Novell Simplifies Conversion to NetWare 4.1 with Partner ToolKit

Migration Tools Available to Novell Partners Convert NT Server, LAN
Manager, LAN Server to Industry-Leading NetWare 4.1 and NDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- January 16, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced
the availability of sophisticated migration tools that enable companies to
quickly and easily migrate to NetWare 4.1 and NetWare Directory Services
(NDS) from Microsoft NT Server, Microsoft LAN Manager and IBM LAN Server.
These tools are being made available on a special Migration Edition of the
Novell Consulting ToolKit, which will be distributed to partners attending
Novell's annual Enterprise Consulting Partners Forum here today.

Novell's Enterprise Consulting Partners will use the ToolKit to help their
customers migrate to NetWare 4.1 and NDS from competing networks, allowing
customers to reap the benefits of a single, integrated information system
that is easier to access, easier to administer, and less expensive to own,
operate and maintain. The ToolKit includes a migration tool, a Server
Message Block (SMB) compatibility tool, and additional client migration
resources including methodologies, notes from Novell research, and other
conversion utilities.

Novell's Enterprise Consulting Partners are a select group of the
industry's leading systems integrators and consulting organizations. These
partners deliver flexible and competitive client/server solutions built on
Novell's distributed network services for customers with large,
enterprise-wide networks.

INTELSAT is the international telecommunications satellite company,
headquartered in Washington, D.C. Alfonso Guilaran, INTELSAT LAN analyst,
said, "Our biggest concern in migrating and consolidating from Microsoft
LAN Manager and NT Servers to NetWare 4.1 was our ability to identically
configure customer access to applications and data in the NetWare 4.1
environment. The migration tools provided by Novell made it simple and
automated the work for us."

"At the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA) corporate offices, we've been
migrating from LAN Server to NetWare 4.1," said Eric Wilson, MasterCNE for
The Harding Group, a systems integrator in Arlington, Texas. "Our concern
was the ability for our users to still access applications and resources
without having to visit every desktop at the time of the migration. The
Novell ToolKit has been unbelieveably easy to use and the SMB emulation
tool alone makes this ToolKit priceless."

The Migration Edition of this ToolKit provides system integrators and
consultants with the ability to provide across-the-wire migration from NT
Server, LAN Server, and LAN Manager networks to Novell's NetWare 4.1. This
capability enables data files to be migrated directly across the network
from the source server to the destination server, automatically converting
user information, access rights and data from other environments to NDS on
NetWare. This migration method saves considerable time by preserving
users' names, permissions, account information and file system data on the
source server. Existing utilities to migrate users from Banyan Vines and
NetWare 3 to NetWare 4 are also included on the ToolKit.

Also included in the ToolKit is a Server Message Block NetWare Loadable
Module (NLM) that allows users to continue to run line-of-business
applications without changing their client software during the migration.
This enables network managers to smoothly transition to the new operating
system environment by switching over the server to NetWare--without having
to visit each client workstation the day of conversion. Users experience
zero down time and network managers can complete client conversion at
another date.

"We developed these migration tools in response to the enterprise customers
worldwide who are turning to NetWare 4.1 and NDS to lower their cost of
network ownership, help their network administrators and users work more
efficiently, and ensure they're on the right network path for the future,"
said Bob Wise, vice president, Novell Consulting. "With NDS quickly
becoming the central service that ties together the enterprise network,
these tools combined with the expertise of our Enterprise Consulting
Partners will help ensure customers' transition to NetWare 4.1 and NDS is
as fast and easy as possible."

In support of the Migration Edition of the ToolKit, Novell Consulting will
be offering migration workshops for Novell channel partners between
February and April 1996 at more than 15 locations throughout North
America. These workshops will also be offered at Novell offices in Europe,
Asia and Latin America. In addition, Novell Consulting will be hosting
migration sessions during the company's annual BrainShare developer's
conference in March.

The Migration Edition of the Novell Consulting ToolKit will be generally
available to all Novell Consulting Partners and Platinum and Gold
partners, at no charge beginning in February. Novell customers and other
interested parties can subscribe to the Consulting ToolKit for a small
annual fee by calling 801-429-5387, or completing the subscription form in
Novell's web site.

For more information about Novell's Enterprise Consulting Partners, call
1-800-346-6855 or 801-429-7557, or visit Programs in Novell's World Wide
Web site at http://www.novell.com.

Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider.
Novell software provides the infrastructure for a networked world,
enabling our customers to connect with other people and the information
they need, anytime and anyplace. Novell partners with other technology and
market leaders to help customers make networks a part of their everyday
lives.
 
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