Novell Announces Strategic Technical Partnership with GWAVA To Enhance Security, Governance And Compliance Across Novell Product Portfolio

PROVO, Utah, Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell, a global software leader for enterprises worldwide, today announced a strategic technical partnership agreement with GWAVA®, a leading provider of compliance, security, archiving and eDiscovery for electronic communication. Within the terms of the agreement, the two companies will collaborate to provide compliance, security, management and disaster recovery across Novell technologies. In addition to Novell GroupWise, GWAVA will also expand its integrated security, compliance and eDiscovery solution to support Novell's file-sharing, collaboration and mobile management products.

"Novell is proud to partner with GWAVA which is equally committed to providing leading solutions that address today's enterprise needs," said Kathleen Owens, President and General Manager of Novell. "GWAVA is a key strategic partner that provides security, unified archiving and disaster recovery for our Novell GroupWise customers and we look forward to working with them to extend their solutions across other products within our portfolio."

Regulatory compliance requirements to secure and archive electronic communication extends beyond just email.  GWAVA and Retain Unified Archiving are the only solutions in the market that provide Novell customers multi-platform email, mobile and social messaging security and archiving with complete information governance and eDiscovery. With this expanded agreement, GWAVA's solutions will be integrated with Novell GroupWise, Novell GroupWise WebAccess, Novell GroupWise Mobility Server, Novell Vibe, Novell Messenger, Novell Filr and ZENworks Mobile Management. 

"Novell customers trust GWAVA to provide security, management, disaster recovery and archiving for their GroupWise environment," said Ken Muir CEO of GWAVA. "By expanding our support to other Novell technologies, customers will have a single powerful and tightly integrated solution. This will drive lower cost of ownership and greater return on investment across the Novell technologies they trust every day to solve their complex IT problems."   

GWAVA is the Diamond Sponsor of Novell's technical trade show BrainShare 2014, and will showcase the capabilities and value of this new collaborative partnership. BrainShare 2014 is in Salt Lake City, Utah from November 2 through November 5.

About Novell
Novell, Inc. believes that customers should have choice and control of their IT systems. A global software leader for enterprises worldwide, Novell delivers solutions that make people more productive and work environments more secure and manageable. Novell supports thousands of organizations around the world with collaboration, endpoint management, and file and networking technologies, all of which drive end-user productivity. With solutions including Novell Filr, Novell ZENworks Mobile Management and Novell iPrint, Novell focuses on today's mobile, social and multi-platform world to help businesses stay competitive, minimize costs, and get more value from the software they already own. For more information, visit www.novell.com.

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About GWAVA
For more than a decade GWAVA has delivered compliance, security, archiving and eDiscovery of electronic communication for thousands of organizations with millions of users around the world. GWAVA is the trusted partner that secures and protects the world's most critical messaging infrastructures. GWAVA is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with offices throughout the US, Germany, and the United Kingdom. GWAVA maintains a network of global strategic partners with BlackBerry, Microsoft, Novell and Verizon among others to ensure widespread access to GWAVA's leading edge solutions. GWAVA's key industry verticals include Government, Education, Financial Services, Legal, and Healthcare. Information on GWAVA can be found at www.GWAVA.com and on Twitter: @GWAVA

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