Marty Moore
Senior Public Relations Associate
Digital River, Inc.
952-253-8678
mmoore@digitalriver.com

Michelle Gjerde
Director Corporate Communications
Digital River, Inc.
952-253-8465
michelle@digitalriver.com

IR Contact:

Al Galgano
VP Investor Relations
Digital River, Inc.
952-253-8406
agalgano@digitalriver.com

For Novell:
Laurie Brooks
Brodeur Worldwide
801-765-1500
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NOVELL SELECTS DIGITAL RIVER FOR OUTSOURCED E-COMMERCE SERVICES

Digital River Selected to Support shopNovell as Online E-Commerce Site Enters International Markets

MINNEAPOLIS, MN and PROVO, UT, October 11, 2000 —Digital River, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRIV), the world’s largest Commerce Service Provider, today announced an agreement with Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), the leading provider of Net services software, to support Novell’s eBusiness-commerce initiatives via an expanded e-commerce model. Novell, Inc. is the world's leading provider of directory-enabled networking software. Novell solutions give businesses control of their private networks and the Internet, simplifying the management of user access and identity. Novell's worldwide channel, consulting, developer, education and technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry.

Under the agreement, Digital River will manage shopNovellÔ , Novell’s online commerce site site at

According to Mark Taylor, vice president of channel sales, Novell chose Digital River for their expertise, solid infrastructure and performance commitments. The shopNovell Net Services solutions portal will provide global e-commerce opportunities for Novell in United States,Latin America and Asia, with localized shopNovell sites in Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa coming in the next quarter.

"The shopNovell Net Services solutions portal is designed to appeal to consumers and extended channel markets who prefer to access products and services online," Taylor said. "Outsourcing these operations to Digital River provides a cost-savings, and leverages their online marketing services and strong e-commerce management expertise, for a complete outsourcing solution."

"Novell is truly an industry giant that is leading the charge in the next wave of e-commerce," said Jay Kerutis, Executive Vice President of Digital River's Software and Digital Commerce Services Division. "This gives Novell an opportunity to grow shopNovell based on a very scalable system while expanding sales of their market-leading Net services software titles globally."

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), is a leading provider of Net services software that delivers services to secure and power all types of networks — the Internet, intranets, and extranets; wired to wireless; corporate and public — across leading operating systems. Novell’s Net services software provides the foundation for one Net — a single global network that supports new applications and forms of business. Worldwide channel, consulting, education and technical support programs, along with strategic alliances, combine Novell Net services software with third-party products and services to form complete Net solutions.

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 http://www.novell.com. Press may access Novell announcements and company information on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com/news/press/pressroom. In addition, detailed comparisons between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at http://www.novell.com/competitive.

Novell, NetWare, and NDS are registered trademarks, and ConsoleOne, eDirectory and Novell SecretStore are trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. *All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV) is the world’s largest Commerce Service Provider (CSP), providing over 8,000 companies with complete, outsourced commerce solutions. The Company’s e-commerce services include site development and hosting, order and transaction management, system integration, product fulfillment, e-marketing and customer service. Digital River’s clients include Fujitsu, 3M, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Autodesk, Adaptec, Block Financial, Staples.com, CompUSA, Fox Interactive and Egghead.com. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate web site at http://www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.

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Novell, is a registered trademark, and shopNovell is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.