Novell Selects Bay Networks' Accelar Routing Switches For Public Marketing Events; Routing Switches Provide Scalable, Flexible High-Performance Solution For Free Email Service.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998--Bay Networks,(R) Inc. (NYSE:BAY) today announced that Novell Inc.'s Corporate Events Department has selected the Accelar(tm) 1200 routing switches to support its Novell Connecting Points network at the industry's largest and most prominent network and computer trade shows and conferences.

Novell Inc., based in Orem, Utah, is a leading provider of network software, including NetWare, the market-leading network operating system, NetWare Directory Services (NDS), GroupWise, ManageWise, BorderManager, and other products.

Novell's Corporate Events Department provides email services to attendees at the network industry's leading trade shows and conferences, including NetWorld+Interop, Spring and Fall Comdex, and others. It also provides those services to attendees of Novell's annual BrainShare users group meeting. Novell automatically gives attendees a free account when they register for these shows and access to the Internet via Novell Connecting Points.

All attendees are automatically given a free account when they register for the show, and can also access the Internet via Connecting Points.

Since the number of email accounts varies from show to show, Novell's Corporate Events Department needed a flexible, high-performance networking solution that could easily scale to support from several hundred to several hundred thousand users.

At last fall's Comdex show, for instance, the email network was configured to support up to 300,000 email accounts using 60 Compaq ProLiant 6000 servers running Novell NetWare operating system and 380 Windows PC clients.

The Corporate Events Department is using the Accelar routing switches in conjunction with existing Bay Networks Centillion(tm) 100 LAN-ATM switches to improve the performance of remote workstations. Typically, the email workstations are located at open kiosks throughout a conference hall or exhibition center.

Bay Networks first donated the Accelar routing switches to Novell for use at this year's BrainShare conference in March. Novell's Corporate Events Department was so pleased with the performance and flexibility of the Accelar routing switches that it decided to purchase them for permanent use.

"We use the Novell Connecting Points to prove how well our products scale and how easy they are to manage in a large network environment. When we plugged in the Accelar routing switches, we saw a dramatic performance improvement," said Rhet Thalman, senior network engineer for Novell's Corporate Events Department. "Because they are modular, and there is such a variety of modules to use, you can swap, mix, and match modules to do whatever you want to do with the Accelar."

"The Accelar provides excellent price/performance and flexibility," Thalman added.

The Corporate Events Department has two Accelar 1200 routing switches and plans to purchase two more. Each Accelar routing switch is configured with 16 10/100Mbps ports, plus a Gigabit Ethernet module and a 100BASE-FX module. The Accelar 1200 routing switch, based on a modular, eight-slot chassis, provides up to 96 10/100Mpbs ports and up to 12 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

About Novell

Founded in 1983, Novell is the world's leading provider of network software. The company offers a wide range of network solutions for distributed network, Internet, intranet and small-business markets. Novell education and technical support programs are the most comprehensive in the network computing industry. Information about Novell's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.novell.com.

About Bay Networks - Where Information Flows(tm)

Bay Networks Inc. (NYSE: BAY) is a leader in the worldwide networking market, providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises, services providers, and telecommunications carriers. The company offers frame relay and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet access solutions, IP services and network management applications, all integrated by Bay Networks' Adaptive Networking strategy.

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