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Novell's GroupWise Reaches Major Milestone for U.S. Defense Messaging System (DMS) Certification GroupWise DMS Brings Secure Messaging to the Desktop through X.400/X.500 Services OREM, Utah -- January 28, 1997 -- Novell, Inc. today announced that GroupWise DMS, a version of its award-winning GroupWise 5 collaboration product, has successfully completed the initial stage of rigorous testing and is one step closer to achieving certification for use in classified government work. The Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile (GOSIP) test is the first of four that are necessary for DMS certification, which is required by the U.S. Department of Defense and other government institutions for all software purchased after January 1, 1997. Ultimately, more than two million government and military users will have the option of choosing GroupWise DMS as their messaging system. "DMS certification is the crown jewel in secure messaging," said Stewart Nelson, vice president and general manager, Novell Applications Division. "GroupWise DMS has shown that it is up to the challenge of DMS certification and is continuing to be competitive in the government marketplace. GroupWise is already used by more than 100,000 government employees. By achieving this certification, Novell will continue to provide government users with the same high level of confidence and functionality they have come to expect from GroupWise." By leveraging the GroupWise 5 Object API, GroupWise DMS is able to incorporate native X.400/X.500 services, which provides direct user access to GOSIP networks using the standard protocols for Message Access (P7) and Director Access Protocols (DAP). This results in increased interoperability between GroupWise and other messaging systems, as well as increased interoperability with non-NDS (Novell Directory Services) directories. In addition, special service extensions to X.400 messaging standards will be integrated into GroupWise 5 with added support for the National Security Agency's Fortezza encryption card and Message Security Protocol. This integration will provide government users with a secure, robust tool for messaging and collaboration. With the GOSIP test complete, the second phase of DMS-certification -- conformance testing of DMS and Fortezza services -- is now underway. Testing of DMS interoperability, functionality and security -- the final steps in the certification process -- is slated for the first quarter of 1997. Under a strategic partnership for secure messaging, GroupWise DMS development and testing is being performed by Raytheon E-Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla. Raytheon E-Systems specializes in the development of secure communications systems products and networks for the U.S. Government and will provide military messaging and Fortezza security components for GroupWise DMS. "GroupWise DMS enables the user to access secure messaging as easily as commercial E-mail," said Terri West, project engineer for Raytheon E-Systems. "All the features of the best X.400/X.500 products have been added to GroupWise 5 at the desktop. Building, securing and reading X.400 messages will be a snap for GroupWise DMS users, in addition to all of the other workgroup benefits that GroupWise 5 provides." Official testing campaigns for protocol conformance are conducted by the National Computing Centre, Ltd. (NCC) in Manchester, England, an accredited laboratory that performs conformance testing in support of the GOSIP testing program. NCC is the test agent authorized for DMS by the U.S. Joint Interoperability Test Command and the DMS Program Office. "We have been pleasantly surprised by the smoothness of the Novell/Raytheon campaigns," said Tim Wells, president of NCC Services, Inc. "Their P7, P22 and DAP products have accurately met the rigorous requirements of the GOSIP/DMS conformance test regimen. We look forward to working with Novell and Raytheon during the next steps of their certification." About GroupWise GroupWise 5, Novell's premier collaboration product for intranets, is the industry's only expanded E-mail system to include full document management capabilities as part of a new Universal Mail Box. The Universal Mail Box also gives users single-point access to personal calendaring, group scheduling, tasks, voice mail, faxes, documents, images and other message types both from the desktop and via the Internet using GroupWise WebAccess. GroupWise WebAccess allows users to access the Universal Mail Box from any HTML-compliant Internet browser. GroupWise 5 provides native support for open Internet standards and protocols, including HTML, SMTP/MIME and TCP/IP, with support for LDAP, POP3, IMAP4, S-MIME and NNTP available later this year. Novell's Applications Division also participates in the following standards organizations: Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), which oversees the IETF workgroups; World Wide Web Consortium (W3C); and Electronic Messaging Association (EMA). Product Availability For more information about GroupWise DMS, customers may call Novell's Government Systems Group at (703) 713-3500 or visit Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com/groupwise. 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. Novell is a registered trademark and GroupWise and GroupWise WebAccess are trademarks of Novell. All other companies and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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