Press Release

Novell NetWare Wins BYTE Readers' Choice Award for 1996

Twentieth Major Award Conferred on NetWare 4.1

OREM, Utah -- July 30, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that, for the second consecutive year, NetWare has been voted Readers' Choice for the Network OS - DOS, Win, OS/2 category in BYTE Magazine. NetWare was also runner-up in the Network OS - MAC category.

The results of BYTE's 1996 Readers' Choice Awards reflect a "real world" user preference based on a poll of 4,000 readers randomly selected to represent BYTE's total of nearly half a million readers.

"NetWare continues to meet the needs of businesses and users of every sort better than any other network operating system on the market," said William Donahoo, senior director of product marketing. "This award from BYTE Magazine recognizes NetWare's excellence as well as its market dominance. With Green River, the latest version of NetWare, due out this fall, Novell is building on the networking infrastructure customers already trust to extend the network's reach to include corporate intranets and the Internet."

Serving more than 55 million users worldwide, NetWare continues to gain momentum as the network operating system of choice. BYTE's Readers' Choice is the twentieth major award conferred on NetWare 4.1 since its release in December, 1994.

Novell responded to feedback from users, like BYTE readers, to create the next iteration of this well established and recognized NOS. Green River will include symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) scalability, integrated TCP/IP support, easier network migration and installation functionality, C2-level security and new graphical administration tools.

Founded in 1983, Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and small-business markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing industry. Information about Novell's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.

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Katrina Larson
Novell, Inc.
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