Novell Increases Message Throughput with New NetWare Loadable Module
Gateways for GroupWise

GroupWise Users Benefit From Enhanced Performance and Ease of System
Management

OREM, Utah -- Jan. 8, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced the availability
of several new gateways for GroupWise that increase message throughput,
reduce customer hardware requirements, and simplify system management by
running directly on NetWare 3 and 4 servers as NetWare Loadable Modules
(NLMs). The new NLMs can process up to five times as many messages as the
same GroupWise gateways running on DOS or OS/2, while enabling customers
to integrate management of the network and messaging system on the same
cost-effective server platform.

The new NLM gateways for GroupWise include Async for remote connections;
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), for direct Internet E-mail access;
X.400, for integration with native and X.400-compliant environments;
OfficeVision/VM (PROFS), for communication with IBM PROFS users; and
SNADS, for access to IBM's SNADS users.

"These new NLMs address the two major issues associated with running a
messaging system: implementation costs and speed," said Steve Adams, vice
president, marketing, Novell GroupWare Division. "These products reduce
the number of server machines required to maintain the system, as well as
cut system administration costs. Furthermore, integration between
GroupWise, NetWare, and Novell's ManageWise network management solution
produces even lower system costs for organizations, and more simplified
tasks for system administrators and MIS managers."

"As one of Novell's primary GroupWise integrators, teltrust.com relies on
the powerful throughput of the Async NLM gateway to provide support for
more than 4000 external domains on our Novell reseller RECS-Hub," said
Sean O'Gwin, vice president, consulting services, teltrust.com. "Because
the NLMs take full advantage of the multi-threading environment of
NetWare, we now have a more reliable messaging system that will
accommodate multiple thousands of users. We also save a significant amount
of money on hardware by running the NLM right on the file server."

The NLM gateways for GroupWise are key components in Novell's strategy to
provide rich access to a Smart Global Network from a broad range of
desktop and server platforms. All GroupWise gateways provide common
services, ensuring the consistent handling of message information as it
flows in and out of the GroupWise system. Novell is the only messaging
vendor in the industry that designs, builds and supports its own gateways
to connect GroupWise customers to multiple E-mail systems, including the
Internet.

NLM Gateways

Async NLM Gateway - The Async NLM gateway connects remote users and
GroupWise domains across a dial-up connection. This multi- threaded
gateway supports up to 32 modems.

SMTP NLM Gateway - The SMTP NLM gateway allows GroupWise users to
send/receive Internet E-mail messages. The GroupWise Universal In Box is
the access point for all messages. Each GroupWise user is automatically
assigned a native Internet address. Support for Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME) to be released in Q1'96 will also allow GroupWise users
to seamlessly exchange messages with other SMTP and MIME-compliant
Internet mail users for more accurate interpretation and presentation by
the receiving mail agent.

X.400 NLM Gateway - The X.400 NLM gateway allows GroupWise to operate on an
X.400 backbone or Value-Added Network. The GroupWise client becomes an
X.400-compliant User Agent that can exchange messages with native X.400
User Agents or other messaging systems that use an X.400-compliant
gateway. Each GroupWise user is automatically assigned an X.400 address.

Office Vision/VM NLM Gateway - The OV/VM NLM gateway lets GroupWise users
and IBM's Office Vision/VM (formerly PROFS) users exchange messages,
appointments and attachments. The gateway also supports directory
synchronization, bi-directional scheduler free-time searches, and user
migration.

SNADS NLM Gateway - IBM's SNADS is a mail routing system that runs on mini-
and mainframe computers using an IBM operating system. The GroupWise SNADS
NLM gateway lets GroupWise and SNADS users exchange messages, appointments
and attachments with SNADS-based E-mail systems.

5 Million Users Worldwide

With 5 million users worldwide including Kinko's Copy Centers and Domino's
Pizza, GroupWise was the first and remains the only enterprise- wide,
collaborative computing application to integrate electronic mail, personal
calendaring, group scheduling, task management, Internet messages, faxes,
paging, rules-based message management and workflow routing. Its Universal
In Box allows users to access and act on information in one place,
eliminating the need to piece together information from separate
applications or gather information from several different locations.
Because of its messaging-based architecture, GroupWise is able to deliver
and receive information immediately instead of making users wait for
predetermined replication periods.

Availability and Pricing

The Async, SMTP and X.400 gateways are now available. The Office Vision/VM
and SNADS gateways will be available in Q1'96. The GroupWise NLM gateways
are sold separately from the GroupWise Admin/Client pack and Server Pack.
Suggested retail prices for the NLM gateways are Async, $495; SMTP,
$2,995; X.400, $4,295; and the Office Vision/VM and SNADS NLM gateways,
$9,995 each. For more information on the GroupWise NLM gateways or other
GroupWare products and services, please call Novell GroupWare Product
Information at (800) 861-2507 or access the Novell 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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