- Novell exteNd 5 wins award for Best Server Application
- Four Novell products named among the finalists, demonstrating Novell's
success in executing on its Linux strategy
- exteNd 5 also honored at Comdex Scandinavia's Web Services Challenge
NEW YORK (LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2004) 01/23/2004 Novell today announced that Novell(R) exteNd(TM) 5, the latest release of its
services-oriented application development suite, won the LinuxWorld Product
Excellence Award for Best Server Application. Winners were selected as the top
product and service innovations and solutions in open computing by a judging
panel of industry experts and were announced by IDG World Expo on the opening
day of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.
In addition to Novell exteNd, three other Novell products were among the
award finalists including SUSE(R) LINUX Openexchange 4.1 for Best Productivity
Application, Ximian(R) Red Carpet Enterprise(TM) 2 for Best System
Administration Tools and Novell Nsure(TM) secure identity management solutions
for Best Security Solution.
"The recognition from the LinuxWorld award judges is a great independent
validation of the progress Novell has made in its commitments to support the
open source community and provide customers with a wide range of products and
support on the Linux platform," said Chris Stone, Novell vice chairman -
Office of the CEO. "It also demonstrates that we have made some smart
acquisitions to go along with our own product development. As a result, Novell
is now the only major vendor to offer a complete stack of enterprise-class
Linux solutions from the desktop to the server."
Novell exteNd was also honored at the WOW (World Organization of
Webmasters) Iron Chef of Web Services Challenge at Comdex Scandinavia 2004
this week. In the live event where each team competes to build the best Web
services application in a limited amount of time, Novell exteNd won the Cool
WOW Factor award for the most appealing application.
"The special award for Cool WOW Factor was about which team created the
most complete and appealing application," said WSCC (Web Services Competence
Center) Coordinator, Lars Hornborg, a member of the judges' panel. "Novell won
this award thanks to not only a well-built application but also for the strong
integration with its portal software."
Novell exteNd 5 helps companies rapidly design and develop Web services to
reach new customers, build more effective partnerships and give employees
faster access to business resources. This award-winning technology, which
shipped this week, is now more accessible to mainstream IT developers with
innovative visual tools and added support for Linux. Its new and visual
approach to building applications allows for legacy integration and the
creation of interactive portals without writing a single line of code.
Novell is demonstrating its Linux solutions, including Novell exteNd 5, at
the LinuxWorld Expo Conference and Expo. For more information about Novell
products, visit http://www.novell.com/products, and for information on
Novell's involvement in the Linux community, visit
http://www.novell.com/linux.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. is a leading provider of information solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell® Nsure™), Web application development (Novell exteNd™) and cross-platform networking services (Novell Nterprise™), all supported by strategic consulting and professional services (Novell NgageSM). Active in the open source community with its Ximian and SUSE Linux brands, Novell is firmly committed to open source and offers comprehensive Linux products and services for the enterprise, from the desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net - a world without information boundaries - helps customers realize the value of their information securely and economically. For more information, call Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272) or visit http://www.novell.com. Press should visit http://www.novell.com/pressroom.
Novell is a registered trademarks; Nsure, exteNd and Nteprise are trademarks; and Ngage is a service mark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE Linux AG. * All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Press Contact:
Jasmin Ul-Haque
Novell, Inc
Phone: +44 (0)1344 326-900
E-mail: juh@novell.com
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