Novell Announces NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack

NetWare 3 enhanced with new tools and utilities, improved performance and Year 2000 solution

Provo, Utah -- December 8, 1997 -- Novell® Inc. today announced the NetWare® 3.2 Enhancement Pack, an add-on product for current NetWare 3.12 networks, which offers improved system reliability, performance and administration. Available to customers in early January 1998, the new Enhancement Pack provides system enhancements including Year 2000 updates that have been fully tested to ensure a smooth, uninterrupted transition to the Year 2000 and beyond. The product also includes a two-user evaluation copy of IntranetWare, Novell's premier server operating system for Internet connectivity and intranet applications.

"The Enhancement Pack continues our commitment to NetWare 3.12 customer satisfaction," said John Slitz, senior vice president of marketing at Novell. "Novell is helping customers extend and enhance the investments they have made in their current network as they evaluate and prepare to upgrade to IntranetWare. We want every NetWare 3 customer to know their network will continue to perform to the highest standards as we begin the next century."

The Enhancement Pack offers an easy-to-install, one-stop update for customers who rely on NetWare 3.12 as an integral part of their business networks. The Enhancement Pack, which simplifies management and increases network efficiency, includes:

• Simplified network administration. The NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack contains new tools, including a GUI Windows-based SYSCON utility that makes NetWare administration easier.
• Improved network performance. The NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack includes the latest NetWare clients, which have been optimized for maximum speed and throughput of network data. It also includes a new NetWare Link Services Protocol suite which provides reduced routing overhead and more efficient use of wide-area network bandwidth.
• Year 2000 readiness. Comprehensive and fully tested Year 2000 updates ensure that NetWare 3.12 correctly performs date data transitions in the Year 2000 and beyond. These updates are also available for free down load from Novell's Web site (www.novell.com).
• Network reliability updates. All current updates for NetWare 3.12 are fully integrated and conveniently packaged as a single solution.
• Netscape Navigator. The NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack comes with Netscape Navigator versions 3.01 and 4.04, the most popular and full-featured browsers for accessing the Internet.
• Novell IntranetWare evaluation. An IntranetWare two-user evaluation CD is also included with the Enhancement Pack to offer customers a hands-on look at Novell's advanced networking services and Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™).

Availability

The NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack will be available to current NetWare 3.12 customers for $349 US per server. Beginning in January, Novell will offer NetWare 3.2, which consists of the current NetWare 3.12 product and the features of NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack. NetWare 3.2 will be offered at current NetWare 3.12 pricing and stratification levels.

Customers who purchase NetWare 3.12 between November 5, 1997 and April 3, 1998 may apply for a free NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack. Customers must apply before May 1, 1998 to receive the offer. For more information or product purchases, customers should contact their local authorized Novell reseller or Novell at 1-888-321-4CRC (272).

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 and NetWare are registered trademarks and Novell Directory Services and NDS are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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