Press Release

Novell Launches "Connect Your World: A Partnership Perspective" Roadshow

Showcase Presents Networking Solutions that Increase Productivity, Reduce Costs

OREM, Utah -- April 23, 1996 -- On May 2, 1996, Novell Inc. and over 30 leading hardware and software partners are scheduled to kick off this year's Novell Solutions Showcase Roadshow, entitled "Connect Your World: A Partnership Perspective," with stops scheduled in 41 cities worldwide. This event will present business solutions that combine Novell products, including NetWare® 4 and Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™), with partner products to create the integrated networking solutions that businesses need to compete in a network-centered world. The "Connect Your World" Solutions Showcase will demonstrate to users, developers and resellers how Novell and its industry partners are working together to deliver the most efficient and cost-effective networking solutions available today. Together with its partners, Novell is offering solutions that connect businesses of all sizes to a Smart Global Network spanning from workgroup LANs to intranets and the Internet.

"At these seminars, attendees will experience networking from a new perspective with hands-on booth demonstrations from leading industry partners," said Robert Checketts, director of market development, NetWare Products Division, at Novell. "They will also learn about the benefits of integrating NDS and peripherals with Novell Embedded System Technology (NEST) into their networks through business, developer and technical breakout sessions geared toward attendee areas of interest. We've created these seminars to give customers strong evidence that Novell and its partners provide the most reliable and robust business solutions available."

NetWare and NDS, the industry-leading global directory service, are achieving strong market momentum, according to figures from International Data Corporation (IDC), a leading market research firm. According to IDC, Novell shipped more NetWare connections in 1995 (51 percent) than all other server operating systems in the world combined. In addition, sales of NetWare 4 connections increased more than 400 percent in 1995, making NetWare the world's best-selling server operating system. NetWare also maintains a 63-percent market share in the network operating system category, establishing NDS as the de facto industry standard for distributed network directory services -- a database for finding and managing network-based information. The "Connect Your World" Solutions Showcase will highlight the growing number of NDS-aware solutions available and how Novell solutions can aid management, reduce cost of ownership and increase productivity in networks of all sizes.

Multiple Track Sessions

Each event will feature a Novell Interoperability Demo that will demonstrate the strengths of NetWare and other Novell products, and over 30 breakout sessions divided into the following three special-interest tracks.

  • Business: These sessions will highlight the powerful financial and administrative benefits Novell and third-party networking solutions provide to businesses and end users.

  • Technical-Developer: Developers, independent software vendors (ISV), value-added resellers (VAR), original equipment manufacturers (OEM), consultants and system integrators will learn about the benefits of building native solutions to Novell's NetWare and GroupWise XTD integrated messaging system, see partner tools that significantly ease NetWare development and hear more about the benefits of developing network-aware software with Net2000 application programming interfaces.

  • Technical-Information Systems: Aimed primarily at technical reseller support personnel, Certified Novell Administrators (CNA) and CNEs, sessions will focus on the technical benefits that NDS and NDS-integrated products provide for managing networks.

    Novell Solutions Partner Support

    Novell partners with the world's leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive networking solutions that leverage the industry-leading networking capabilities of NetWare and NDS. Seminar attendees will experience the power and versatility of integrated solutions during live demonstrations. Novell Solutions Partners include:

    American Power Conversion
    Axis Communications
    Cheyenne Software, Inc.
    Compaq
    Digital Products
    Exide Electronics
    FileNet
    Fountain Technologies
    HiTecSoft Corporation
    IBM
    Intel Corporation
    JavaSoft
    Meridian Data
    Microdyne
    NetFRAME Systems
    NetPro Computing, Inc.
    On Technology
    Oracle
    Plextor
    Powersoft
    Preferred Systems, Inc.
    Seagate
    SimWare
    SMC
    Stac
    Symantec Corporation
    Tricord Systems
    Xerox

    Tour Schedule

    The "Connect Your World: A Partnership Perspective" Solutions Showcase is scheduled to visit the following 27 North American cities, with additional international stops to be added at a later date. 

    Vancouver              May 2
Chicago                May 7
Denver                 May 7
Anaheim, Calif.       May 9
Toronto                May 9
Los Angeles            May 14
Washington, D.C.      May 14
Montreal               May 16
San Diego              May 16
Detroit                May 21
Boston                 May 23
Portland, Ore.        May 23
Atlanta                May 30
Sacramento, Calif.    May 30
Columbus, Ohio         June 11
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.  June 11
Paramus, N.J.         June 13
Tampa, Fla.           June 13
Dallas                 June 18
San Francisco          June 18
Houston                June 20
Minneapolis            June 20
New York               June 25
Philadelphia           June 27
Salt Lake City         June 27
St. Louis              July 9
Seattle                July 9

    How to Register

    To register for one of the free "Connect Your World: A Partnership Perspective" seminars, call 1-800-892-2922, or sign up electronically on the World Wide Web at http://NetWare.Novell.com/special/partner.htm. Information about Novell products, including NetWare 4 and NDS, can be found on Novell's World Wide Web home page at http://www.Novell.com or by calling 1-800-NETWARE.

    Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), is the world's leading networking software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world, enabling 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 part of their everyday lives.

    Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and NDS and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

    Press Contact:
    Chimene White
    Cunningham Communication, Inc.
    (408) 764-0751
    Internet: chimene@ccipr.com