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Novell Announces John Slitz Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing IBM Executive To Advance Marketing of Novell Products and Services PROVO, UT -- August 5, 1997 -- As part of its strategy to further establish its leadership in network services, Novell, Inc. today announced the appointment of John Slitz as senior vice president of corporate marketing. Slitz comes to Novell from IBM where he was vice president of object technology/application development marketing. At Novell he assumes responsibility for all of the company's corporate marketing and corporate communications initiatives and will report to Novell Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt. The appointment is effective August 19. He will be based at Novell offices in San Jose, California. Schmidt said the appointment further solidifies the foundation upon which a new generation of network services will be launched. He added that attracting world-class talent, like Slitz, is central to the company's goal of becoming a major force in the expanding networking/Internet marketplace. "Nearly every customer I meet praises Novell for its technology leadership but laments our shortcomings in the marketing area. John brings the perfect combination of technical talent and marketing expertise. He has exactly what Novell needs to deliver on our commitments to customers and shareholders. We're delighted to have him on board." Slitz brings a quarter of a century of high technology marketing expertise to Novell, much of which was with IBM. He also served as a marketing consultant and marketing senior executive, including vice president of marketing at Object Management Group, Inc., a non-profit consortium of computer software developers and end-users focused on developing standards and promoting the uses of object technology. "The opportunity to work with Eric and the Novell team he is assembling is irresistible," Slitz said. "With Eric at the helm, Novell's vision is clear, as is its ability to bring leading-edge technology products to market. Moreover, the new streamlined organization can carry out his vision and firmly establish a new growth trajectory based upon network and Internet/intranet products and services." Slitz began his career at IBM and worked there in progressively more responsible positions until branching out on his own 12 years later. He continued to hone his marketing skills as a senior executive with several other firms, including two successful start-up ventures he co-founded. Slitz returned to IBM in 1995 as vice president of object technology/application development marketing. About Novell 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, intranets 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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