Press Release

Stewart Nelson Appointed Senior Vice President of Novell Products Group

PROVO, UTAH -- April 15, 1998 -- Novell, the world's leading networking software company, today announced that Stewart Nelson has been promoted to the role of senior vice president of Novell Products Group. Nelson will report to Novell Chairman and CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt.

As Senior Vice President of Novell Products Group, Nelson is responsible for the development and delivery of the company's industry-leading intranet and Internet solutions. These currently include the NetWare family of network operating systems; the GroupWise collaboration products; the ManageWise network management solution; the BorderManager family of Internet/intranet infrastructure services; and Novell Directory Services for central control and management of network resources.

Prior to heading Novell Products Group, Nelson was vice president and general manager of Novell's Collaboration Services Group, which pioneered numerous messaging-related advancements under his leadership, such as the extensible GroupWise universal mailbox, full remote synchronization, telephone and Web access, and integrated calendaring, scheduling and document management. Under Nelson's tenure, the GroupWise installed base grew from 800,000 to 8 million users.

"Stewart and Novell's entire product team have done extraordinary things over the last year," said Dr. Eric Schmidt. "This well-deserved promotion is as much a comment on Stewart's work as it is on the continued excellence of the Novell Products Group."

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

Media Contacts:
Julie Hatchett
Novell, Inc.
Phone: (801) 228-5073
Internet: jahatchett@novell.com

Cherie Stewart
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
Phone: (650) 858-3731
Internet: cstewart@novell.com