Novell and Oracle Expand Product Integration Efforts

FREE UPGRADES TO LATEST RELEASES OF ORACLE7 AND NETWARE 4 OR UNIXWARE 2

PROVO, Utah --August 24, 1995-- Novell, Inc., and Oracle Corporation today
announced a new phase in their ongoing joint marketing and engineering
efforts to further the integration of the companies' leading network
operating systems and relational database products. Development efforts on
both sides have resulted in continuing improvements in the NetWare,
UnixWare and Oracle7 Workgroup Server and Enterprise Server products.

Two of the innovative areas where Novell and Oracle have concentrated
product integration efforts are:

* Oracle7 Enterprise Server support for NetWare Directory Services (NDS)
allows customers to more easily manage the database within the Directory
through graphical administration utilities.

* NetWare Symmetric Multiprocessing enhances the scalability of NetWare and
industry-standard server hardware. Oracle will be the first third-party
vendor to support NetWare SMP.

The new network operating system and database offerings from each company
will now replace the OracleWare product line and those customers will be
migrated to the more tightly-integrated products. To ensure that
OracleWare customers receive current versions of the Oracle database
system and choice of network operating systems from Novell, free upgrades
to the latest release of Oracle7 Enterprise Server and either NetWare 4 or
UnixWare 2 will be sent to registered customers.

According to Richard King, executive vice president and general manager of
Novell's Systems Group, "Novell is very committed to a productive and
evolving relationship with Oracle. As our mutual customers' requirements
for world-class networked databases increase, we will work together to
ensure that those needs are met. NetWare 4 and NDS, coupled with Oracle
database products, are an ideal combination for our joint customers."

"Oracle's relationship with Novell has gone from strength to strength since
the introduction of OracleWare. It successfully raised awareness that
Oracle7 on NetWare or UnixWare was an available, powerful combination for
users. Oracle has since moved forward in the client/server market with
Workgroup/2000, offering solutions on NetWare at a lower price point than
OracleWare, " said Nimish Mehta, vice president of Oracle's Workgroup
Solutions Division. "Oracle is firmly committed to NetWare and UnixWare
because of their technology strengths and market success. NetWare has
become one of Oracle's premier platforms. One of the primary benefits from
Oracle is true scalability from the desktop to the datacenter. Novell has
an equally strong scalability story which makes the joint offering
extremely powerful for users."

FREE UPGRADES TO LATEST PRODUCT VERSIONS

All currently registered OracleWare customers will automatically be sent
free upgrades to the latest version of Oracle7 Enterprise Server and
NetWare 4 or UnixWare 2. Non-registered customers can register their
NetWare or UnixWare component by using the Novell faxback system at
1-801-429-2772 and requesting document #1356. All customers not currently
registered should contact Oracle at 1-800-252-0303 for Oracle7 upgrade
information. In order to be eligible for the free product upgrades,
registration must be completed by October 31, 1995. Product support will
then be provided by each company through standard support mechanisms.

For more information about Novell products and services, customers can call
1-800-NETWARE or visit the Novell home page at http://www.novell.com. For
more information about Oracle's products and services, customers can call
1-800-633-0727 or visit Oracle's World Wide Web page at
http://www.oracle.com.
 
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