Netscape and Novell Announce Strategic Agreement to Deliver Intranet Solutions
New Company -- Novonyx -- To Deliver Netscape® SuiteSpot Server
Software on
Novell IntranetWare Platform
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- March 21, 1997 -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) today announced they have
signed a
strategic agreement to deliver a broad range of Intranet and Extranet solutions on current and
future Novell
platforms. The companies plan to form a privately-held new company based in Utah, to be called
Novonyx,
that will adapt, integrate and sell the Netscape® SuiteSpot family of server software on the
Novell
IntranetWare networking platform. Novell and Netscape will collaborate to integrate their
products
and networking services for networked enterprise customers building Intranet and Extranet
applications.
Novell and Netscape plan to form the new company following government review.
The agreement combines the number one server platform in the world with Netscape SuiteSpot's
Internet
technology leadership. Today, Novell has the largest installed base of network servers in the
world with
more than four million servers running the Novell network operating system and serving
information to
more than 60 million users. Netscape's proven Internet technology leadership has captured
significant
industry momentum, an installed based of 50 million copies of Netscape software and a host of
top industry
awards.
"This agreement is about providing our customers with freedom of choice and more Intranet
solutions,"
said Joseph A. Marengi, Novell president and chief operating officer. "Novell and Netscape share
a vision
of providing integrated, open standards-based intranetworking software to enterprise customers.
Working
together through Novonyx, we plan to combine Novell's commanding marketshare and premier
directory-enabled networking platform with Netscape's Intranet server software."
"Novell is the number one provider of networking software in corporations today and ships more
copies of
server operating system software than Windows NT or UNIX - that's a huge untapped
opportunity for
Netscape," said Jim Barksdale, president and chief executive officer of Netscape. "Together,
Novell and
Netscape plan to pursue this fantastic market opportunity through Novonyx, and are working
today to
make Netscape's Intranet and Extranet solutions available to customers running Novell
IntranetWare."
Netscape and Novell will provide funding for the new company and, thru Novonyx, work
together to adapt
and integrate Netscape server software for IntranetWare. Netscape is providing a source code
license for
Netscape SuiteSpot and Netscape FastTrack Server software. This agreement provides a
framework for the
companies to jointly promote their products and services. To that end, Novonyx will leverage
Netscape's
and Novell's extensive distribution channels and infrastructure including Novell's more than
30,000 value
added resellers (VARs), 1,450 Novell Authorized Education Centers and partners and 200,000
certified
professionals, as well as Netscape's installed based and popular Internet site which now receives
more than
125 million hits per day.
IntranetWare is Novell's comprehensive platform for a modern, full-service Intranet. IntranetWare
is a
complete Intranet platform that is built on the Novell's industry-leading NetWare 4 and offers full
TCP/IP
support, directory, web publishing, network security, connectivity, enterprise management, file
and print
services to business networks around the world. IntranetWare is part of Novell's networking
product suite
that includes GroupWise messaging and groupware, ManageWise enterprise management and
Novell
Directory Services.
Netscape SuiteSpot is an integrated server software suite for open email, publishing and
groupware on
Intranets. Netscape SuiteSpot includes ten products: Netscape Messaging Server, Netscape
Collabra
Server, Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape Proxy Server, Netscape Calendar Server, Netscape
Media
Server, Netscape Directory Server, Netscape Certificate Server, Netscape Catalog Server and
LiveWire
Pro development environment. The open architecture and native support for Internet standards in
Netscape
SuiteSpot enables Netscape solutions to interoperate with a broad range of proprietary and
Internet-based
products from other vendors. Netscape FastTrack Server is Netscape's low cost, high
performance Web
server software. Netscape FastTrack Server delivers many of the powerful features of Netscape
Enterprise
Server -- including support for Java and JavaScript -- in a downloadable easy-to-setup-and-use
package.
Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape FastTrack Server for IntranetWare are the first
products
expected on the Intranetware platform with availability planned for the Fall of 1997. The
companies will
demonstrate the current beta version of Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 running on IntranetWare
and
integrated with Novell Directory Services (NDS) at Novell's Brainshare conference next week in
Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software for linking people
and
information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients,
servers,
development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation,
live
online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications
Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
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, as well as groupware and management solutions and the network
computing
industry's most comprehensive education and technical support programs. Information about
Novell and its
complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.
Additional information on Novonyx is available on the Internet at http://www.novonyx.com.
Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at
http://home.netscape.com or by sending E-mail to moreinfo@netscape.com.
For additional information on Novell, Inc. customers can call 1-800-NET-WARE or go to
Novell's home
page on the Internet at http://www.novell.com.
Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and IntranetWare is a trademark of Novell.
Netscape is a
trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation, which is registered in the United States and
other
jurisdictions. The Netscape Communications Corporation logo and Netscape branded products
are also
trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation, which may be registered in some
jurisdictions. All
other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
Press Contacts:
Andrea Cook
Phone: 415-937-6711
Internet: andreac@netscape.com
Jason Werner
Phone: 801-861-4009
Internet: jwerner@novell.com
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