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Industry Awards Cap Strong Comdex Showing for Novell's Directory-Based Network Solutions PC Week, VAR Business, and PC Magazine Grant Top Honors to Novell Products LAS VEGAS (COMDEX/Fall '98) -- November 19, 1998 -- Novell®, Inc., a focus of industry attention this week for its Cisco Systems partnership announcement and directory- enabled Internet demonstration, capped its participation in Comdex/Fall '98 with awards from top industry publications for its directory-enabled NetWare® 5, BorderManager™ Enterprise Edition 3, GroupWise 5.5®, and SQL Integrator products. In VAR Business' annual "Top 100 Products," Novell captured top honors for 1998 in three categories. Novell's NetWare 5 network server platform was chosen as one of five "best of the best in 1998 " by VAR Business editors, selected for "technical excellence, reliability and quality, popularity with resellers and systems integrators" and for "impact on the industry as a whole." Novell's GroupWise 5.5 messaging solution won in the Groupware category, beating Lotus Notes and Microsoft's Exchange Server. Novell's BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 Internet security management suite was chosen among the top 3 solutions in the Internet Security category PC Computing bestowed its prestigious MVP Award to Novell's GroupWise 5.5, stating, "GroupWise is no mere e-mail package. GroupWise makes it possible to take teamwork to the next level; even if your team is scattered across the country. Sharing documents is easier than ever with GroupWise's new document library, which prevents duplicate copies and saves you server space." Editors put thousands of products through PC Computing's Business Labs to determine which scored best in usability, reliability, performance and return on investment. The MVP award celebrates innovation, technology, usability, and overall design. Novell also received nominations from PC Week's Best of Comdex competition for SQL Integrator database access solution and BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3. SQL Integrator was nominated in the Best Networking Software category for software-based products that conform to and improve standards-based network architectures, while BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 was a finalist in the Best Internet Software category, which recognized effective use of open standards in both public and private information networks.
About BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 Novell BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 is the complete Internet security management suite that enables businesses to leverage the power of Novell Directory Services (NDS) on NetWare, UNIX and NT networks. This standards-based suite allows organizations of all sizes to cost-effectively deploy industry leading firewall, virtual private networking (VPN), authentication and caching services for comprehensive security protection. Taking advantage of tight integration with NDS, BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3 is the first security management solution to deliver secure single sign-on for users accessing confidential company information from any location - the Internet, intranet or extranet.About NetWare 5 NetWare® 5 is the #1 network for Internet-enabled businesses. Through NDS, it centralizes management of entire heterogeneous networks-delivering an average 69 percent savings in administrative costs over non-directory-based systems. It supports open standards including pure IP, runs next-generation distributed applications, and delivers reliable networking services-at the lowest total cost of network ownership.
About GroupWise 5.5 GroupWise is the easiest to use, lowest cost-of-ownership collaboration product on the market. GroupWise expands e-mail with integrated features such as calendaring, scheduling, and document management. GroupWise is a secure, Year 2000 ready collaboration solution. And GroupWise supports open Internet standards allowing it to be used from any Web browser, other e-mail clients, and numerous hand-held devices. Right now, GroupWise collaboration allows you to easily gather, access, and communicate information.
About Novell SQL Integrator Novell SQL Integrator accelerates database application development by allowing applications to integrate the data managed by Windows NT, and UNIX databases anywhere on the network. In addition, the solution enables high-performance data access via Java and Web applications and across multiple platforms. Novell SQL Integrator provides access to database products developed by the industry's largest database vendors. Products supported include Oracle, Informix, Sybase, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access and flat file databases.
About Novell Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's largest network software company and the leader in directory-enabled network solutions. Novell solutions make networks more manageable and secure and reduce the total cost of ownership for organizations of every kind and size. Novell's worldwide channel, developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry.For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at www.novell.com/pressroom. Novell, NDS, Novell Directory Services and GroupWise are registered trademarks and BorderManager is a trademark of Novell, Inc.
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