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- NOVELL SUPPORTS CREATION OF THE CENTER FOR SOFTWARE INNOVATION
- Receives Award from City of San Jose
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- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- January 7, 1992 -- Novell today announced
- its support for the creation of The Center for Software Innovation,
- based in San Jose, and chartered to provide software testing
- laboratories and other business services to accelerate the
- availability of software applications for computer networks, UNIX
- workstations and desktop computers.
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- In ceremonies today, the honorable Susan Hammer, mayor of the
- City of San Jose, presented Raymond J. Noorda, president and chief
- executive officer of Novell, an award in recognition of the
- company's contribution to the creation of The Center for Software
- Innovation. Novell, an operating system software company, employs
- nearly 1000 people in the Bay Area, and over 3,000 worldwide.
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- "Computer users are driving our industry to deliver software
- -defined solutions for increasing productivity through information
- systems. The Center for Software Innovation is intended to be a
- catalyst in carrying forward and expanding the vitality and
- innovation of our industry's efforts to meet customer needs," said
- Raymond J. Noorda, president and chief executive officer of Novell.
- "Novell has a strong presence here in Silicon Valley, and we are
- pleased to receive recognition from the City of San Jose for
- leadership in creating the Center. Its promise is to help our
- industry better meet customer needs for advanced software by
- bringing together computer manufacturers, software developers and
- entrepreneurs."
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- San Jose Mayor Susan Hammer said, "By supporting The Center for
- Software Innovation, Novell is contributing not only its presence
- to the growing importance of software in Silicon Valley, but also
- institutional support for expanding this industry into the next
- century. Software has become increasingly important to the local
- economy. The Center will benefit existing businesses as well as
- encourage the growth of new software companies in San Jose."
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- The Center for Software Innovation is a joint public and private
- venture between the San Jose Office of Economic Development, the
- Software Entrepreneurs Forum, a trade association of software
- developers in Silicon Valley, and industry sponsors such as Novell.
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- The new non-profit organization will provide lab space for software
- testing to perfect applications that can be shared across computer
- networks, on multiple platforms and dissimilar computers. The lab
- intends to offer a wide range of networked and stand-alone platforms
- for software testing on computer networks and RISC workstations,
- PC-compatible, Macintosh and pen-based computers.
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- Business assistance services are envisioned as being made available
- through third-party programs, including clinics and seminars on
- technical and non-technical issues, market research, team building
- opportunities and referrals for help with business planning.
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- Novell is contributing money and software toward the formation of
- the new Center as well as the salary and expenses of Stayton D.
- Addison Jr., Executive Director of the Center, for up to two years.
- Before starting the Center, Addison held various marketing and
- engineering posts at Novell. The company's annual contribution to
- the Center will be approximately $250,000.
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- Stephen Friedman, president of the Software Entrepreneurs Forum and
- of Novotrade International noted, "The Center's testing facilities
- will provide our members with the capability to release and support
- their applications on more of the platforms used by their customers
- rather than be limited by the equipment they have on hand."
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- Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company,
- the developer of network services, specialized and general purpose
- operating system software products including NetWare, DR DOS, DR
- Multiuser DOS and FlexOS. Novell's NetWare network computing
- products manage and control the sharing of services, data and
- applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks and
- business-wide information systems.
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