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Tampa, Florida - March 21, 2005

Big Sur Technologies, Inc Receives 2005 Novell's "Service Excellence Award"

Big Sur Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received the Novell, Inc., Service Excellence Award for its superior work in delivering world-class technical support for Novell products and solutions.

Novell Technical Services has named 12 support partners as recipients of the 2005 Novell Service Excellence Awards. The awards were presented to the winning partners during BrainShare 2005 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The winners were chosen from among Novell's Platinum-level partners in the United States and Canada for excellence in delivering world-class technical support for Novell products and solutions.

Winners of this award are selected based on sales impact to Novell, customer satisfaction, demonstrated self-sufficiency of support deliver, quality and expertise of support staff, and customer references. "Novell and our partners continue to work together in a joint effort to be the industry leader in providing customers business solutions," said Mike Lyons, Vice President of Novell Technical Services.

Official Novell Technical Services Announcement: www.novell.com

About Big Sur Technologies, Inc.
Big Sur Technologies, Inc is a services and consulting organization that provides Information Technology Solutions to commercial, government, medical, and educational accounts throughout the Southeastern US. We provide a single point of contact for a wide variety of network services, hardware sales and software licensing. Big Sur Technologies has developed a consulting team that offers unique technical skills for Novell, Linux, Timespring Cisco, Messaging Architects, and Microsoft Software Technologies. We have an impressive success story that spans the last 6 years, covering medium to large, to enterprise accounts. More information about Big Sur Technologies, Inc. can be found at www.bigsurtech.com .

About Novell, Inc.
Novell, Inc. is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services to over 50,000 customers in 43 countries. With more than 20 years of experience in data center, workgroup and desktop solutions, Novell's 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers around the world are meeting customer requirements for identity-driven computing and Linux solutions. By providing enterprise-class software and support for commercial and open source software, Novell delivers increased operating flexibility and choice at a lower total cost of ownership. More information about Novell can be found at www.novell.com.

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