories based on the following criteria:

Data Center:
Customers using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the platform for mission critical applications

Customers using PlateSpin products

End User Computing:
Customers using ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks Endpoint Security Management, Teaming + Conferencing, SLED or a customer that's recently migrated from NetWare to OES2 on Linux.

Identity and Security:
Customers using Novell Sentinel and/or Novell Compliance Management Platform

If you've got the perfect success story candidate, email references@novell.com with the following information:

• Your name/company name/contact information
• Customer name
• Short description of customer (including industry, location and number of users)
• Novell products implemented (including version number)
• Why would this customer make a good success story

* Incentive will be paid only after customer has approved success story. Novell reserves the right to determine what qualifies as an approved item. Only one incentive may be earned per Novell customer.

This offer begins March 1, 2009. Customer references in process prior to March 1, 2009 are not eligible for this offer.