New Bundle Offers Web-based Tools to Meet Faculty's Collaboration and Students' Messaging Needs

PROVO, Utah — August 11, 1999 — Novell, Inc. today announced the availability of a new solution bundle for the education market. The bundle provides students with access to simple e-mail and fulfills faculty's requirements for full collaboration by combining Novell® GroupWise® and the Novell Internet Messaging System™ (NIMS). Leveraging Novell Directory Services® (NDS®), the bundle also provides administrators with a single point of management for both systems to simplify network management of end-users and resources.

Today's network solutions can be complex, expensive and challenging to manage. These messaging obstacles are particularly apparent to educational institutions, which service two very distinct groups. While faculty and staff often need extensive collaboration capabilities, like group scheduling and document management, students generally use only simple e-mail. For institutions to meet the messaging requirements of both groups, they currently install and administer two independent messaging systems, adding complexity and cost to network management. The Novell GroupWise-NIMS Bundle is a cost-effective solution to these challenges.

By implementing the extensive collaboration capabilities of GroupWise and the fast, simple e-mail offered by NIMS, educators gain a reliable, easy-to-use and highly scalable messaging infrastructure that meets the needs of both groups. And because both GroupWise and NIMS are based on NDS — the enterprise-proven platform that allows management of applications, information, profiles and digital identity — administrators can manage their entire network and all its resources from a single point, greatly simplifying network management.

"This bundle is a cost-effective solution that addresses both faculty and student needs," said Tom Rhoton, director of marketing for Novell. "It not only provides education customers with a comprehensive messaging and collaboration solution, its integration with NDS simplifies user management. If you think about the number of students and faculty members these institutions need to update and manage on these systems, the NDS integration is a major incentive to purchase this solution."

About Novell Internet Messaging System

Novell Internet Messaging System is a highly scalable, standards-based messaging server with an infrastructure design that provides maximum speed, reliability and performance. Some of the key benefits NIMS provides both end-users and network administrators are:

• Ease of use — NIMS allows end-users to access multiple e-mail accounts (such as at work, home and school) via a single mailbox and update their passwords or settings without administrative support.
• Manageability — Through integration with NDS, NIMS simplifies network management by automatically creating or deleting mailboxes each time user or resource information is updated in the NDS database. Also, because NIMS is based on open standards, administrators can manage users and systems via any Web browser.
• Security — NIMS's robust security, based on NDS, is made possible by verification of identity and control of user access.

About Novell GroupWise

A collaboration solution that has extensive group scheduling and document management capabilities, Novell GroupWise has garnered numerous industry awards, including Computer Reseller News' Channel Champion for Groupware Platforms (June 1999) and Network Magazine's Groupware Product of the Year (May 1999). Based on open standards and Year 2000 compliant, end-users can access GroupWise from any Web browser, numerous e-mail clients and various hand-held devices.

Pricing, Availability and Support

The Novell GroupWise-NIMS Bundle is available today to all Novell education customers under an Academic License Agreement or a School License Agreement. For more information about the bundle, call Novell's Customer Response Center at 888-321-4CRC (4272).

Novell Consulting Rapid Deployment Solution

Novell Consulting's Rapid Deployment program reduces customers' deployment time by 30 to 50 percent. Networking consulting experts will design, plan, pilot and rapidly deploy the Novell GroupWise-NIMS Bundle in a customer's environment, thus providing immediate business benefits and a competitive advantage from this technology. This Rapid Deployment Solution is implemented quickly and optimally the first time, allowing users and network administrators to immediately become more productive. To order Rapid Deployment Solutions or a Novell Systems Services Agreement, select "Engage Consulting" at the Novell Consulting Web site (http://consulting.novell.com) or call 800-861-2955.

About Novell

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading provider of directory-enabled networking software. Novell solutions give businesses total control of their private networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. Novell's worldwide channel, consulting, 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 http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/pressroom. In addition, detailed comparisons between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/advantage.

Novell, GroupWise, NDS and Novell Directory Services are registered trademarks, and Novell Internet Messaging System is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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