Wednesday February 2, 2:12 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Novell, Inc.
Novell Brings Film Festivals to Life on the Web
Novell Caching Technology - Powered by Dell - Used to Stream Sundance, Slamdance Movie
Trailers on the Internet
PARK CITY, Utah, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- At the home of the Sundance, Slamdance and other independent film festivals,
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL - news) today revealed that its cutting edge Internet caching technology is delivering ''streamed''
short movies and movie trailers over the Web for the general public. Novell ICS Powered by Dell, an Internet caching
appliance, is using Novell® Internet Caching System(TM) technology that supports QuickTime multimedia streaming on the
Internet to bring the films from the various festivals to a wider audience. In conjunction with ShowBIZ Data, the premier source
for entertainment information on the Web, Novell is enabling viewers worldwide the fastest access to Web coverage of the film
festivals.
''ShowBIZ Data prides itself on being the premier source for entertainment information on the Web by providing our users fast
access to the largest body of entertainment information available,'' said Neil Roberts, senior vice president of business
development and marketing for ShowBIZ Data. ''Novell's caching technology enables us to provide fast access to our Web
coverage of Sundance and other independent Film Festivals. Our readers now get their reviews, entertainment news and other
information much faster than before.''
Novell caching technology is being used to make independent films and reviews available for viewing at www.slamdance.com.
In a unique twist, films being viewed on the Slamdance Web site are being judged by the public rather than being screened and
judged by appointed film critics. Called Anarchy Online, Slamdance is taking the traditional notion of a film festival and
extending it to the Internet.
''Slamdance is trying to provide as much exposure for as many first-time filmmakers as possible,'' said Peter Baxter,
co-founder and executive director of Slamdance. ''In a world where first impressions mean everything, Novell's caching
technology enables us to deliver high quality independent films to the broadest viewing audience -- users of the Web.''
Novell ICS Powered by Dell is an Internet caching appliance that provides the high speed and throughput needed for delivering
dependable, high quality Internet multimedia content such as films, video news footage, live and on-demand programming and
internal training videos. Content publishers, ISPs and corporations can all powerfully enhance the Internet experience of their
customers and users by implementing Novell Internet Caching System technology with support for QuickTime streams.
Support for QuickTime and other multimedia stream caching will be included in a future release of the Novell Internet Caching
System.
''As clearly demonstrated by Slamdance and ShowBIZ Data, the potential of providing multimedia and rich content on the
Internet is tremendous,'' said Dave Shirk, vice president of product management and product marketing, Novell. ''The
explosion of Web content places an incredible burden on network bandwidth and Web server performance that can be solved
by caching appliances.''
Novell Internet Caching System
The Novell Internet Caching System is sold as an Intel-based solution appliance from OEM partners including Compaq, Dell,
IBM and others. The Novell Internet Caching System dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of delivering Internet
content to employees, business partners and customers within business networks as well as across the Internet. Delivering
unmatched throughput, scalability, and price/performance, the Novell Internet Caching System can be installed within 10
minutes to support any Web environment whether Cisco*, Linux, NetWare®, NT, Solaris* or other versions of UNIX*.
Novell Internet Caching System appliances scale from branch office requirements to those of the largest ISPs. Please visit
www.novell.com/nics for more information.
Additionally, visit dell.com for more information on the
Novell ICS Powered by Dell product.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. is the broadest supplier of Net infrastructure software used to integrate and manage the diverse information
resources of private business networks and the Internet. Novell's worldwide channel, consulting, developer, education and
technical support programs are the most extensive in the network computing industry.
For information on Novell's complete range of products and services, contact Novell's Customer Response Center at
888-321-4CRC (4272), or visit Novell's Web site at novell.com . Press may access Novell announcements and
company information on the World Wide Web at novell.com. In addition, detailed comparisons
between Novell products and competitive offerings from other vendors are available on the Web at
novell.com .
NOTE: Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks and Novell Internet Caching System is a trademark of Novell, Inc in
the U.S. and other countries. *All third-party trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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