WALTHAM, Mass. — Mar. 17, 2004 — Novell today launched the Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 Application Partner portal, providing special offers from participating Novell application partners to suite customers. In addition, Novell confirmed that the previously announced Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 Starter Pack is now available worldwide.

The portal features a list of vendors divided by category, including antivirus, backup, fax server and office suites. Customers can view the details of each partner's offer and click on specific links for each offer. Offers vary and include trial software, exclusive discounts on product purchased through the Application Partner portal, and product rebates. The Application Partner portal is located at http://www.novell.com/nsbs_partnerportal and is also accessible through the product Web page at http://www.novell.com/products/smallbiz. A valid Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 serial number is required.

"Tobit is excited to participate in the new Novell Small Business Suite 6.5 Application Partner portal," said Dieter van Acken, Tobit Software AG public relations manager. "As a Novell Small Business Suite application partner for many years, Tobit has met the faxing needs of thousands of Novell customers worldwide through products like our Tobit FaxWare and FaxWare for GroupWise products. We are excited to now provide these customers an expanded set of services with David XL (valid for one year, 50 users, four ports), a product of the highest European communication standards that offers so much more than just faxing services."

Other Application Partner portal participants include Beginfinite, NovaStor, ACCPAC and OpenOffice.org. More partner offers will continue to be added. For more information about Novell Small Business Suite 6.5, visit http://www.novell.com/products/smallbiz.

Novell PR Contact:
Kevan Barney
Phone: (801) 861-2931
E-mail: kbarney@novell.com