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Novell User Group Summit:Volunteering Has Its Rewards


Cecily Spencer

On February 5-7, nearly 150 NetWare user group presidents and delegates from around the world gathered in Provo, Utah to attend the third annual Novell User Group Summit. This event is designed to recognize NetWare user group presidents and delegates for the time they spend educating users about Novell products. At the Novell User Group Summit, attendees have the opportunity to meet with top Novell executives and receive in-depth technical training.

EXECUTIVES SPEAK

Attendees always look forward to hearing about Novell's corporate strategy straight from the mouths of Novell executives. This year, three Novell executives spoke to attendees:

Drew also discussed some of the projects that Novell's Advanced Development team is currently working on. For example, Drew mentioned that the team is optimizing NetWare to run on Merced, the 64-bit processor that Intel plans to release next year. Instead of simply porting NetWare to Merced, Drew wants to make some extensive changes that will enable NetWare to take full advantage of Merced's functionality. NetWare will still be NetWare--only better.

ATTENDEES LEARN

After meeting with Novell executives, attendees toured Novell's SuperLab, in which third-party hardware and software solutions are tested and approved for use with Novell products such as intraNetWare. Attendees also toured Novell's Global Network Operations Center (GNOC), the central point of command for Novell's worldwide network.

In addition, attendees participated in the following technical training sessions:

EVERYONE'S HAPPY

Novell and NetWare Users International (NUI) want to thank the NetWare user group presidents and delegates who attended the Novell User Group Summit, as well as the Novell and NUI employees who helped make this event a success. Novell executives left with a better understanding of the networking issues users face, and attendees left with a better appreciation of Novell's corporate strategy and its products.

NetWare Connection, March 1998, p. 49