Novell NetWare 4.1, GroupWise 4.1 Win PC Week IT Excellence Awards

First Annual Corporate IT Excellence Awards recognize excellence in product
design and implementation

OREM, UTAH -- MAY 13, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. has announced that two of its
products, NetWare 4.1 and GroupWise 4.1, have been recognized by PC Week
in its First Annual Corporate IT Excellence Awards. The awards from PC
Week, a leading industry trade publication, honor products that best meet
the enterprise-wide needs of corporate information technology (IT)
professionals through excellence in product design and implementation.
NetWare 4.1 was recognized for offering the best Operating System/Network,
File and Print Services, while GroupWise 4.1 was named the best
Groupware/Mail solution. This is the sixteenth award NetWare 4.1 has won
since its 1994 launch and the fifth GroupWise 4.1 has won since its
introduction in 1994. The award winners were determined through rigorous
quantitative and qualitative testing of more than 1,000 products in PC
Week Labs.

"In conjunction with NetWare's recent Network Computing Well-Connected
Award for 'Best Network Operating System (NOS),' the PC Week award
highlights the industry's continuing recognition that Novell provides the
best networking solutions to meet business needs," said William Donahoo,
vice president of marketing for Novell's NetWare Products Division.
"Businesses increasingly implement NetWare 4.1 to reap the benefits of
intranet/Internet solutions, as well as NetWare's proven reliability,
scalability and directory environment. According to a recent International
Data Corporation (IDC) report, NetWare shipped more connections in 1995
than all other server operating systems combined, demonstrating NetWare's
growing momentum as the NOS standard for users, resellers and
developers."

"GroupWise continues to earn praise and recognition in the industry and
from users as the fastest-growing messaging solution," said Stewart
Nelson, vice president and general manager of Novell's GroupWare Division.
"With more than six million users, GroupWise has the largest installed
base of any groupware product. GroupWise sales are growing at a compound
annual rate of 75 percent, as increasing numbers of businesses turn to
GroupWise for messaging and groupware solutions that are easy to implement
and use right out of the box."

NetWare 4.1 is the latest version of Novell's market-leading NOS, which
commands 63 percent of the server operating system market according to a
recent IDC report. GroupWise offers messaging, calendaring and scheduling,
and a Universal In Box that allows users to receive and send internal and
Internet e-mail, voice mail, faxes, pages, schedule requests and task
management assignments in a single location.

Both NetWare 4.1 and GroupWise 4.1 support Novell Directory Services (NDS),
Novell's industry-standard global directory services. NDS simplifies
users' access to network resources and information, eases administration
and reduces the cost of network ownership for businesses of all sizes. The
tight integration between NetWare and GroupWise enables users to leverage
NDS to provide global directory services and a single point of
administration for both messaging and network resources. The integration
of NetWare and GroupWise through NDS demonstrates Novell's commitment to
simplify the complexities of networking and enable people to connect to
each other and to the information they need.

"PC Week Labs chose NetWare 4.1 as the best network operating system
because of its industrial strength and proven track record, as well as its
NDS, which simplifies the integration and management of heterogeneous,
wide area enterprise networks," said Dave Berlind, director of PC Week
Labs. "We also recognized GroupWise as the only solution that provides a
true Universal In Box, as well as extensive cross-platform support for
both clients and servers."

"The single point of administration provided by NDS greatly reduces the
burden of managing my network, freeing my time for more business-critical
tasks," said Bob Hanson, systems support analyst for LAN/WAN computer
systems at General Nutrition Corporation (GNC). "By using GroupWise as
well as NetWare, I'm able to leverage my investment in NDS to simplify my
users' access to messaging as well as network information and resources."

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is the world's leading networking software
provider. Novell's software provides the infrastructure for a networked
world, enabling 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 part of their everyday
lives. For more information about NetWare 4.1, GroupWise 4.1 and Novell's
other software solutions, visit Novell's Web site at
http://www.novell.com.
 
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