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Novell NetWare 4.1, GroupWise 4.1 Win PC Week IT Excellence Awards First Annual Corporate IT Excellence Awards recognize excellence in product design and implementation OREM, Utah -- May 13, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. has announced that two of its products, NetWare® 4.1 and GroupWise™ 4.1, have been recognized by PC Week in its First Annual Corporate IT Excellence Awards. The awards from PC Week, a leading industry trade publication, honor products that best meet the enterprise-wide needs of corporate information technology (IT) professionals through excellence in product design and implementation. NetWare 4.1 was recognized for offering the best Operating System/Network, File and Print Services, while GroupWise 4.1 was named the best Groupware/Mail solution. This is the sixteenth award NetWare 4.1 has won since its 1994 launch and the fifth GroupWise 4.1 has won since its introduction in 1994. The award winners were determined through rigorous quantitative and qualitative testing of more than 1,000 products in PC Week Labs. "In conjunction with NetWare's recent Network Computing Well-Connected Award for 'Best Network Operating System (NOS),' the PC Week award highlights the industry's continuing recognition that Novell provides the best networking solutions to meet business needs," said William Donahoo, vice president of marketing for Novell's NetWare Products Division. "Businesses increasingly implement NetWare 4.1 to reap the benefits of intranet/Internet solutions, as well as NetWare's proven reliability, scalability and directory environment. According to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) report, NetWare shipped more connections in 1995 than all other server operating systems combined, demonstrating NetWare's growing momentum as the NOS standard for users, resellers and developers." "GroupWise continues to earn praise and recognition in the industry and from users as the fastest-growing messaging solution," said Stewart Nelson, vice president and general manager of Novell's GroupWare Division. "With more than six million users, GroupWise has the largest installed base of any groupware product. GroupWise sales are growing at a compound annual rate of 75 percent, as increasing numbers of businesses turn to GroupWise for messaging and groupware solutions that are easy to implement and use right out of the box." NetWare 4.1 is the latest version of Novell's market-leading NOS, which commands 63 percent of the server operating system market according to a recent IDC report. GroupWise offers messaging, calendaring and scheduling, and a Universal In Box that allows users to receive and send internal and Internet e-mail, voice mail, faxes, pages, schedule requests and task management assignments in a single location. Both NetWare 4.1 and GroupWise 4.1 support Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™), Novell's industry-standard global directory services. NDS simplifies users' access to network resources and information, eases administration and reduces the cost of network ownership for businesses of all sizes. The tight integration between NetWare and GroupWise enables users to leverage NDS to provide global directory services and a single point of administration for both messaging and network resources. The integration of NetWare and GroupWise through NDS demonstrates Novell's commitment to simplify the complexities of networking and enable people to connect to each other and to the information they need. "PC Week Labs chose NetWare 4.1 as the best network operating system because of its industrial strength and proven track record, as well as its NDS, which simplifies the integration and management of heterogeneous, wide area enterprise networks," said Dave Berlind, director of PC Week Labs. "We also recognized GroupWise as the only solution that provides a true Universal In Box, as well as extensive cross-platform support for both clients and servers." "The single point of administration provided by NDS greatly reduces the burden of managing my network, freeing my time for more business-critical tasks," said Bob Hanson, systems support analyst for LAN/WAN computer systems at General Nutrition Corporation (GNC). "By using GroupWise as well as NetWare, I'm able to leverage my investment in NDS to simplify my users' access to messaging as well as network information and resources." Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading networking software provider. Novell's 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. For more information about NetWare 4.1, GroupWise 4.1 and Novell's other software solutions, visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com. NetWare and Novell are registered trademarks, and GroupWise and NDS are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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