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Novell Achieves NetWare 5 Delivery Milestones NetWare 5 Enters Beta 2 Testing; Netscape FastTrack Server Available with Novell intraNetWare and NetWare PROVO, Utah -- January 27, 1998 -- Novell®, Inc. today further cemented its leadership as an Internet company delivering next-generation networking technology by announcing the delivery of NetWare® 5 beta 2 and the availability of the Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare to intraNetWare™ and NetWare 4.11 customers. These announcements advance Novell's server operating system as the networking foundation for companies that increasingly leverage Internet technologies and open standards to improve productivity and efficiency.The delivery of NetWare 5 beta 2 represents a significant milestone in its development. With this beta, Novell has added new features that provide customers with full compatibility between NetWare 5's TCP/IP and existing IPX networks. Novell has also enhanced the features from the first beta to provide customers with easier manageability and improved performance. NetWare 5 includes Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare and Netscape Communicator, enabling Novell customers to deploy leading Web publishing solutions on the industry's leading networking platform. In addition, Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare and Netscape Communicator are now available for free to all Novell intraNetWare™ , NetWare 4.11 and intraNetWare for Small Business customers. For organizations that rely on Internet and intranet solutions for mission critical applications and information management, both Novell and Netscape offer Netscape Enterprise Server for NetWare--a high-performance Web and application server with JavaScript support, connectivity to Oracle databases, an Internet standards-based message server and Novell Directory Services™ (NDS™) and LDAP support for directory-based management. "These announcements confirm that Novell is on track to deliver a leading server operating system to its customers in mid-1998," said John Slitz, Novell senior vice president of marketing. "The integration of Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare and Netscape Communicator combine with Novell NetWare to provide our 77 million customers access to the tools they need to work more effectively using Internet- based technologies. This second beta of NetWare 5 provides a solid look at the new solutions that make it easy for organizations to standardize on IP and more efficiently leverage the power of Internet technology."
NetWare 5 Beta 2 Simplifies Migration to IP NetWare 5 Beta 2 includes new features to ease customer transitions to IP-based networks and simplify the installation process. New features for this second beta include:
In addition, Novell has strengthened many of the features that were included in the first beta of NetWare 5. Most notable of these refinements are the DNS/DHCP services. These services leverage NDS to ease and automate IP address management.
Education and Developer Services Laying Foundation for NetWare 5 Novell Education will provide product education courses for network administrators on new NetWare capabilities and services prior to the mid-year ship date. Through this effort, thousands of Certified Novell Engineers will be ready to support NetWare 5 the day it ships. NetWare 5 education courses will be available at over 1,450 Novell Authorized Education Centers worldwide. Novell's DeveloperNet has been working closely with key development partners since the initial beta release of NetWare 5 and reports hundreds of applications are currently under development and scheduled for certification and release concurrent with the NetWare 5 product later this year. Novell is providing extensive developer and certification support for developers who will have products ready to ship with NetWare 5. Other developers who are building NetWare 5 applications and are interested in working closely with Novell in the development and certification of their products can send E-mail to Novell at: devsup@novell.com.
Pricing and Availability Novell NetWare 5 beta 2 is immediately available through an open beta program. Customers can register to receive the NetWare 5 beta 2 CDs from Novell's Web site at http://www.novell.com/netware5/ for a fee of $20 (US) and $25 (Canada) to cover handling and materials. All other foreign requests will be fulfilled and priced through the individual Novell regional sales offices. Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare will be available after January 30 as a free download or with a minimal shipping charge, from Novell's Web site to current intraNetWare and NetWare 4.11 customers. Customers will find additional information on Netscape Web server offerings for NetWare and can download Netscape FastTrack Server for NetWare from the Novell Web site at http://www.novell.com/netscape_servers. 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 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. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and intraNetWare, NDS and Novell Directory Services are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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