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Dr. Glenn Ricart, Scientist Who Helped Develop Internet, Joins Novell as Senior Vice President, Research and Development Orem, UT -- December 12, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that Dr. Glenn Ricart, a scientist who has played a significant role in the development of the Internet, has joined the company as senior vice president, research and development. As head of research and development for Novell's industry-leading networking software products, Ricart will lead the evolution of a Smart Global Network connecting the Internet and today's private business networks into a single information resource for business and consumers. He reports to Sheldon J. Laube, Novell executive vice president and chief technology officer.Glenn Ricart comes to Novell with a track record of major contributions to network computing and the Internet, said Laube. He has the vision to imagine the future of networking, and he has the proven leadership skills required to make that future happen for Novell customers. At a time when networking has become the heart of computing, he is the right person to head R&D for the world's leading networking company. "I have dedicated most of my professional life to networking, and Novell is the networking leader", said Ricart. "I was drawn to the challenges of enabling smart networks with Novell's dis tributed services, interconnecting those networks, and integrating them with the Internet. Today's 3 million NetWare LANs, along with the Internet, provide the launching points for a Smart Global Network that could support a billion connections or more by the end of the century." To say Dr. Ricart made significant contributions to the Internet at the University of Maryland College Park, where he directed the Computer Science Center for 13 years and served as Assistant Vice Chancellor. Under his direction, the University of Maryland designed and installed the first NSFnet backbone, an original part of the Internet sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to connect national supercomputing centers. He also founded SURAnet, the first and largest of the NSF regional networks and managed it for its first decade. During that time, SURAnet became the first portion of the Internet open to commercial traffic and the first to connect a high school to the Internet. Prior to joining Novell, Dr. Ricart had been loaned by the University to the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to manage the Department of Defense's national research program in computer systems and communications research. At ARPA, he created a new program to invent the new types of technological glue which will be needed to create interoperable systems of computer systems. He directed ARPA's futuristic computer technology testbed and, among other responsibilities, managed joint technology programs with the White House including the White House home page. Dr. Ricart's computer science research includes significant work in distributed computing algorithms. His seminal work in distributed algorithms is now a standard part of the undergraduate computer science curriculum. Dr. Ricart, 46, received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland College Park in Computer Science in 1980. His M.S. Degree is in Computing and Information Sciences from Case Western Reserve University. He graduated with his B.S. Degree from Case Institute of Technology in Engineering. Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), is the world's leading networking software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling our customers to connect with other people and the information they need, anytime and anyplace. Novell partners with other technology and market leaders to help customers make networks a part of their everyday lives.
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