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The Cool Bloggers are select Novell technologists who blog about the products they know and love. Check out what they're buzzing about today.
ZENworks 11 SP2 Open Beta now available!
ZENworks 11 SP2 Beta 1 is ready for testing.
Submitted by: jblackett on Tue. 10.04.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, ZENworks Application Virtualization
Product: ZENworks Asset Management, ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks Endpoint Security Management, ZENworks Linux Management, ZENworks Patch Management
ZENworks and 32-bit Primary Server Support
ZENworks 11 SP2 will be the last release that supports 32-bit Primary Servers.
Submitted by: jblackett on Mon. 09.26.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Product: ZENworks
Novell Service Desk v6.5 also brings with it a new deployment option; the virtual appliance
Along with a host of new features and capabilities, Novell Service Desk v6.5 also brings with it a new deployment option; the virtual appliance.
The virtual appliance can be deployed in under 3 minutes in a typical VMware environment which is just enough time to brew a decent cup of tea.
Read on to see how to do this ( the appliance, not the tea brewing ).
Submitted by: blartfast on Mon. 09.26.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions
Topic: Announcements, virtual appliances
Product: Service Desk
GroupWise: GroupWise 8.0.2 HP3 Ships!
Novell announces a new Hot Patch for GroupWise 8.0.2. This Hot Patch is the latest update for our flag ship product.
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Mon. 09.26.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions
Topic: Android, Collaboration, iPhone, Supported
Product: Conferencing, Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe
GroupWise Ascot: Coming Soon….
Get the latest information on the next version of GroupWise. Code named Ascot, this version is scheduled to release in calendar Q4. Here is what you will be getting….
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Fri. 09.23.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions
Topic: Collaboration, Supported
Product: Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe
Helpful new feature coming in ZENworks 11 SP2
Have you ever wanted to backup a bundle so you can import it into another zone or just have it on hand for restore? If so then have I got the feature for you.
Submitted by: jblackett on Thu. 09.22.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Features
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Getting started with the Bundle management features in Novell Service Desk 6.5
Novell Service Desk 6.5 brings with it a host of new and exciting features. One of these is the ability to leverage the capabilities of Novell ZENworks Configuration Management bundles from within Novell Service Desks web console. This article shows you how to get NSD and ZCM talking to each other so that you can start using bundle management from within NSD.
Submitted by: blartfast on Wed. 09.21.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing
Topic: General
Product: Service Desk
ZENworks Configuration Management News!
ZENworks Configuration Management 11.1a
Submitted by: lpitt on Wed. 09.21.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Upgrade
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Thank you, Johnnie!
Spending a day in the life of a school district network manager was a revelation.
Submitted by: Sgermanides on Fri. 09.16.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Product: ConsoleOne, eDirectory, GroupWise, NetWare, Open Enterprise Server, ZENworks Configuration Management
Disaster recovery and the cloud - Slides
Thanks again for all those who attended the September 13 webinar session - Disaster recovery and the cloud.
Submitted by: jasondea on Tue. 09.13.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
SLES10SP4 support for OES2SP3 is live!
Looking to add SLES10SP4 to your OES2 servers?
Submitted by: gldavis on Fri. 09.09.2011
Filed Under:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: OES Migration, Upgrading to OES
Product: Novell Client, Open Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
ZENworks@BrainShare 2011
Are you coming? Why not? Read this and see our plans for BrainShare.
Submitted by: lpitt on Fri. 09.09.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Application Virtualization, ZENworks Asset Management, ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks Endpoint Security Management, ZENworks for Desktops, ZENworks for Servers, ZENworks Handheld Management
Novell Service Desk v6.5
What’s new
Version 6.5 includes refinement and expansion of existing application functionality, while also incorporating numerous new features and Customer requests. The following is a summary of the updated and new functionality.
Submitted by: blartfast on Thu. 09.08.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions
Topic: Announcements
Product: Service Desk
GroupWise: Retiring technologies…
As products evolve and technologies change, we sometimes have to sunset some technologies and capabilities in order to stay current, sustain maintainability or streamline engineering efficiencies.
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Tue. 09.06.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions
Topic: Collaboration
Product: Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe
I am out of touch.
I'm embarrassed to find that I haven't made a customer visit in more than a year. Looking for help to remedy that ASAP.
Submitted by: Sgermanides on Mon. 08.29.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
GroupWise: In the News!!
GroupWise seems to be in the news a lot recently as customers, analyst and partners continue to find value in Novell's Collaboration Solutions.
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Tue. 08.23.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions
Topic: BrainShare, Collaboration, iPhone
Product: Conferencing, Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe, Workgroup
Big Changes for Novell Open Workgroup Suite = Good News for Customers!
Christmas comes early! NOWS customers are now entitled to even more products!
Submitted by: Sgermanides on Wed. 08.17.2011
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Notification
Product: Open Workgroup Suite
Update Your Disaster Recovery Plans with Virtualization (Slides)
Thanks again for all those who attended the August 9 webinar session - Update Your Disaster Recovery Plans with Virtualization.
Submitted by: jasondea on Wed. 08.10.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Virtualization & Workload Management
Topic: Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, VMware
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
ZENworks 11 Support Pack 1 is released
We have released ZENworks 11 Support Pack 1 - read more about it here!
Submitted by: lpitt on Tue. 08.09.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Upgrade
Product: ZENworks, ZENworks Configuration Management
Mobility Pack 1.2 Ships: Updated Scalability Recommendations
We reached another important milestone today by shipping Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack 1.2.
Submitted by: aevans on Fri. 08.05.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions
Topic: Android, iPhone
Product: Data Synchronizer, GroupWise









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