Press Release

Novell Kicks Off NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour

Novell and 24 Partners Demonstrate NDS-Integrated Business Solutions that Cut Administrative Costs, Improve Productivity

PROVO, UT--April 4, 1995--Novell, Inc., and 24 partners today kicked off the NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour, a worldwide road show showcasing NetWare 4-based business solutions available today that simplify network administration, reduce the cost of network ownership and lay the foundation for pervasive computing. The seminars include demonstrations of 16 products integrated with NetWare Directory Services (NDS), the industry-standard directory that turns a multiserver network into a single, coherent information system and provides a central point of network administration.

"Customers attending the NetWare 4.1 Solutions seminars will see firsthand how Novell and its partners are delivering a new generation of network solutions--including database and development tools, document management, telephony, messaging, storage and antivirus--that are tightly integrated with the NetWare 4 directory, making networks easier to use and administer and less expensive to own, operate and maintain," said Toby Corey, vice president of Marketing for Novell's NetWare Products Division. "As this tour demonstrates, third-party vendors believe in the power and installed base of NDS and are delivering NDS-integrated solutions to their customers."

The free, day-long NetWare 4.1 Solutions seminars include 15 breakout sessions with solution demonstrations, inside tips for getting the most out of a NetWare 4 network, and information on upgrading to NetWare 4.1 from previous versions of NetWare. The NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour begins with 25 cities in the United States and Canada and will continue on to Europe, Australia, South America and Japan later this summer.

Partner Support

The 24 hardware and software partners joining with Novell for the NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour range from long-time industry leaders to new companies setting technology trends, all delivering solutions that take advantage of the power and flexibility of NetWare 4 and NetWare Directory Services.

In addition to the Novell solutions being demonstrated--GroupWise, an enterprise messaging system integrating electronic mail, calendaring, group scheduling and task management, and ManageWise, a standards-based network management solution combining products from Novell and Intel--the following companies will demonstrate solutions for NetWare 4: 

APC--Powerchute Plus for NetWare
Arcada--Backup Exec for NetWare
AST--Manhattan family of network servers
Btrieve Technologies Inc.--Btrieve 6 and Scalable SQL
CallWare Technologies--CallWare voice messaging
Cheyenne Communications--FAXserve for NetWare
Cheyenne Software, Inc.--ARCserve for NetWare
Compaq--ProLiant 1500 servers
Intel--LANDesk Management Suite
Kodak/Imagery--GroupStore and Imagery Mass Storage Service (MSS)
Microtest--CD-NOW!
Motorola--Motorola Air Connect for NetWare
NetFRAME--NetFRAME superservers
NetPro--DS Expert
On Technology--DaVinci eMAIL
Oracle--Oracle7 Workgroup Server
Palindrome--Palindrome Backup Director
Powersoft--Powerbuilder
SimWare--REXXWARE scripting language
Sybase--Sybase SQL Server
Symantec--Norton AntiVirus for NetWare
Xerox--Xerox 4500 series Desktop Laser Printer and Document Services
for Printing

Additional tour sponsors include Corporate Software, Entex, GBC Technologies and Tech Data.

NetWare 4.1: The Only Network Ready for Tomorrow, Today

Released in December 1994, NetWare 4.1 is the most recent version of the NetWare 4 network operating system. NetWare 4.1 builds on the solid foundation of NetWare 3 to simplify network access, simplify network administration, and reduce the cost of network ownership for businesses of all sizes while retaining the performance, reliability and scalability that have made NetWare the overwhelming NOS leader. As the only network operating system that provides the seven essential network service--file, print, directory, security, messaging, multiprotocol routing and management--NetWare 4.1 lays the foundation for pervasive computing, Novell's vision of connecting people to other people and to the information they need, allowing them to act on it anytime, anyplace.

In Novell's first fiscal quarter of 1995, sales of NetWare 4 more than doubled over sales in the fourth fiscal quarter of 1994 and increased to represent 30 percent of the company's total NetWare NOS revenue. Fueled by the shipment of NetWare 4.1 and the product's positive acceptance by customers, trade press and the sales channel, this aggressive market growth signals the industry's growing recognition of NetWare 4 as the emerging NOS standard.

Tour Cities and Dates

The NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour will visit 25 cities in the United States through the end of June. The tour will then continue on to Europe, Australia, South America and Japan, with dates and cities to be announced. 



April 4          Portland           May 9          San Diego     
April 6          Seattle            May 11         Irvine, CA
April 11         Chicago            May 16         Washington, D.C.
                 (Rolling Meadows)  May 18         Toronto
April 13         Chicago            May 23         Atlanta
April 18         Cleveland          May 25         Minneapolis
April 18         New York           June 6         Boston
April 20         Paramus, NJ        June 8         Hartford, CT
April 20         Detroit            June 13        San Francisco
April 25         Miami              June 15        St. Louis
April 27         Tampa              June 20        Columbus, OH
May 2            Dallas             June 22        Salt Lake City
May 4            Houston            June 29        Philadelphia

How to Register

To register for the free, day-long NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour seminars, customers can call 1-800-892-2922. Information about the NetWare 4.1 World Solutions Tour and NetWare 4 can be found on Novell's NetWare.com World Wide Web server at http://www/NetWare.com.