NOVELL FORMS NEW SYSTEMS GROUP TO DEVELOP NEXT GENERATION NETWORK SYSTEM
SOFTWARE

Focus on NetWare and UNIX as the Future of Network Computing

Orem, UT, -- June 15, 1995 -- Novell, Inc. today announced it has formed a
new Systems Group as the company accelerates development of the industry's
leading network computing platform. The new product group combines the
previously separate NetWare Systems Group (NSG) and UNIX Systems Group
(USG), and accounts for approximately 55 percent of Novell revenue.

The Novell Systems Group will focus on development of a single network
system that combines the best capabilities of both NetWare and UNIX
systems. This network platform will eliminate the boundaries between
today's local and wide-area networks, connecting people with each other
and the information they need anytime, anyplace. It will support a new
generation of distributed applications that allow people to use networks
to communicate and collaborate more effectively. Users will gain access to
a single global network that is easy to manage and use.

Today's application servers are an interim step in the transition to
pervasive computer networks and network applications. Client/server
computing has meant one server and numerous clients. The next generation
Novell network software products will define a single network system built
across multiple servers that are managed and operated as one integrated
solution. The evolving Novell software will enable networks of inexpensive
servers to operate as a single system that aggregates their power and
fault tolerance to levels found only on specialized minicomputers and
mainframes.

Customers using NetWare 4 and UnixWare 2 are on a direct path to Novell's
future system offerings. UnixWare 2 is the most advanced implementation of
the UNIX System, the preferred platform for application servers that make
applications available over networks. NetWare is the undisputed leader for
distributed network services that tie together servers, personal
computers, large computer systems and networks.

Novell system products will continue to be open, modular and scalable,
while providing full backward compatibility to NetWare and UnixWare
systems. The Group will continue to develop and support today's NetWare
and UnixWare product lines. The Systems Group's distributed services will
provide expanded support for leading operating systems on the network.

"We've merged the world's leading network services and operating system
development teams into one organization aligned with Novell's network
computing strategy," said Robert J. Frankenberg, chairman and CEO of
Novell. "Our goal is to evolve NetWare network operating systems and UNIX
systems into the software foundation for network applications and
distributed computing resources across a network of networks. This will be
the network computing platform our industry partners and customers
worldwide rely on well into the next century."

NOVELL FORMS SYSTEMS GROUP

Sheldon Laube, Novell's chief technology officer, said, "As our products
evolve they will provide smooth and seamless evolution from our customers'
present platforms. We are committed to NetWare and UNIX. However, we are
also committed to building the next generation distributed network
systems. The advanced network services of NetWare and the robust
application services of UNIX systems will support new network applications
that take advantage of the power of networks."

NEW SYSTEMS GROUP ORGANIZATION

The Systems Group has four divisions: Operating Systems Division,
Distributed Services Division, Extended Networks Division and Tools
Division. Richard King, formerly of NSG, is executive vice president, and
general manager of the new group. The four divisions report to King.

The Operating Systems Division provides development and marketing of core
operating system products and support for major desktop operating systems
as network clients. Senior vice president of development for the Operating
System Division is Mike DeFazio, former of USG. Since 1984 DeFazio has
been responsible for the development of the UNIX system, first at AT&T
Bell Labs, then at UNIX System Laboratories and Novell. Toby Corey,
formerly vice president of marketing for the NetWare Products Group, will
head a newly integrated product marketing team as vice president marketing
for the Operating Systems Division.

The Distributed Services Division is responsible for developing and
marketing network services products such as the market-leading TUXEDO
transaction processing system. TUXEDO System 5 is already the leading open
environment for client-server application integration in multi-vendor
transaction processing networks. This effort includes NetWare Directory
Services (NDS), the rapidly emerging de facto standard for distributed
network directories. The division is led by vice president and general
manager Joe Menard.

The Extended Networks Division is responsible for Novell Embedded Systems
Technology (NEST) that enables products such as printers, copiers, FAXes,
cellular telephones, pagers, set-top cable television boxes and utility
meters to be connected to NetWare networks. The division is led by vice
president and general manager Darl McBride

The Tools Division, formerly named the AppWare Division, continues its
charter to provide development tools for NetWare network services and
UnixWare network application servers. These products are designed to help
developers quickly and easily create custom network solutions. This
division is led by vice president and general manager Joe Firmage.

In addition to the new Systems Group, the company has two other product
groups. The Information Access and Management Group provides information
access and management products and services, including the new AT&T
NetWare Connect Services public data network. The Applications Group
develops and markets Novell's core network applications, including the
widely acclaimed PerfectOffice personal productivity suite, the GroupWise
network messaging system, and other products in Novell's fast-growing
Groupware product line.

NOVELL FORMS SYSTEMS GROUP

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) 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.

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