Novell Executive Details Vision of "The Intranet" as Next Major Stage in
Network Computing

"The Intranet Is the New LAN," Says Steve Markman, Executive Vice
President, Novell Products Group

INTERNET WORLD, SAN JOSE, CALIF., -- MAY 2, 1996 -- "Intranets--internal
corporate networks enhanced with World Wide Web technology and secured
against inappropriate access--represent the next major stage in the
evolution of local-area network computing," said Steve Markman, executive
vice president and general manager, Novell Products Group, in a keynote
address delivered today at the Internet World trade show. After discussing
the tremendous potential benefits of intranets as tools to help businesses
more efficiently integrate diverse information technology, share
information, communicate and collaborate, Markman went on to outline the
Novell network solutions that are helping customers evolve their corporate
networks to intranets today.

"The Internet is red hot, but the more recent notion of using Internet
technology inside businesses--the concept of internal intranets-- is
becoming even hotter," said Markman to an audience of thousands. "The
intranet should be much more than a place to post important corporate
information, it should be a consistent interface for accessing all the
resources and services on your private corporate network, and on public
networks, including the Internet."

Markman explained how Novell is leveraging its leadership in network
software, with an installed base of over 3.5 million networks and 55
million users, to make it easy for businesses of all sizes to implement
intranets. He explained how Novell solutions integrate Novell Directory
Services (NDS) and other leading Novell software with Web technologies
such as the Netscape Navigator browser, Sun's Java programming language,
and Open Market's Electronic Commerce software in the most secure,
reliable, manageable, and high-performance Intranets available to
businesses today.

Markman used the keynote to introduce two new Novell solutions announced at
Internet World: NetWare Web Server 2.5, the top performing Web Server on
the Intel platform and the first to enable customers to browse Novell
Directory Services for information on network users and resources; and the
Novell InnerWeb Publisher, a complete intranet publishing suite that
includes the NetWare Web Server, a web browser, a web-page authoring tool,
and all necessary network software in a cost-effective product bundle.

Markman demonstrated the advantages to customers of integration of Web
services with Novell Directory Services--the de facto standard distributed
directory for finding and managing information on private and public
networks. He showed how directory-enabled intranet solutions such as the
NetWare Web Server enable businesses to store and access information such
as E-Mail addresses, Web site addresses, user names, security permissions,
and application components as objects in the directory.

Access to directory information, Markman explained, will greatly simplify
management and increase user productivity on intranets that are fast,
robust, reliable, and secure.

Novell (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading network software provider.
Novell software provides the infrastructure for the 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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