FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dec. 6, 2001

MARKHAM, Ontario - Dec. 6, 2001 - Novell today announced the immediate availability of Service Pack 2 for Novell Portal Services 1.0, which includes AltaVista Search Engine Software as a core component of Novell Portal Services. AltaVista Search Software leverages the power of Novell eDirectory to provide secure search capabilities based on users' business context (roles, locations, business hierarchy, workgroups, cost codes, etc.), giving portal users fingertip access to the combined information resources of the intranet and the Internet. Efficient and secure access to these critical resources helps users work more effectively while enhancing relationships and communications with partners and customers.

Unlike other portal search offerings, the directory-enabled AltaVista Search Software will associate indexes of internal and external Web sites and documents to users based on their business context. Business context and identity stored in the corporate directory ensure sensitive information never shows up in a user's search results unless that person is authorized to see it. Novell Portal Services will help organizations exploit all of their knowledge assets along with information on the Internet by wrapping the security of the directory around AltaVista Search Software. Novell is eliminating the barriers between the intranet and the Internet.

AltaVista Search Software provides significant search technologies that offer categorization across more than 225 file formats, effectively searching all data, structured or unstructured. The reach of the search expands beyond traditional word processing documents to include images, videos, PDFs and other types of global content. More than 30 languages are supported, including double-byte languages like Chinese, Japanese and Korean, allowing companies to immediately deploy search across global markets, operations and supply chains.

Novell Portal Services 1.0 Service Pack 2 is available for free download at http://www.novell.com/download. For additional product information, visit http://www.novell.com/products/portal.

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For more information, contact:
Anita Wong/Briana Davis
Strategic/Ampersand Inc.
(416) 961-5595
anita@stratamp.com
briana@stratamp.com