PROVO, Utah — Nov. 20, 2000 — Furthering its position as the leading provider of Net services software, Novell, Inc. announced today that its directory-based software continues to lead the industry in technical excellence. Novell® NDS® eDirectory™, NetWare®, DirXML™ and Novell ICS™ (Internet Caching System) were recently recognized and awarded by customers and industry experts for technical excellence and innovation, reliability, and delivering superior price performance.
Novell is extremely pleased to announce that eDirectory and NetWare won Network World's Reader's Choice Awards for best LDAP Server and best Network Operating System respectively. This award is significant because it's indicative of customers' real-world needs and demonstrates Novell's commitment to continue delivering products that simplify, secure and accelerate eBusiness. Novell customers and influencers continue to recognize Novell for delivering outstanding products that meet the needs of eBusiness. Recent awards include:
Nov. 2000 — Network World 2nd Annual Best Products Survey — Reader's Choice Awards
- NDS eDirectory , best LDAP server. Chosen over iPlanet, Microsoft, Critical Path and others.
- NetWare 5.1, best Network Operating System. Won hands down over WinNT/2000 and Linux.
www.nwfusion.com/best2000/best-user/best-user.html
Nov. 2000 — The Measurement Factory, Inc.'s Third Cache-Off Event
Novell ICS-based OEM partner caching appliances dominated in several areas, including best price/performance value, pure throughput, and performance for a single appliance.
www.measurement-factory.com/results/public/cacheoff/N03/
Jan. 2001 — PC Magazine Technical Innovation Awards (tinas)
- DirXML, best eCommerce tool
www.zdnet.co.uk/pcmag/tinas/2000/21.html
