Novell's GroupWise 5.5 Offers Organizations Increased Productivity, Immediate Value and
Ease of Use
PROVO, Utah September 1, 1998 Novell, Inc. today announced
GroupWise® 5.5, the premier collaboration product for corporate networks and intranets, is now
shipping after completing Novell's rigorous product testing and customer satisfaction process. GroupWise
5.5 provides a stable, high-performance, Internet-ready collaboration solution that enables businesses to
gather, access and communicate information easily from a single interface. Working in concert with other
Novell products such as Novell Directory Services® (NDS) and NetWare® 5,
GroupWise 5.5 provides the most scalable, reliable and powerful collaboration solution available
today.
"We have worked closely with customers throughout the development of GroupWise 5.5 to ensure it would
incorporate the new features they require, such as enhanced document management, Internet support and
integrated Web publishing," said John Gailey, director, Novell Collaboration Services. "In addition,
GroupWise 5.5 has successfully met all of Novell's stringent exit criteria, guaranteeing that customers will
benefit from a stable product that is ready to meet the demands of business."
GroupWise 5.5
GroupWise 5.5, Novell's premier application for NetWare and NDS, allows users to leverage the power of
the Internet through enhanced industry-standard Internet security and improved Internet standards support,
as well as integrated Web publishing capabilities. GroupWise 5.5 gives network users immediate value by
offering full functionality right out of the box and improved tools that help users gather, access and
communicate information with expanded document manageability capabilities. GroupWise has nearly 13
million users worldwide and, according to International Data Corporation, holds a solid second place
position in the integrated collaboration environment market.
GroupWise remains one of the most scalable collaboration solutions in the market, powerful enough to
effortlessly meet large-scale enterprise needs, yet easy enough for small businesses to use and maintain.
GroupWise further enables collaboration by supporting connectivity to telephones, PDAs, palmtops,
pagers, and other E-mail and collaboration systems. Continuing to address network users' concerns,
GroupWise 5.5 has been thoroughly tested and meets all Novell Year 2000-readiness specifications.
Customers Support GroupWise 5.5
"I have been using the GroupWise 5.5 beta product for the past several months and have been impressed
with its solid reliability, ease of use and enhanced Internet features," said Danita ZanrŠ, GroupWise
administrator, Caledonia Network Consulting. "GroupWise continues to bring an unparalleled level of
collaboration to our organization and provides us with a time-saving, cost-reducing tool that helps our
employees work smarter and more efficiently. It is also a real confidence builder that Novell employees are
already using GroupWise 5.5 internally for their E-mail, scheduling and collaboration needs -- that
reinforces my belief that Novell really stands behind its product."
Platform Support
To make certain the testing environment emulated Novell customers' heterogenous networks, GroupWise
5.5 was tested in mixed NetWare/Microsoft NT platforms serving both Macintosh and PC clients. On the
client, GroupWise 5.5 supports Windows 95, 98 and NT, Windows 16 and Macintosh. On the server,
GroupWise 5.5 supports NetWare 3.X, 4.X and 5.X and Windows NT. Support for UNIX will be added
on the client and server at a later date.
Foreign Language Support
The GroupWise 5.5 client is now available in English, with multi-lingual products in Novell's core market
languages (Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish
and Swedish) shipping in mid-November. Novell also plans to add additional approved and corporately
sponsored languages for GroupWise 5.5 at a later date.
Pricing and Availability
Pricing and license structures are identical to those of GroupWise 5.2, which range from $718 SRP for a 5-
user license to $32,625 SRP for a 250-user license. Each GroupWise license package includes the
GroupWise desktop and remote clients; GroupWise WebAccess; GroupWise WebPublisher;
NWAdmin; async gateway; Message Transfer Agents; GroupWise Internet Agent (SMTP/MIME, POP3,
IMAP4 and LDAP); GroupWise Monitor; GroupWise Imaging and GroupWise Workflow. Qualifying
customers may receive additional discounts through one of Novell's licensing programs. More information
on licensing programs, including qualifications, discounts and pricing can be found at http://www.novell.com/licensing.
Novell currently offers a 60% discount off the suggested retail price of GroupWise 5.2 for customers
migrating from competitive products. The migration package includes GroupWise 5.2 or 5.5 software, the
GroupWise WebAccess client and the SMTP/MIME gateway. A 25-user license is now priced at $1,392,
reduced from $3,480. Additional information about GroupWise can be accessed on the World Wide Web at
http://www.novell.com/groupwise or through any Novell
sales office. Novell Education has created authorized courses for GroupWise. Information can be found at
http://www.novell.com/education.
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. 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, GroupWise, NetWare and Novell Directory Services are registered trademarks. GroupWise
WebPublisher and NDS are trademarks of Novell, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are
the property of their respective holders.
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