NOVELL ANNOUNCES NEW NETWARE-UNIX CONNECTIVITY SOLUTION

New NetWare 4 Edition Improves UNIX-NetWare Integration, Offers Centralized
Management of NetWare and UNIX User Accounts Through NetWare Distributed
Services

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- April 11, 1995 -- In a move to more tightly integrate
NetWare and UNIX environments, Novell Inc. today announced NetWare NFS
Services 2.1 --NetWare 4 Edition. The product offers users transparent
file, print and resource sharing between NetWare 4 and UNIX, while giving
network managers a single point of administration for user accounts across
the two environments.

NetWare NFS Services runs as a set of NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs) on
NetWare 4.1 servers and requires no additional hardware or software on
UNIX systems to provide full bi-directional resource sharing for users in
both NetWare and UNIX environments. Version 2.1 is designed specifically
for NetWare 4 and adds several significant features, including centralized
NetWare and UNIX account administration; full integration with Novell's
NetWare Directory Services (NDS); and full Domain Name System (DNS) and
Network Information Service (NIS) support.

According to Computer Intelligence's database of U.S. sites, 29 percent of
the country's NetWare sites also have UNIX. "It's increasingly common to
find NetWare and UNIX existing side-by-side in larger networking
installations, and that trend is likely to accelerate as we see more users
deploying NetWare 4," Stan Schatt, LAN Services director at Computer
Intelligence. "Any product that can help users move easily between the two
environments is therefore becoming more important."

"NetWare and UNIX coexistence is critical for Novell users in medium and
large accounts," said Steve Tucker, vice president and general manager of
Novell's Advanced Access Applications Division. "NetWare NFS Services
removes many of the barriers to integrating the two environments and
encourages users to continue using both NetWare and UNIX without forcing
them to standardize on one or the other."

Ed Hargrave, network manager at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver,
British Columbia served as a beta tester for NetWare NFS Services. His
network contains 46 NetWare servers and about 4500 PC, Macintosh and UNIX
clients. The university is currently running NetWare 3 and plans to
migrate all servers to NetWare 4. According to Hargrave, NetWare NFS
Services will enable users to share NetWare 4 files, applications and
services over the network, regardless of their desktop system. "NetWare
has long been the glue that holds everything together at the university,"
said Hargrave.

Features and Benefits

Building on Novell's proven NetWare NFS technology, NetWare NFS Services
2.1 --NetWare 4 Edition, offers several key advantages over other
NetWare-UNIX integration products and methods. These include:

Single point of administration for NetWare and UNIX user accounts
--Novell's UNICON utility lets network managers simultaneously set up and
administer NetWare and UNIX user accounts from a single interface using
NetWare Directory Services and the Network Information Service. This
minimizes administrative overhead and eliminates the need to manage
separate NetWare and UNIX accounts.

Bi-directional resource access -- The NetWare NFS NLM lets UNIX clients
access files on NetWare 4 servers just as they would on any other NFS
server. Similarly, NetWare clients have transparent access to NFS servers.
Using NetWare NFS Services, remote NFS file systems appear as NetWare
volumes to NetWare clients. This gives users a single view of the network
and access to all files, regardless of where they reside.

High-powered, low-cost NFS server -- NetWare NFS Services turns an
Intel-based NetWare 4 server into a powerful NFS server for UNIX
workgroups, at a fraction of the cost of typical UNIX-based NFS servers.

Remote NetWare 4 server management -- Novell's NetWare NFS Services allows
users to administer NetWare 4 servers remotely from X Window, VT100 or
VT220 terminals, letting users choose the most appropriate interface.

"Now, with NetWare NFS Services, we have the means to marry the UNIX and
NetWare environments, creating a unified information system that lets all
users get to files and printers, no matter what kind of desktop they're
using."

NetWare NFS Services and Pervasive Computing

A key aspect of pervasive computing is delivering the services needed to
link people with information in the most accessible and convenient ways.
NetWare NFS Services meets that goal by providing an efficient,
cost-effective method to bridge these two leading computing system
environments and make vital information equally available to users on UNIX
or NetWare systems.

Lower Pricing, Additional Functionality for NetWare 3 Users In a related
development, Novell is bundling two previously independent UNIX-to-NetWare
3 connectivity products, NetWare NFS 1.2C and NetWare NFS Gateway 1.2. The
Bundle for NetWare 3 reduces the combined suggested list price of NetWare
NFS and NetWare NFS Gateway connectivity for NetWare 3 environments from
as much as US$18,000 to US$3,995 per server license.

Pricing and Availability

NetWare NFS Services 2.1 --NetWare 4 Edition will be available in mid-April
1995 through Novell reseller channels. Suggested list pricing is US$3,995
per server license. NetWare NFS 1.2C/ NetWare NFS Gateway 1.2 Bundle for
NetWare 3 environments also lists for US$3,995 suggested price per server
license and is also available through Novell reseller channels.

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