Novell gives customers the knowledge and training to reduce costs and increase productivity in today's mixed networks

Who: Novell, Inc., the leading provider of Net services software.

What: Novell, Inc. today announced the launch of the Novell® Net Manageability Tour for customers in the United States and Canada. The 29-city tour is designed to help Novell customers eliminate the complexity of today's mixed networks by creating and maintaining continuity across different operating systems, applications and platforms using Novell's Net services software. The creation of this one Net environment allows companies to realize dramatically increased productivity and decreased administrative overhead through centralized management of mixed NetWare, Windows NT/2000, Linux, Solaris and Tru64 Unix networks, as well as remote desktop management and seamless collaboration. The Net Manageability Tour, starting today in Vancouver, British Columbia, will highlight a number of the Net services software products enabling these business benefits, such as Novell NDS® eDirectory™, Novell GroupWise® 6, Novell NetWare® 6, Novell iChain™, Novell Single Sign-On, ZENworks™ for Desktops 3 and ZENworks for Servers 2.

Where: Following is the list of Novell Net Manageability Tour cities and dates:
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1
Seattle, Wash., May 2
Portland, Ore., May 3
Toronto, Ontario, May 3
Buffalo, N.Y., May 4
Kansas City, Mo., May 8
St. Louis, Mo., May 9
New York, N.Y., May 8
New York, N.Y., May 9
Philadelphia, Pa., May 10
Washington D.C., May 11
San Diego, Calif., May 15
Chicago, Ill., May 15
Chicago, Ill., May 16
Los Angeles, Calif., May 16
Los Angeles, Calif., May 17
Indianapolis, Ind., May 17
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 18
Detroit, Mich., May 22
Houston, Texas, May 23
Cleveland, Ohio, May 23
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 24
Austin, Texas, May 24
Dallas, Texas, May 25
Montreal, Quebec, May 29
Baltimore, Md., May 29
Boston, Mass., May 30
Edmonton, Alberta, May 30
Calgary, Alberta, May 31

How: Customers can register for the Novell Net Manageability Tour by going to www.novellregister.com. 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.

Novell, NetWare, NDS and GroupWise are registered trademarks, and eDirectory, iChain and ZENworks are trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Press Contact:
Shawn Dickerson
Novell, Inc
Phone:801-861-2932
E-mail: sdickerson@novell.com