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60,000 Microsoft Mail Users Choose Novell GroupWise 1,250 Organizations Look to GroupWise for Better Messaging Solution OREM, Utah -- June 17, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that 60,000 Microsoft Mail users at 1,250 organizations have switched to Novell GroupWise 4.1, a leading messaging solution that currently boasts more than 6 million users worldwide. The conversions are the result of a recent promotion that offered 50 free GroupWise 4.1 client licenses, along with the GroupWise 4.1 migration and upgrade package, to NetWare customers currently running Microsoft Mail (MS Mail). Announced in April after the release of Microsoft Exchange 1.0, the promotion was designed to introduce GroupWise to MS Mail users and to provide them with a robust messaging alternative to Exchange. Due to the overwhelming response, Novell plans to continue the promotion through July 31. "Response to this program has exceeded our expectations and clearly demonstrates that GroupWise 4.1 fills a void for users whose current E-mail packages lack our full functionality," said Stewart Nelson, vice president and general manager of Novell's GroupWare Division. "With its ease of use, multiple-platform support and robust network administration capabilities, GroupWise offers a compelling alternative to other messaging and collaborative computing products." As the 1996 winner of PC Week's First Annual Corporate IT Excellence Award for Best GroupWare/Mail Solution, GroupWise 4.1 is the industry's premier enterprise-wide, collaborative computing application; it fully integrates E-mail, voice messaging, faxing, group scheduling, easy access to the World Wide Web, personal calendaring, rules-based management and task management. The GroupWise Universal In Box allows users to access, respond to and forward electronic and voice information from one location, simplifying group communication and collaboration across the network. "By switching to GroupWise, we will be able to significantly increase end-user productivity," said Mike Aken, IS Manager at the Arizona State Office of Tourism in Phoenix, an organization that took advantage of the promotion. "GroupWise's tightly integrated messaging and scheduling capabilities will allow our users to work as a team, no matter where they are located. We expect it to become as essential to our communication as the telephone." The next generation of the product, GroupWise 5, is currently in beta testing and scheduled to ship later this summer. GroupWise 5 will keep Novell at the forefront of collaborative technology with an expanded client/server E-mail system that seamlessly integrates calendaring/scheduling, document management, task management, shared folders, conferencing, workflow and Internet access into a new Universal Mail Box. Both GroupWise 4.1 and GroupWise 5 leverage the administration and management capabilities offered by Novell's NetWare Administration Module (NWADMIN) and Novell Directory Service (NDS), which help organizations administer their network and GroupWise from a single location. For more information about GroupWise or the promotion, customers can call 1-800-861-2507 or visit Novell's home page at http://www.novell.com/groupwise/. Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading network 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 a part of their everyday lives. Novell is a registered trademark and GroupWise is a trademark of Novell, Inc.
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