NDS-based Synchronicity product line saves network administration time and money

PROVO, Utah—September 14, 1999—Novell, Inc. today announced the addition of NetVision's Synchronicity™ integration tools to its product line. This is another example of how to easily integrate Novell® Directory Services® (NDS®) with tools that manage user accounts spanning Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, Windows NT and NetWare® environments. In 1998, Novell made a minority investment in NetVision as part of the Novell Ventures fund, which was established to encourage development of solutions based on NDS and related Internet technologies. Today's announcement reflects the success of this strategy, adding to Novell's directory lead.

Beginning today and based on NDS, Novell will deliver Synchronicity for Notes, Exchange, NT and NetWare through its wide distribution channels. This increases customer choice and positions Novell as the central source for a comprehensive range of directory solutions.

By leveraging NDS, NetVision's Synchronicity product line will help companies positively impact their bottom line:

• Companies can easily adapt to both organization and technology changes, allowing them to get the optimal return on existing investments.
• Cost of administrative resources is reduced as companies can consolidate user data in a single directory repository and manage the information through a single point of administration.
• Increases productivity by reducing common end-user support issues.

"Novell is committed to simplifying network management by making the directory the foundation of our customers' computer networks," said Patti Dock, vice president of product marketing for Novell. "The Synchronicity products will give our customers the freedom to choose the most effective groupware application or network platform for their particular business and manage all of the data with NDS."

Businesses today depend on a variety of applications from a multitude of vendors. Each of these applications may have its own, separate directory that network professionals are charged with keeping in synch. The Synchronicity product line will allow companies to automatically manage changes and updates to the various directories contained in their network environment. Each of the products in the Synchronicity family will make managing network data more efficient by minimizing the manual updates and redundant tasks network administrators currently endure. By synchronizing the disparate directories in a network, updates will only need to be made once and end-users will only require one login password for the network and all operating systems and applications.

"With Novell, NetVision is helping customers center their network around the leading directory service, NDS" said Todd Lawson, president of NetVision. "Based on NDS, Synchronicity saves network administrators countless man hours through directory synchronization. By automating directory updates across the network, IS professionals become free to expand their companies network to the Internet and attend to more strategic, business-critical issues."

Pricing and Availability
The Synchronicity product line will be available through Novell sales channels beginning today. Licenses to use each of the Synchronicity products including Synchronicity for Notes, Exchange, NT and NetWare 3 will be available for $18 per user MSRP. To order, customers may contact an authorized Novell reseller or call (888) 321-4272. Additional information about NDS and the Synchronicity product line is available on Novell's Web site http://www.novell.com/products/synchronicity.

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 Synchronicity and other customized solutions based on NDS 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.

About Novell

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the leading provider of network software enabled by directory services. Novell solutions give customers total control of business networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. 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 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. For information on the Year 2000 status of Novell products, please access Novell's Year 2000 Web site at http://www.novell.com/year2000 or contact Novell's Customer Response Center at year2000@novell.com.

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

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