Novell forms Information Access and Management Group.

OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1994--Novell, Inc. today announced it has created a new product group, the Information Access and Management Group (IAMG), with the charter to develop network software products that significantly expand the population of network users by providing easy access to network-based information resources.

"Novell's goal is to make access to networked information an integral part of everyone's daily life," said Robert J. Frankenberg, president and chief executive officer of Novell. "We intend to make networking increasingly user-centric through solutions that are as intuitive to use, and as universal as the telephone. IAMG brings together several of the key product initiatives that we have launched to achieve this goal."

Frankenberg also announced the appointment of Steve Markman, 49, as executive vice president and general manager of the new group. "Steve is one of those exceptional technologists who has learned how to take his perspective on what is technically possible, define its requirements and potential in business terms, and apply it in the marketplace. His leadership at IAMG will make important contributions to Novell's priority product initiatives that range from Novell's objective to create the equivalent of an information dial tone for data networking, to the delivery of advanced graphical user interface software that allows non-technical users to easily browse, filter and access information resources that are available from today's growing array of networks."

Prior to joining Novell, Markman was vice president engineering at First Pacific Networks. Previously Markman was with Network Equipment Technologies where he was senior vice president, Network Systems Group. His experience also includes positions at Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) where he was general manager of the Information Networks Division. Earlier, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, AT&T Information Systems and AT&T Communications for nineteen years. Markman holds a Ph.D. in electrophysics from Polytechnic University, New York.

IAMG, with headquarters in San Jose, California, is the fourth product group at Novell and brings together communications, connectivity and management software within five business divisions. Novell's other product groups are the NetWare Systems Group, UNIX Systems Group, and WordPerfect, the Novell Applications Group.

The five divisions within IAMG are the Advanced Access Applications Division, Management Products Division, Network Infrastructure Division, Host Connectivity Division and Telephony Services Division.

Reporting to Markman is Victor Langford, vice president and general manager Management Products Division; and Prem Uppaluru, vice president and general manager Telephony Services Division. Markman will announce other business division leaders as they are named over the next few months.

Langford joined Novell in July 1994 from Software Publishing Corporation where he was vice president worldwide research and development. Previously he was president at Tymlabs Corp. For ten years he was with HP where responsibilities included R&D program management for HP OpenView, that company's integrated network management platform.

Uppaluru joined Novell through its acquisition of Fluent Inc., the multimedia software company, in July 1993. At Fluent he was vice president engineering. Before Fluent he was vice president of engineering at Samsung Software America. Previously, Uppaluru was an R&D manager at Bell Communications Research.

Five Divisions Within IAMG

The Advanced Access Applications Division is responsible for the Mobile NetWare Client initiative for synchronizing data used by mobile users with network data when the users reconnect to a network. As a major new product initiative, the division will provide intuitive point-and-click access to network services, electronic publishing tools that simplify creation and access to network-based information, and intelligent browsing capabilities for accessing distributed network resources. The division ships more TCP/IP software than any other company in the industry.

The Management Products Division is responsible for the Novell Distributed Management Services (NDMS) products that lower the costs of administering multivendor networks by providing end-to-end management of the enterprise: including interconnected systems, dynamic and distributed resources, heterogeneous network and system devices and remote sites. The division is also developing Novell's server-based electronic software distribution, usage metering and billing capabilities.

The Network Infrastructure Division is responsible for NetWare Connect Services, Novell's system software for next-generation public data networks that will significantly expand commercial and interpersonal network use. The division, in partnership with AT&T and other telecommunications providers, is deploying a worldwide business-to-business internetwork, a secure commercial information highway. This division integrates NetWare 4 directory capabilities, highly secure RSA public key encryption security, NLSP wide-area routing protocols and other system infrastructure technology for this new public data network. NetWare Connect for remote dial-in network access, and NetWare MultiProtocol Router software are other key product lines.

The Host Connectivity Division's products provide communication between users of NetWare networks and the widest variety of legacy computer systems of any network software vendor. The division's leading product is NetWare for SAA used to connect network users with resources on IBM mid-range and mainframe computers. The division also is responsible for NetWare for LAT, providing similar connectivity capabilities to Digital's Equipment Corp. computer systems.

The Telephony Services Division's products integrate telephony systems with Novell data networks to enable users to take advantage of new classes of applications that leverage the capabilities of these previously separate networks. Telephony products from Novell are enabling telephony equipment manufacturers, desktop computer OEMs and independent software vendors (ISVs) to create new server based solutions for call routing, voice processing, and PBX integration.

These products take advantage of the Novell developed open telephony services application programming interface named TSAPI. Novell has partnered broadly to accelerate the availability of these new classes of network applications. Telephony partners include 22 telephone premise equipment manufacturers who have insured that their PBXs and related systems can take advantage of TSAPI. In addition, more than 40 ISVs who participated in Novell's early adopter program are now shipping telephony application software.

The business of Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), is connecting people with 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 networked information and computing an integral part of everyone's daily life.

CONTACT: Novell IAMG

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