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New NetWare Web Server Brings the Power of Novell Directory Services to Corporate Intranets and the Internet Allows Users to Browse Directory for Fast Access to Critical Information on Network Users and Resources INTERNET WORLD, SAN JOSE, Calif. -- April 30, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced NetWare Web Server 2.5, the fastest web server on the market and the only web server that allows users to browse critical information in Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™). Additionally, NetWare Web Server 2.5 features Java™ applet support and gives developers the broadest choice of interfaces available with a web server today. Combined, these new features make it easier for customers to publish, access and manage information on corporate intranets and the Internet. "This significantly enhanced NetWare Web Server reaffirms Novell's commitment to providing high-performance solutions for corporate intranets and the Internet," said Vic Langford, senior vice president and general manager of Novell's Internet/Intranet Services Business Unit. "This product meets real customer needs today and provides many of the key technologies customers will need tomorrow," he added. New Features and Benefits NetWare Web Server 2.5 is a NetWare Loadable Module™ (NLM™) that lets customers utilize NetWare servers as the core of their fully fledged web sites. Users can install and configure the software and create a web page quickly and easily on an existing NetWare 4.x server, without having to learn any new languages or protocols. The new features of the product are: NDS browsing capabilities -- The de facto industry directory standard, Novell Directory Services is a distributed database that presents all network users and resources as objects that can be located, viewed and managed from a single location. The new directory-enabled NetWare Web Server improves productivity and simplifies network management by allowing users to access information stored in the NDS tree. The information, such as user names, e-mail addresses, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and listings of computers, applications and other resources, can be stored securely in NDS and made accessible to appropriate users through their web browsers. Java applet support -- Java-coded applications, called applets, can be embedded into web pages and then executed by the browser. This is particularly useful for processing intensive or time-sensitive elements of a web page, such as in multimedia applications. Enhanced performance -- In recent independent tests against Microsoft's Internet Information Server 1.0 and Netscape's Communications Server 1.12, NetWare Web Server 2.5 outperformed the competition, in some cases by up to 400 percent. This means that NetWare Web Server can handle more traffic, giving users a comfortable margin for peak loads today and providing room for growth tomorrow. Development interfaces -- NetWare Web Server 2.5 is the only web server to offer three interfaces for developers, allowing them to simply and easily develop applications for use with NetWare and the NetWare Web Server. The new product includes a Local Common Gateway Interface (L-CGI) extension, as well as a Remote-CGI (R-CGI) extension and, through Novell's Net2000 API initiative, VisualBasic, C++ or Java tools. Other Major Features and Benefits Symmetric Multi-processing -- NetWare Web Server supports NetWare 4.1 Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP). This enables users to scale their NetWare Web Server to different numbers of microprocessors, allowing the NetWare Web Server to handle large numbers of "hits" or user requests. NetWare 4.1 Runtime™ -- NetWare Web Server includes the core NetWare 4.1™ operating system, NetWare 4.1 Runtime. This gives customers a cost-effective way to implement the NetWare Web Server on a dedicated runtime server in either a NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x environment. System Fault Tolerance -- To assure the utmost reliability, NetWare Web Server is fully compatible with NetWare SFT III™, providing fault-tolerant performance 24 hours a day, every day. Pricing and Availability NetWare Web Server 2.5 will be available in June through Authorized Novell Channel Partners for the suggested retail price of US$995. The new version is an integral part of the new web-publishing suite, Novell InnerWeb Publisher, which was also announced today. (See related release.) 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. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks; and NetWare 4, Novell Directory Services, NDS, NetWare Loadable Module, NLM, NetWare 4.1 Runtime and NetWare SFT III are trademarks of Novell, Inc. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other company or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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