New NetWare Web Server Brings the Power of Novell Directory Services to
Corporate Intranets and the Internet

Allows Users to Browse Directory for Fast Access to Critical Information on
Network Users and Resources

INTERNET WORLD, SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- APRIL 30, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today
announced NetWare Web Server 2.5, the fastest web server on the market and
the only web server that allows users to browse critical information in
Novell Directory Services (NDS). Additionally, NetWare Web Server 2.5
features Java applet support and gives developers the broadest choice of
interfaces available with a web server today. Combined, these new features
make it easier for customers to publish, access and manage information on
corporate intranets and the Internet.

"This significantly enhanced NetWare Web Server reaffirms Novell's
commitment to providing high-performance solutions for corporate intranets
and the Internet," said Vic Langford, senior vice president and general
manager of Novell's Internet/Intranet Services Business Unit. "This
product meets real customer needs today and provides many of the key
technologies customers will need tomorrow," he added.

New Features and Benefits

NetWare Web Server 2.5 is a NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) that lets
customers utilize NetWare servers as the core of their fully fledged web
sites. Users can install and configure the software and create a web page
quickly and easily on an existing NetWare 4.x server, without having to
learn any new languages or protocols. The new features of the product
are:

NDS browsing capabilities -- The de facto industry directory standard,
Novell Directory Services is a distributed database that presents all
network users and resources as objects that can be located, viewed and
managed from a single location. The new directory-enabled NetWare Web
Server improves productivity and simplifies network management by allowing
users to access information stored in the NDS tree. The information, such
as user names, e-mail addresses, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and
listings of computers, applications and other resources, can be stored
securely in NDS and made accessible to appropriate users through their web
browsers.

Java applet support -- Java-coded applications, called applets, can be
embedded into web pages and then executed by the browser. This is
particularly useful for processing intensive or time-sensitive elements of
a web page, such as in multimedia applications.

Enhanced performance -- In recent independent tests against Microsoft's
Internet Information Server 1.0 and Netscape's Communications Server 1.12,
NetWare Web Server 2.5 outperformed the competition, in some cases by up
to 400 percent. This means that NetWare Web Server can handle more
traffic, giving users a comfortable margin for peak loads today and
providing room for growth tomorrow.

Development interfaces -- NetWare Web Server 2.5 is the only web server to
offer three interfaces for developers, allowing them to simply and easily
develop applications for use with NetWare and the NetWare Web Server. The
new product includes a Local Common Gateway Interface (L-CGI) extension,
as well as a Remote-CGI (R-CGI) extension and, through Novell's Net2000
API initiative, VisualBasic, C++ or Java tools.

Other Major Features and Benefits

Symmetric Multi-processing -- NetWare Web Server supports NetWare 4.1
Symmetric Multi-processing (SMP). This enables users to scale their
NetWare Web Server to different numbers of microprocessors, allowing the
NetWare Web Server to handle large numbers of "hits" or user requests.

NetWare 4.1 Runtime -- NetWare Web Server includes the core NetWare 4.1
operating system, NetWare 4.1 Runtime. This gives customers a
cost-effective way to implement the NetWare Web Server on a dedicated
runtime server in either a NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x environment.

System Fault Tolerance -- To assure the utmost reliability, NetWare Web
Server is fully compatible with NetWare SFT III, providing fault-tolerant
performance 24 hours a day, every day.

Pricing and Availability

NetWare Web Server 2.5 will be available in June through Authorized Novell
Channel Partners for the suggested retail price of US$995. The new version
is an integral part of the new web-publishing suite, Novell InnerWeb
Publisher, which was also announced today. (See related release.)

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL), is the world's leading networking 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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