Novell's NDS, BorderManager and intraNetWare Win Six Awards from Industry
Publications
Network Computing, Networking Solutions and Network Magazine Give Novell Top
Honors
Networld + Interop, Las Vegas -- May 6, 1998 -- Adding to its long list of honors,
Novell, Inc. announced that intraNetWare®, BorderManager and NDS have
received a total of six new product awards from top industry publications Networking Solutions,
Network Magazine, and Network Computing. Novell was also inducted into the
Network Magazine Hall of Fame for winning a total of 13 awards in ten consecutive years.
In Network Computing's fourth annual "Well-Connected Awards," Novell captured top honors in
two categories. For the third year in a row, intraNetWare was selected in the Network Operating System
category, topping Microsoft and Sun. NDS, the industry's most popular directory with more than 40
million users, captured the Well-Connected Award in the Directory Services category. Network
Computing wrote, "We've seen many fine directory-services products in our labs this year, but only
NDS delivers a fully integrated, hierarchical directory service with integrated security and effective
management tools."
Network Magazine bestowed Product of the Year Awards to both Novell BorderManager in the
Proxy Server category and NDS in the Directory Services category. "Novell has taken this product niche
and gone many levels above what anyone else is doing," Network Magazine wrote about Novell
BorderManager. Regarding NDS, the editors stated, "NDS is a mature, widely available, distributed
directory services that has a global, all-encompassing view of the network." Network Magazine
also inducted Novell into its Hall of Fame for winning a total of 13 awards in ten consecutive years.
Novell also received two Product of the Year awards from Networking Solutions, for
BorderManager in the Security category and for intraNetWare/NetWare 4.11 in the Network Operating
System category. "A bevy of third-party products support NetWare 4.11 and Novell's integration of
Windows NT makes it a clear winner for managing the heterogeneous enterprise," commented
Networking Solutions in announcing the award. BorderManager was praised for its "ability to
secure and manage the performance of a network."
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 and intraNetWare are registered trademarks and NDS and BorderManager trademarks of Novell,
Inc.
Press Contact:
Gordon Evans
Novell Inc.
Phone: 408-577-6371
Internet: gmevans@novell.com
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