Novell Releases GroupWise 4.1 For Unix Character Systems

Users of UNIX Text-Based Systems Can Now Take Advantage of Leading Cross-Platform Electronic Messaging System

OREM, Utah -- July 18, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that the GroupWise 4.1 electronic messaging system is now available for seven different character versions of UNIX. GroupWise is the choice of many organizations because it supports a broad mix of computers and operating systems, allowing users to share information regardless of location or platform.

With a market share that has doubled over the past ten months and an installed base of more than 3.5 million users, GroupWise remains the first and only enterprise-wide, cross-platform, electronic messaging system to integrate e-mail, personal calendaring, group scheduling, voice mail, faxes, Internet messages, task management and information access into a single user environment.

"A real benefit to users is that all GroupWise clients--Windows, DOS, Macintosh and UNIX--are identical in functionality, look and feel, which reduces training and administration costs," said Steve Adams, senior director of marketing, Novell GroupWare Division. "GroupWise's broad cross-platform support provides Novell with a significant competitive advantage. Only GroupWise provides organizations with a robust collaborative computing environment on this spectrum of systems."

"The main deciding factor in our selection of GroupWise as our hospital's messaging solution was its availability on Windows, as well as UNIX Motif and character systems," said Dave Schulz, manager, information systems, St. Louis Children's Hospital, BJC Health Systems. "It was critical for the hospital to have a messaging system that would offer complete and identical functionality across our network of PCS, video display terminals and workstations. With GroupWise, we are not locked into any platform and we have the freedom to move between systems without requiring users to relearn the software each time."

Available for seven Motif UNIX systems since August 1994, GroupWise is the only integrated e-mail, calendaring and scheduling product available for both UNIX character and graphical systems. The new UNIX character versions of GroupWise are: System V, Release 4 (SVR4) for Novell's UnixWare and AT&T GIS systems; Sun Microsystems SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris; Hewlett-Packard HP-UX; IBM AIX; Data General DG-UX; and Santa Cruz Operation SCO UNIX.

The suggested retail price of a five-user Client/Administration package is $695. A special upgrade promotional price, in effect until October 31, 1995, reduces the suggested retail price of the GroupWise five-user Client/Administration upgrade package to $195. After October 31, the suggested retail price of the upgrade package will be $245. For more information, customers may call Novell at 800-861-2507.

GroupWise is a strategic component of Novell's PerfectOffice, the industry's first network suite. GroupWise complements the collaboration tools found in PerfectOffice, making it the Perfect Place to Work and the obvious choice for small or large businesses entering the era of collaborative computing. GroupWise is also the perfect messaging partner to Novell's NetWare, the industry's dominant network operating system. With GroupWise and NetWare, Novell eliminates the need to separately manage network and messaging systems, making NetWare the network that is ready for tomorrow, today.