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Novell Chairman and CEO Offers Insights Into Future of Network-Centered World
Robert Frankenberg Delivers Keynote Address at Networld + Interop
NETWORLD+INTEROP, Las Vegas -- April 3, 1996 -- In a keynote address delivered Tuesday at Networld+Interop, Robert Frankenberg, Chairman and CEO of Novell, Inc., shared Novell's vision of the new era: a network-centered world. He examined the increasingly central role that the Internet plays in today's marketplace, and the information technology industry's shift from client/server to client/network computing. "We believe that the opportunities in a network-centered world are even greater than they were in the client/server computing era," Frankenberg said to an audience of several thousand technology vendors and business customers from around the world. "The concept of 'client-network' transcends yesterday's market model and recognizes the central role the net will play, in addition to the important roles of clients and servers. It's another way of looking at the Web. Today's Web provides document access service to anyone with a browser; tomorrow's Web will provide other network services in the same way." Frankenberg emphasized Novell's central role in the creation of the LAN market, the extension of that market to wide area networks that interconnect NetWare LANs, and the extensions of these WANs to the intranet by taking the Internet model and integrating Novell services with web services and browsers. Novell's vision is a global network that includes all the Internet's standards and innovations--such as the World Wide Web, Web browsers, and Sun's Java--as well as Novell's network services such as directory, security, authentication, management and transaction processing. The keynote included demonstrations of important new ways that Novell technology and products provide solutions for small businesses and larger distributed networks across the enterprise. The demonstration showcased 15 Novell products that are shipping or will ship by the end of the year. Novell Directory Services (NDS), the de facto industry standard for finding and managing network-based information and resources, was central to several of the demonstrations, including an electronic commerce demonstration in which a small business user was able to view a file created in an application he didn't have by "renting" the application from a server. Another demonstration focused on a corporate intranet illustrated how a unique web page for every employee--including photo, job title and other information--can be automatically generated by the Novell Web Server immediately upon request and always be up to date because it draws on information housed in NDS. Novell also demonstrated its ability to connect people and the information they need anytime or anyplace: a remote worker using NetWare Mobile to connect to his company's network was able to use Mobile IPX to switch to a 2MB wireless connection, without interrupting the flow of data. Frankenberg also announced a new promotion for Novell's GroupWise e-mail and collaborative computing solution. The promotion targets NetWare customers running Microsoft Mail, who will be able to receive up to 50 GroupWise 4.1 client licenses, free of charge. The promotion will last for 60 days when Microsoft Exchange ships. GroupWise currently has 5.5 million users worldwide. Frankenberg invited the audience to test the implementation of a GroupWise messaging system for use by all attendees at this year's Networld+Interop. The system allows conference attendees to send and receive all types ofmessages including e-mail, voicemail, scheduling requests, pages and more. At Networld+Interop Spring 1995, over 3 million messages were sent by 95,000 users during the three exhibition days; this year, Frankenberg expects that record to be broken. Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading network 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.
Press Contacts:
Brian Johnson
Bob Ingols
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