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To: Spartex who wrote (26046)	3/15/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 42771

Novell to open convention center in unique partnership Tanya Rutledge Business Journal Staff Writer March 15, 1999 Utah-based Novell Inc. will open a public convention center that will be operated under an unusual public-private partnership with the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau. The center is under construction at the firm's San Jose campus near North First Street and Highway 87. It will be able to accommodate up to 1,600 people for meetings when it opens July 1. The deal will allow Novell to complete the 36,000-square-foot facility, originally designed to hold its sales and marketing staff. And it will give the visitors bureau some breathing room while it awaits expansion of downtown's San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Novell's plans to build a 1 million-square-foot campus were stalled for several years, but the publicly traded network software company decided to move forward with a scaled-down project in 1997 despite fierce competition from Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. Last year, Novell announced that it would sublease about 220,000 square feet of the new 536,000-square-foot campus as part of a consolidation of its operations. The sales and marketing building, which features conference rooms and a 400-seat auditorium, was about 80 percent complete at the time. "We had to come up with a use that would allow us to justify the cost of completing it," explained Randy Knox, vice president of facilities for Novell. "Since it was designed to be used as space that would accommodate the public, we thought of using it for public meeting and convention space." So Novell approached the visitors bureau. The resulting joint venture allows the bureau to market and book the space while Novell generates revenue from the real estate. Novell also struck a long-term arrangement with Menlo Park-based Bon Appetit Management Co. to manage the center and provide catering services. Mr. Knox said one group already holds a letter of intent to rent the facility for three days this July and three days in July 2000. Leonard Hoops, vice president of public relations for the visitors bureau, said he believes the partnership is the first of its kind in California. He said the bureau believes the Novell facility will supplement the downtown convention business rather than compete with it. The McEnery Convention Center is running at an occupancy rate of between 70 and 80 percent, which is considered high when maintenance days and move-in and move-out times are taken into account, according to Mr. Hoops. A proposal to expand the center has been in limbo for more than a year as the city of San Jose studies financing options for the project. "We know that we have more than enough business for our existing space," Mr. Hoops said. "We might otherwise lose out on conventions and meetings because of our limited space, so we see the need to have an 'in-between' facility in San Jose as an alternative." Messrs. Hoops and Knox both pointed out that the Novell facility can also handle break-out meetings in conjunction with larger events and the downtown convention center. San Jose's light-rail line connects the two facilities. Officials from the nearby Hyatt San Jose could not be reached for comment regarding the potential competition between the hotel and the new center. But Mr. Hoops believes its presence will help drive room nights in hotels near the San Jose International Airport. "I think it will be both competitive and complementary to those hotels because it will increase occupancy for them," he said. "They are at a disadvantage for conventions that take place downtown because those convention-goers would be more likely to stay downtown. This new facility should even things out a bit." amcity.com

To: Spartex who wrote (26046)	3/15/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 42771

Lexmark Announces NDPS Gateway for Novell NetWare 5 -- New gateway gives customers an easy to use management and print solution for Lexmark printers -- LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999-- Lexmark International, Inc. today announced a gateway for Novell NetWare 5.0 using Novell Distributed Print Services 2.0. The new solution makes it easy for customers to get powerful management capabilities for Lexmark network printers. The NDPS TCP/IP gateway and printer control page for NetWare Administrator (NWAdmin) provides an intuitive graphical user interface for access to information about Lexmark printers including: -- event-driven notification providing real-time printer status -- a dynamic picture of the printer's configuration including installed options -- alerts for toner low, paper low and output bin nearly full, helping prevent problems before they happen -- notification when the last page of a job has completed printing ''This new gateway solution gives our NetWare customers the powerful management capabilities they expect from Lexmark,'' said Keith Moody, general manager of application solutions marketing at Lexmark. ''Novell's NDPS architecture made it easy for Lexmark to quickly deliver this tightly integrated management application.'' Setup and configuration of Lexmark printers is easy with automatic detection of new printers and installation of printer drivers. An administrator can even remotely configure the printer using a virtual operator panel accessed through NWAdmin. The new NDPS gateway solution allows administrators and help desk staff to monitor and troubleshoot Lexmark printers without leaving their workstation, improving productivity. ''We're pleased to be demonstrating Lexmark's new NDPS gateway solution for NetWare 5 at Brainshare,'' said David Trotter, vice president of worldwide OEM sales at Novell. ''This powerful set of printer management tools coupled with our NetWare applications will significantly reduce the amount of time our customers spend managing their printers.'' Novell will demonstrate the new NDPS gateway solution at the NetWare 5 Technology Expo at Brainshare, March 22-26 in Salt Lake City. Availability Lexmark's NDPS gateway solution for NetWare 5.0 is available free of charge through Lexmark's web site at www.lexmark.com, Novell's web site at www.novell.com and will be in future releases of Novell's NDPS. Lexmark International, Inc. is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing solutions and products, including laser, inkjet and dot matrix printers and associated consumable supplies for the office and home markets. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lexmark International Group, Inc. (NYSE: LXK - news). Lexmark is on the internet at www.lexmark.com. Lexmark is a trademark of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Lexmark International Inc., Lexington Chris Snapp, 606/232-5484 csnapp@lexmark.com biz.yahoo.com

