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Novell Sweeps LAN Times Readers' Choice Awards
Readers Vote Novell Products Best in Five Categories
OREM, Utah -- June 18, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today
announced that it led the 1996 LAN Times Readers' Choice awards as its
GroupWise, ManageWise, NetWare and SoftSolutions network software
products won in five key categories, more than any other vendor. Each
year, LAN Times readers name the vendors they rely on to provide them
with the best networking products; readers have consistently chosen
Novell software in at least one category for each of the past six years.
These awards underscore Novell's ability to assess and deliver on
customer requirements, reinforcing Novell's position as the world's
leading network software provider.
"Many industry awards are based on the opinions of industry gurus or
the results of laboratory testing, but a LAN Times Readers' Choice
Award reflects the actual utility of products in real-world settings," said
Susan Breidenbach, editorial director of LAN Times. "Novell is to be
commended for providing the preferred solution in five different
categories -- the most of any vendor this year."
Novell's NetWare won the Network Operating Systems (NOS) category
for the sixth time in a row with 67 percent of the vote. In addition to
maintaining its leadership in the NOS arena, Novell broke ground in new
areas with the readers' choice for both Groupware and LAN
Management Software with GroupWise and ManageWise, respectively.
GroupWise was also the winner in the E-mail category, replacing cc: Mail
as the long-time leader.
"Novell is committed to delivering the best network software to support
our customers' businesses," said Steve Markman, executive vice
president and general manager of the Novell Products Group. "We're
gratified to see the industry agrees that the solutions we provide give
organizations a competitive edge."
The winning Novell products and their respective categories are as
follows:
- GroupWise -- E-mail
- GroupWise -- Groupware
- NetWare -- Network Operating System
- ManageWise -- LAN Management Software
- SoftSolutions -- Document Management System
About the Products
GroupWise 4.1
GroupWise 4.1, which now boasts more than 6 million users, is an
advanced electronic messaging system that combines E-mail,
calendaring/scheduling, task management and seamless access to the
World Wide Web into a single Universal In Box. It supports
heterogeneous environments, including the most popular client desktops,
server platforms and operating systems. In addition, GroupWise can be
used by network, Intranet/Internet and remote users to improve their
ability to communicate and manage personal and shared information.
GroupWise 5, which is currently in beta testing, adds the award-winning
document management capabilities of SoftSolutions, as well as workflow
functionality, to offer customers one of the most impressive collaborative
computing products in the industry.
NetWare 4.1
NetWare 4.1 is the industry's leading NOS, providing businesses with a
proven, reliable platform for network solutions. With more than 15 million
users, NetWare 4.1 features Novell Directory Services (NDS) to help
organize network resources, and thereby easing users' access to
information and simplifying network administrators' management tasks.
NDS has emerged as the de facto industry standard for distributed
network directories.
ManageWise 2.0
ManageWise is Novell's answer to today's network complexities. With
ManageWise, network administrators can easily manage NetWare
servers, analyze network traffic, conduct network inventory, remotely
control desktops and prevent virus infiltration. ManageWise is priced per
server in the same stratifications as NetWare, so managers of small
networks can benefit without having to pay a large network price.
SoftSolutions
SoftSolutions is a document management system that enables users to
organize and control key corporate data through powerful features such
as intelligent text search and retrieval, automatic document archiving and
deletion, and a complete set of library management services.
SoftSolutions not only eliminates the problem of having to remember
document file names and locations, but makes finding any document in an
entire organization quick and easy.
About Novell
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 and NetWare are registered trademarks and GroupWise,
ManageWise, NDS and SoftSolutions are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All
other brand names are trademarked or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
Press Contact:
Elizabeth Johnson
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
(408) 764-0731
Internet: elizabeth@ccipr.com
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