Big Sur Technologies, Inc Receives 2006 Novell's "Service Excellence Award"

Provo, Utah - March 29, 2006

Novell Technical Services has named 15 support partners as recipients of the 2006 Novell Service Excellence Awards. The awards were presented to the winning partners during BrainShare 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The winners were chosen from among Novell's Platinum-level partners in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC for excellence in delivering worldclass 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. "We have been overwhelmed by the number and quality of Novell partners that were considered for this year's Service Excellence Awards," said Mike Lyons, Vice President of Novell Technical Services. This is the second year in a row that Big Sur Technologies, Inc. has won this award.

Novel Technical Support understands the importance of partnering and continues to work diligently on creating programs that are channel friendly and underscore the importance of true partnering. “As Novell continues to broaden it's business, our partners are stepping up their investment in Novell products and services and together we're working to meet the support needs of our customers. This years winners are the best of an exceptional group of partners,” said Lyons.

Official Novell Technical Services Announcement: www.novell.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.

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 .

Press contact: press@bigsurtech.com