To: Spartex who wrote (26046)	3/15/1999 2:39:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 42771

AGIS AND NOVELL PARTNER TO DELIVER DIRECTORY-BASED INTERNET SERV ces AGIS, a Full Service Provider of Multimedia Data Communications, Licenses NDS, BorderManager to Sell Managed Internet Service to Enterprise and Wholesale Customers PROVO, Utah, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), the leading provider of directory-enabled networking software, and Apex Global Internet Services (AGIS), a world leader in advanced communications technologies, today announced a partnership to provide next generation directory-enabled Internet services to its enterprise customers. As a first step towards this initiative, AGIS will bundle Novell Directory Services(R) (NDS(R)) and Novell BorderManager(TM) Virtual Private Networking Services 3 as a managed VPN solution for deployment at the customer premise. Directory-enabled Internet services will enable carriers and service providers such as ISPs, local exchange carriers (ILECs) and (CLECs) as well as large enterprises with multiple locations to develop a foundation for business to business electronic commerce. Business customers will no longer need to purchase several data services to connect intranets, extranets and the public Internet. Directory-based solutions will allow large corporations to gain secure, reliable and rapid data services from a single provider. "We are excited about the opportunity to work with Novell to create a unique suite of data networking products using scalable directory-based applications that already have an embedded base of over 40 million users," said Al Adams, Chief Executive Officer of AGIS. "NDS allows us to provide outstanding quality of service while it frees our business customers from much of the effort that is necessary today when users want to connect with vendors, customers, employees, and the public Internet. We are pleased that Novell has chosen us as a strategic data solutions and Internet partner. An aggressive approach toward bringing next generation data solutions quickly to market is central to our company strategy, as well as Novell's." "This partnership with AGIS demonstrates the opportunity for NDS as an integral part of the Internet," commented Chris Stone, senior vice president of Novell strategy and corporate development. "As a world-class Internet Service Provider, AGIS is a significant player using NDS as the engine behind a new suite of unique data networking products that use scalable directory-based applications such as global single-sign-on for access to intelligent Internet, network and data services." Value of Directory-Based Internet Services Directory-based Internet services will deliver the ability to flexibly interconnect employees, customers, and vendors, in a secure manner with all users able to access their mission critical data. These services made possible by AGIS and Novell will make business processes far more efficient by managing and enhancing the data services, which without a directory and a single global services provider, will require time, labor, and purchase of additional services for full functionality. Additional directory-based Internet services examples include: * NDS centralizes user information, policies, network configuration and network addresses in a distributed directory. As a result, NDS simplifies and expedites product delivery by correlating information about each user and application to business priorities, security and network capabilities. * The ability to add and delete user accounts once and have immediate updates to every server and service everywhere in the network is crucial as networks expand to global proportions. The ability to have a single data source that is fully secure and whose characteristics on the network are ubiquitous and require update only once for all end users is an extremely efficient and effective means to solving networking issues. * Directory-based VPN services means remote users, telecommuters and roaming users all have a consistent user name and password anywhere in the world with secure access to their corporate networks. NDS makes services such as Quality of Service and self-provisioning of additional services such as premium access for day traders or video conferencing available. Self-provisioning allows a customer with appropriate rights to dynamically allocate bandwidth for application specific requirements such as teleconferencing. * NDS allows services to be added or enhanced quickly without the need to continually alter the way users take advantage of these services. For example, NDS allows access to a remote dial-up connection, access to a company's VPN, or access to information on a partner's network via an extranet, all using a single ID and password, without the need for the user to understand how the components are linked together. Availability of AGIS Managed VPN Service Directory-based managed Virtual Private Network Services will be available from AGIS in Spring 1999. Pricing has not yet been announced. Please call 800-380-AGIS for more information.