HP and Novell to Provide Complete Networking Solutions; HP to Include Novell Software on its Award-winning NetServer Series Systems.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1996--Hewlett-Packard Company and Novell, Inc. are expanding their existing strategic relationship to provide solutions for both small- and medium-sized businesses and corporate environments. Under terms of a new agreement, HP will distribute Novell software that is integrated with selected versions of its industry-leading HP NetServer family of PC servers. The combination will give customers complete, one-stop networking solutions, including universal and remote access to network-based applications and information on performance-leading systems that are easy to manage and highly available.

"Our customers whose systems are NetWare-based are embracing Novell's vision of network computing," said Duane Zitzner, general manager for HP's Personal Information Products Group. "By providing fully integrated solutions, we will make it easy for these customers to take full advantage of Novell's traditional strengths in file and print sharing and of its strategic new services, such as Novell Directory Services (NDS), groupware and the Internet."

"We're excited about the combination of Novell's leading network services, HP's award-winning HP NetServer systems and HP's outstanding support," said Robert J. Frankenberg, chairman and chief executive officer, Novell, Inc. "Through this and other recent agreements with HP, we are giving our mutual customers the solutions they need to evolve their business networks into intranets and portals to the global Internet."

INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FROM HP AND NOVELL

Both customers and channel partners are expected to benefit from the integration of NetWare and other Novell networking products with HP's broad range of HP NetServer systems. HP's Pentium(R) and Pentium Pro-based HP NetServer systems provide new levels of power, manageability and ease of use. Novell products and technologies such as the NetWare Web Server, Novell Directory Services (NDS), GroupWise XTD messaging and NetWare Connect and NetWare Mobile provide increased connectivity, simplified network administration and management and low cost of ownership. Together, the combined products will allow customers to set up, run and support business intranets and to provide access to the global Internet -- all quickly and easily.

Under the agreement, HP will bundle and support a variety of Novell software with HP NetServer systems. HP expects to integrate the Novell software in a variety of ways designed to meet customers' needs for complete solutions that are quick and easy to set up, operate, support and upgrade.

HP announced earlier that it would be an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the symmetric-multiprocessing (SMP) version of NetWare 4.1. The first product under the new agreement, NetWare 4.1 SMP, is scheduled to be available from HP starting Aug. 1 for multiprocessor HP NetServer systems running NetWare 4.1 and for customers expanding an existing HP NetServer systems running NetWare 4.1 from a uniprocessor to a multiprocessor system.

HP AND NOVELL -- WORKING TOGETHER

Solutions combining Novell's networking products and HP's NetServer systems are part of the ongoing, multifaceted strategic relationship between HP and Novell.

In June HP was selected by Novell as a Global Service Partner. Under this select program, HP is offering its award-winning service and support for Novell products, and HP has the highest-priority, direct access to Novell Technical Services. With more than 17,000 support professionals worldwide, HP offers HP and Novell customers high-quality service and support not available from any other vendor.

Earlier this month, Novell also announced that HP plans to be one of the first system vendors to offer Novell CrossPlatform Services, providing Novell Directory Services (NDS) and NetWare File and Print Services for HP 9000 servers, HP's high-performance systems running HP-UX(1) on PA-RISC(2). This is the next step in the partnership among HP, Novell and the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) to develop a 64-bit UNIX(R) system, integrated with Novell's networking services and optimized for Intel's forthcoming "Merced" process.

HP and Novell were also two of the founding partners of the I2O Special Interest Group (SIG) and continue to work with Intel and other system and component vendors to define a new standard for high-performance I/O.

Novell, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NOVL) business is connecting people to other people and the information they need, enabling them to act on it anytime, anyplace. Novell is the world's leading network software provider. The company's software products provide the distributed infrastructure, network services, advanced network access and network applications required to make pervasive computing an integral part of everyone's daily life.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 108,300 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. More information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. -0- (1) HP-UX 9.X and 10.0 for HP 9000 Series 700 and 800 computers

are X/Open(tm) Company UNIX(R) 93 branded products. HP-UX 10.10

is an X/Open UNIX 95 branded product.

X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and

other countries.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other

countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.

(2) PA-RISC stands for Precision

Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing.

Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corp.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Please see "Novell, Hewlett-Packard Team to Deliver Complete Networking Solutions," which was issued by Novell on July 22, 1996.

CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company

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or

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Debbie Young, 415/923-1660