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Novell Honors 2003 Service Excellence Award Winners
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PROVO, Utah - April 25, 2003 - Technical support is a critical component for ensuring customers get the most from their technology investments. As customers deploy increasingly complex technology solutions to seize the opportunities of a Web-based world, they need to know that they can get help when they need it. Novell and its partners team to deliver world-class technical support for Novell solutions.

In recognition of the vital role of partners, Novell has named 11 business partners as recipients of the 2003 Novell Service Excellence Awards. Honored at BrainShare 2003 in Salt Lake City, the winners were chosen from among Novell's Platinum-level partners in the United States and Canada. Partners were evaluated on their expertise on Novell solutions, the training of their engineers, the quality and speed of their support for customers, and their commitment to selling and supporting Novell solutions.

Recipients of support awards in 2003 are:

Alphanumeric Systems, Inc, Southeast Region
Denmac Systems, Inc., Chicago
CBE Technologies, Inc., New England
HP Services, national
Integrated Information Systems, Madison, Wisconsin
The Harding Group, Inc., Arlington, Texas
Novacoast, Southern California
RDA Enterprises, Inc., New York
Strategic Network Consulting, Houston, Texas
SunTel Services, Detroit
Tenet Computer Group Inc., Ontario, Canada

"We need partners to be successful," said Mike Lyons, vice president, Technical Services for Novell. "We sell solutions to our customers, which means not just products, but services like consulting, technical support and education. There's no way we can reach the whole market without quality partners like these. Our customers can have confidence that, whether they're talking to us or to one of our support partners, they'll get what they need to optimize their Novell investment."

For information about Novell Technical Services, see http://support.novell.com. For information about Novell partnering opportunities, visit http://www.novell.com/partners.

Press contacts:
Bruce Lowry
Novell, Inc.
Phone: (415) 591-6523
E-mail: blowry@novell.com