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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.
A new SPIN on server workloads
One of the most requested features for all of the PlateSpin management products is almost here...
Submitted by: jasondea on Wed. 05.18.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Migrate, PlateSpin Protect
Novell Operations Center and Novell Cloud Manager: Working Together to Manage the Cloud
Novell Cloud Manager creates and manages cloud environments that provision workloads on demand in a secure and compliant manner. Novell Operations Center has an integration module to Cloud Manager that allows you to view the Business Groups defined in Cloud Manager, the Business Services for each Business Group, and the Workloads that have been provisioned.
Submitted by: kcharles97 on Mon. 05.16.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management, Cloud, Integration
Product: Operations Center
Novell Operations Center and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
So your organization has made the decision to start using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)...
Submitted by: kcharles97 on Mon. 05.16.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management, Cloud, Integration
Product: Business Service Management, Operations Center
PlateSpin Protect/Forge Training in Novell On-demand
The product team wanted content that went deeper, technically, than the content we had previously released on the Protect product. In order to help us accomplish that objective, they gave us a lot of their time and wrote a lot of the content themselves.
Submitted by: dcoughanour on Tue. 05.10.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Training
Product: PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
Catch the mist, catch the myth, catch the mystery, catch the drift...
I’m sure everyone has at one point or another heard the metaphor of having to sharpen your saw, which implies the importance of continually updating your skills. It’s amazing to me when I hear stories like this of someone who is already a master still see the need to go out and sharpen his saw...
Submitted by: jasondea on Tue. 05.10.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
NetIQ AppManager + Novell Operations Center = cool solution
With the acquisition of Novell comes the merging of technologies. I can tell you that...
Submitted by: tisenberg on Thu. 05.05.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management
Product: Business Service Management, Operations Center
ZENworks 11 & VMWare
Have you ever asked, or been asked, about running ZENworks 11 on VMWare?
Submitted by: lpitt on Mon. 05.02.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: 3rd Party Products, virtual appliances, Virtualization, VMware
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
GroupWise: Ascot Platform Support Matrix
Prepare now by making sure your datacenter, desktops and browsers are updated to support the GroupWise Ascot release.
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Fri. 04.29.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, All Tech, All the Time
Topic: All-Tech GroupWise, Collaboration
Product: GroupWise
Novell Operations Center 5.0 - What's New
Novell Operations Center 5.0 was released yesterday and I thought I'd drop a few tidbits about the release. For starters...
Submitted by: tisenberg on Wed. 04.27.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management
Product: Business Service Management
Novell Operations Center 5.0 - The Eagle has Landed!
All development cycles/projects have code names until such a time a version number can be assigned to the release. This release was code named Eagle and thus the title! I must first say it has been a fast and furious year for the Novell Operations Center team filled with much change. Many thanks go out to the supporting cast of characters that delivered the product this year. The product has a fresh, clean look, a new name, improved quality and usability and many enhacements. As part of the updated brand a couple of integrations that are already available have never been called out on their own.
Submitted by: mhudnall on Mon. 04.25.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Data Center, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management
Product: Business Service Management, Operations Center
Accepting Applications for GroupWise "Ascot" Beta
As we get closer to the end of the "Ascot" project we are starting to think about the beta program.
Submitted by: aevans on Thu. 04.21.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Product: GroupWise
Improving Recovery Time - presentation
The slides from the latest in the Disaster Recovery Planning webinar series.
Submitted by: jasondea on Mon. 04.18.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Disaster Recovery
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
A Sneak Peek at Some PlateSpin Protect Training
We've got some new PlateSpin Protect training coming just around the corner. I mentioned not too long ago that this course was in development. Well now it's in the final stages of operations . . . I'm talking about "Workload Management Administration with PlateSpin Protect," Course 8017. By the end of this month, you'll be able to buy this course for self-study or sign up to take the class at a Novell Training Partner.
Why am I writing about the coming of this course 2 weeks in advance? Why am I not waiting until it's shipping before I start making noise about it? Because I've got something to show you.
Submitted by: dcoughanour on Fri. 04.15.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Training
Product: PlateSpin Protect
Using Endpoint Security Management in ZCM 11 -- Online Training from Novell
As a network administrator, have you ever pondered how nice your job would be if it weren't for those pesky users in your network? I'm sure many administrators and engineers have dreamed, at least now and then, about how smoothly they could have their networks running if there were no users to mess things up.
A network without users, a school without students, or a hospital without patients ...
Submitted by: dcoughanour on Fri. 04.15.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Policies, Security, Training, USB Drive, User Management, ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks Endpoint Security Management
GroupWise: Modify an Appointment
Already scheduled an appointment and now you want to modify it? Introducing GroupWise Ascot!
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Wed. 04.13.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, All Tech, All the Time
Topic: All-Tech GroupWise, Collaboration
Product: Conferencing, Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe, Workgroup
Cloud Chasers - How Cloud Vendors are Impacting the IT Business Service Landscape
Sean Larner CEO of both l'arbre solutions and Broolz, chats with Michele Hudnall of Novell on how the cloud and new cloud-based vendors are impacting the business services landscape. They also explore the ways these new offerings are competing with internal IT to provide the business with the services.
Submitted by: mhudnall on Tue. 04.12.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management, Cloud
Product: Business Service Management
Training Direct from Novell ~ for Sentinel Log Manager 1.1 and Access Manager 3.1
Until now, my posts have been exclusively about training deliverables that come from my team of course developers. But we're not the only game in town when it comes to delivering training on Novell products. Far from it. In addition to my team, which develops the courses that are delivered by training partners, we have two other teams of folks who not only develop but also expertly deliver training via Novell Online.
We have a couple Novell Online courses that I'd like to highlight here:
Submitted by: dcoughanour on Wed. 04.06.2011
Filed Under:
Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Training
Product: Access Manager, Sentinel
New Storage Manager 3.0.1 Podcast Posted
In-depth interview with David Condrey and Sophia Germanides covers new features in the product and how Novell Storage Manager can set significant cost controls on the largest line item in a CEO's budget—storage.
Submitted by: buckgashler on Tue. 04.05.2011
Filed Under:
Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers
Topic: Active Directory, Administration, Announcements, Automation, Collaboration, eDirectory, File Management, File Transfer, Linux, Load balancing, Migration, OES Migration, podcasts, Policies, Regulatory Compliance, Storage, Windows
Product: File Management Suite, Storage Manager
GroupWise: Email is Changing!
BETA Announcements, email discussion and April Fools!
Submitted by: dlythgoe on Fri. 04.01.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, All Tech, All the Time
Topic: All-Tech GroupWise, Collaboration
Product: Conferencing, Data Synchronizer, GroupWise, Vibe
Novell Operations Center Scripting – rexec right-click Operation
From time to time there are situations where you need a right-click operation to bounce back and forth between running on the server and running on the client workstation.
Submitted by: tisenberg on Fri. 04.01.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Business Service Management Cool Solutions
Topic: Business Service Management
Product: Business Service Management, Operations Center











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