Press Release

Novell's GroupWise Wins MVP Award Second Year Straight

PC Computing Chooses GroupWise over Lotus Notes and Qualcomm Eudora Pro as Best E-mail and Collaboration Product

LAS VEGAS -- November 18, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that GroupWise 5 has been selected by the editors of PC Computing as the winner of the 1996 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Award in the E-mail and Collaboration category. GroupWise 5 out-performed all other products in terms of usability, innovation, technology, value and performance in real-world business environments to win the prestigious MVP Award for the second year in a row.

"We're proud to have GroupWise again recognized by industry leaders as the best E-mail and group collaboration tool on the market," said Ed McGarr, vice president of marketing, Novell GroupWare Division. "GroupWise 5 is intranet-ready, it's a fifth-generation product with a proven track record, and it continues to offer capabilities such as full document management which no other product in our category can match. This award, along with our seven million users, validates the fact that GroupWise is the best expanded E-mail solution today."

"GroupWise 5 has proven to be an effective tool in streamlining our company's increasingly complex messaging needs," said Michael Raab, network engineer of Helix Health, the largest health-care delivery system in Maryland. "The Universal Mail Box, client/server functionality and strong document management capabilities provide Helix Health employees with the simplicity and power they need to communicate and share information effectively. In addition, when our doctors are on the road, they have increased flexibility and expanded access to the information they need, when they need it."

GroupWise 5 is the first and only client/server, cross-platform E-mail product to offer full document management capabilities, as well as the new Universal Mail Box, which gives users single-point access to incoming and outgoing messages, documents, shared folders, personal calendaring, group scheduling, tasks, voice mail, faxes and other message types. Users can stay in touch with the information in their Universal Mail Box via their desktop workstation, remote connection through modem or wireless communications, any touchtone telephone, pager or any workstation with an Internet connection and browser.

GroupWise has also been recognized by other industry leaders in 1996:

  • PC Week Corporate IT Excellence Award, Mail category
  • LAN Magazine 1996 Product of the Year, E-mail/Messaging category
  • LAN TIMES 1996 Readers Choice Award, E-mail and Groupware categories
  • NetWare Solutions Readers Choice Award, Best Groupware, Telephony category, and Best E-mail and Messaging category
  • NetWork World World Class Award
  • VARBusiness Annual Report Card, Groupware category

For more information about GroupWise, customers may call Novell at (800) 638-9273 or (801) 226-6000.

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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Press Contact:
Hank Heilesen
Novell, Inc.
Phone: (801) 228-5216
Internet: hank@novell.com