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Novell Executive Details Vision of "The Intranet" as Next Major Stage in Network Computing "The Intranet Is the New LAN," Says Steve Markman, Executive Vice President, Novell Products Group INTERNET WORLD, SAN JOSE, Calif., -- May 2, 1996 -- "Intranets--internal corporate networks enhanced with World Wide Web technology and secured against inappropriate access--represent the next major stage in the evolution of local-area network computing," said Steve Markman, executive vice president and general manager, Novell Products Group, in a keynote address delivered today at the Internet World trade show. After discussing the tremendous potential benefits of intranets as tools to help businesses more efficiently integrate diverse information technology, share information, communicate and collaborate, Markman went on to outline the Novell network solutions that are helping customers evolve their corporate networks to intranets today. "The Internet is red hot, but the more recent notion of using Internet technology inside businesses--the concept of internal intranets--is becoming even hotter," said Markman to an audience of thousands. "The intranet should be much more than a place to post important corporate information, it should be a consistent interface for accessing all the resources and services on your private corporate network, and on public networks, including the Internet." Markman explained how Novell is leveraging its leadership in network software, with an installed base of over 3.5 million networks and 55 million users, to make it easy for businesses of all sizes to implement intranets. He explained how Novell solutions integrate Novell Directory Services (NDS) and other leading Novell software with Web technologies such as the Netscape Navigator browser, Sun's Java programming language, and Open Market's Electronic Commerce software in the most secure, reliable, manageable, and high-performance Intranets available to businesses today. Markman used the keynote to introduce two new Novell solutions announced at Internet World: NetWare Web Server 2.5, the top performing Web Server on the Intel platform and the first to enable customers to browse Novell Directory Services for information on network users and resources; and the Novell InnerWeb Publisher, a complete intranet publishing suite that includes the NetWare Web Server, a web browser, a web-page authoring tool, and all necessary network software in a cost-effective product bundle. Markman demonstrated the advantages to customers of integration of Web services with Novell Directory Services--the de facto standard distributed directory for finding and managing information on private and public networks. He showed how directory-enabled intranet solutions such as the NetWare Web Server enable businesses to store and access information such as E-Mail addresses, Web site addresses, user names, security permissions, and application components as objects in the directory. Access to directory information, Markman explained, will greatly simplify management and increase user productivity on intranets that are fast, robust, reliable, and secure. Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider. Novell software provides the infrastructure for the 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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