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ZENworks for Networks

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12 October 2006 - 2:29pm
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So I got inundated with email from inside and outside Novell when I posted that 'ZENworks for Networks' was still available for download.

For those that don't have long memories - ZENworks for Networks was released in 2000 as a directory enabled Quality of Service and Firewall solution. Part of it was from a Novell acquisition of Ukiah in mid-1999.

So why don't you see ZENworks for Networks anymore? Simple - it was end-of-lifed within a few months.

The market for 'directory enabled QOS' disappeared rapidly when pretty much every switch and router vendor added support for LDAP directories within their products. Far better to get native LDAP support (and use eDirectory) than to build a product that competes with the switch vendors.

So where can you find ZENworks for Networks? Have a hunt around the Novell Support site. At a meagre 30MB the product is tiny! The documentation is still around too.

Thanks to all those that asked - for me another gentle wander down memory lane.

Written at: Salt Lake City, UT




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Laurence Pitt's picture

Of course, if you want to

Submitted by Laurence Pitt (not verified) on 13 October 2006 - 11:00am.

Of course, if you want to buy a copy then checkout Amazon - they have all the latest stuff on there :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=517318

LOL :)

Ron van Herk's picture

The thing that surprised me

Submitted by Ron van Herk (not verified) on 13 October 2006 - 12:31pm.

The thing that surprised me the most was the minimal requirements, it makes you realize how fast thing's evolve within the IT world.

verify that your NetWare server meets the following requirements:

A Pentium or compatible 200-MHz or faster processor
128 MB of RAM
500-MB hard drive (with 100 MB of free disk space)

Martin Buckley's picture

You could run it from a

Submitted by Martin Buckley (not verified) on 13 October 2006 - 3:22pm.

You could run it from a thumb drive :)

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