Press Release

Novell Ships NetWare Web Server Ahead of Schedule

The Power of the World Wide Web is Now Available to NetWare Customers

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- December 19, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced first customer shipments of its new NetWare# Web Server, the complete software system for NetWare 4.1 servers that brings the popular World Wide Web (WWW) Internet technology to millions of NetWare customers worldwide. NetWare Web Server leverages the distributed services of NetWare, including the security and management features of NetWare Directory Services# (NDS), to give customers a powerful, easy way to use the Internet for both internal and external publishing.

Announced at the Internet World Expo in Boston, Mass., last October 31, NetWare Web Server was completed ahead of schedule and became available through Authorized Novell Channel Partners December 15. "We have experienced a tremendous response to NetWare Web Server both from beta customers and potential new customers," said Vic Langford, vice president and general manager of Novell's Internet Commerce Division. "The product is rock solid, extremely fast, and fills a huge requirement our customers have been asking for -- NetWare access to the World Wide Web. With NetWare Web Server, we fulfill their needs."

Running on cost-efficient, powerful Intel-based hardware, NetWare Web Server supports symmetric multiprocessing and scales to meet the Internet publishing and access needs of businesses and workgroups of all sizes. Businesses can easily plug NetWare Web Server into their existing NetWare networks providing them with a simple Internet publishing server for their network.

NetWare Web Server is a complete solution that installs out-of-the-box on the NetWare 4.1 network operating system. No custom development or knowledge of the UNIX# system is required. Beta customers running NetWare Web Server report success installing and configuring a Web server, creating a Web page, and viewing it all within 10 minutes.

Pricing

The suggested retail price is US$995. For more information about NetWare Web Server, visit Novell's home page at: http://www.novell.com.

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Rick Myllenbeck
Novell, Inc.
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Ken Montgomery
Alexander Communications
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