10/2/2000 -- Novell recently established new benefits for CNEs, including free LogicSource2 for NDS for those who completed their upgrade to NetWare 5 certification on or before Aug. 31, 2000.

Benefits for all CNEs include:

• Automatic notification of new patches, technical information documents and white papers via a list server subscription.
• Automatic membership to NetWare Users International (NUI), a worldwide community for Novell software users (www.novell.com/community/nui/).
• Techies.com job board exclusive to NetWare 5 CNEs.
• $100 discount on Novell's advanced technical training courses.
• Priority on the Novell technical support queue.
• CNE ID card.
• Six-month subscription to Novell's online lab (available in November 2000).
• Software Evaluation Library at cost ($45 per year).
• 40 percent off technical training videos.
• Access to quarterly Webcasts with NetWare's creator and chief scientist, Drew Major.

The above is in addition to the previously established CNE benefits, including:

• Access to CNE Net (www.cnenet.com).
• First two Web incidents free from technical support, then 50 percent off Web incidents.
• Free subscription to NetWare Connection magazine.

For more information on these benefits, please visit http://www.novell.com/education/benefits.html. For more information on Novell's certification program, please visit http://www.novell.com/education. -B.N.