Novell Receives Readers’ Choice Award for Identity and Access Management

Novell® Identity Manager has been named as the Gold award winner in the Identity and Access Management category of Tech Target’s® Information Security&trade magazine and SearchSecurity.com&trade 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards. Novell Identity Manager is a comprehensive and scalable solution that provides automated user provisioning and password management.

Presented by the editors of Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com, the 2007 Readers’ Choice awards were selected based on extensive in-depth discussions and interviews between the editors of Information Security magazine and SearchSecurity.com and over 1,500 information security executives and managers, who were asked to assess and rate products deployed within their organizations from a listing of more than 340 products spanning 15 product categories. The judges then selected gold, silver and bronze award winners within each product category.

As noted on SearchSecurity.com, readers responded with a bevy of high ratings to earn Novell the gold medal. Novell Identity Manager earned high marks for scalability, return on investment, integration and compatibility, extensibility and breadth of platforms, applications and domains supported, and vendor service and support.

For more about Novell Identity Manager and the recently released version 3.5, visit www.novell.com/identitymanager.

About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers infrastructure software for the Open Enterprise. Novell is a leader in enterprise-wide operating systems based on Linux and open source and provides the enterprise management services required to operate mixed IT environments. Novell helps customers minimize cost, complexity and risk, allowing them to focus on innovation and growth. For more information, visit www.novell.com.