Connection Magazine Archive
2008 — by Month
December 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 With the release of GroupWise 8 last month, many customers are buzzing about the Home View, the robust contact management and the cross-boundary calendaring.
- Tech Talk 2 Still feeling the draw of NetWare? Although that's understandable, now's the season for you to upgrade to the veritable Linux. With Open Enterprise Server 2 SP 1, the migration is effortless. See why.
- Tech Talk 3 Using its own technologies, Novell automates the virtualization of its data center. Read some of their secrets and find out how you can implement the same kinds of money-saving measures.
- Tech Talk 4 During these uncertain economic times, good IT training makes good budgetary sense. Are you getting the most out of your Novell products? Consider investing in Novell certification and training programs to help you quickly and efficiently deploy your new products.
Departments
- Proof Point Colorado home builder eliminates Web server downtime with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and gets national attention from a TV home makeover show.
- GroupWise Tips You think your GroupWise 8 home view is pretty sweet? Everyone else want theirs to look like yours? np. Here's how to quickly and easily share a beautiful custom home view so you can share your wealth around the entire company if you want.
November 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 Why virtualize? First in a four-part series, this article not only answers that question but gives you an an overview of how Novell is implementing an effective virtualized environment.
- Tech Talk 2 With BrainShare 2009 only four months away, it's time to start planning! Take advantage of early-bird registration, vote for sessions and find out what's new.
- Tech Talk 3 The results are in. After reviewing the stats, here are the most popular articles of 2008. If you missed them the first time around, be sure to check them out now.
October 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 Domain Services for Windows is now supported in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. See if now's the right time for you to take advantage of it.
- Tech Talk 2 How would you like Novell Customer Center and Novell Update at your site, inside your firewall? Read how the Subscription Management Tool can give you just that.
September 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 GroupWise 8 is on the horizon. Find out how it will make your life as an admin easier.
- Tech Talk 2 With the release of GroupWise 8 comes the new greatly improved WebAccess client. See what's in store for your users.
- Tech Talk 3 Relocating or consolidating your data center? See how PlateSpin products cover your bases with amazing automation.
- Tech Talk 4 Greater interoperability is a main perk of this support pack, which includes AFP and CIFS protocol support. See how it all fits together.
Departments
- Proof Point This IT company with 34,000+ employees employs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to help bring in US$8.2 billion in revenue. Read how.
- Trend Talk Life can be messy, but your storage buckets don't have to be. Learn how robust storage helps clean up and enhance your collaborative life.
- Laura Chappell Still stuck with lowering IT budgets and increasing costs? Hear Laura's six things you should still do on a vanishing IT budget.
August 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 Don't pay more than necessary. Novell Teaming offers innovative next-generation collaboration capabilities at an extremely affordable price.
- Tech Talk 2 PlateSpin is preparing the second generation of fully integrated hardware appliances for consolidated workload protection and recovery.
- Tech Talk 3 A Few Things to Keep You Occupied While Waiting for 3.0
Departments
- Proof Point Using Novell Identity Manager and Novell eDirectory, the County of Ventura created a county-wide metadirectory and centralized identity management across its 26 agencies.
- Trend Talk From Saas to Paas, the world of computing is moving to the clouds. Here's a primer that will help you navigate through the upcoming world as you make your way to Cloud 9.
- Laura Chappell HTTP interdependencies: when you think you're browsing to just one Web site, how many are you actually hitting?
July 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 When it comes to manual approval processes, the bottom line is that they’re simply inefficient, slow and wasteful. It’s time to automate and make your money back.
- Tech Talk 2 Too often, IT is regarded as a necessary evil needed to manage the company’s technology. But it’s high time you took your rightful place as the golden goose in your organization!
- Tech Talk 3 Piracy affects you, whether you know it or not. Find out how and what you can do to help curb the worldwide problem and bring those to justice who rob your bottom line.
- Tech Talk 4 Has your data center sprawled out like your hound dog after devouring a hefty Thanksgiving feast? With this technology and the right strategy, you could have major savings.
Connection Magazine July full .pdf
Departments
- Proof Point Nationally ranked Georgetown University uses Novell technology to consolidate servers by 90% and cut implementation time for new applications by 50%!
- Trend Talk Trends come and go. Is the trend of buying and selling software as we’ve known it for 25 years about to end? What’s on the horizon and what’s the next evolutionary step?
June 2008
Features
Departments
- Proof Point O’Reilly Automotive implemented SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in its data center and across more than 1,800 stores. A flexible Linux platform helps the company be more competitive and keep pace with double-digit annual growth.
- Trend Talk Computing in the Cloud is Taking its Rightful Place with Online Hosted Backup and Recovery Services
May 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 1 Want Facebook for Business? You now have it with Novell Teaming. It lets you do a lot more than just set up an online environment where your team can share files. It's a host of other things to help teams collaborate across the globe.
- Tech Talk 2 Feeling a little behind on the Linux front? Need to get your feet wet in Linux and on the command line? Don't worry. Novell just released two new ways that will help you start-and enjoy-your journey into Linux.
- Tech Talk 3 Getting to your data is easier than you think in OpenOffice.org Base. Just set up some static or dynamic reports to pull all the data you need to make sound business decisions.
Departments
- Proof Point With an expanding data center and frequent system outages, Baldor Electric migrated to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z to establish a more streamlined, highly available platform for its mission-critical SAP applications.
- Laura Chappell Laura's giddy with the new release of Pilot from Cace Technologies. It's what she's wanted for years to augment her use of Wireshark. It could make your life a lot easier too! Watch this video to find out.
April 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 01 With all your data in your OpenOffice.org Base database, how do you access it to help make decisions? Query your database to help you analyze your data
- Tech Talk 02 If you didn't make it to BrainShare or just want a recap of the keynote messages this article is for you. The Novell executives walk you through the latest and greatest in Novell strategy and technology.
- Tech Talk 03 Attention Web enterprise developers: Mono is ready to take on the Microsoft-dominated ASP.NET stack. You can now deploy your software on Linux-based servers without the powers that be feeling a thing.
- Tech Talk 04 Lengthy release cycles are a thing of the past. We want to know what you want, and we want to deliver it to you now.
Departments
- Proof Point As a non-profit organization, Sesame Workshop has a small IT staff with a big job. They've found the extra help they need with Novell ZENworks Asset Management and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
- Trend Talk Are tightening budgets forcing you to consider other options? Start considering other office productivity suites (and some are online offerings) to release the strangle hold proprietary vendors might have on you-and your budget.
March 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 01 Get ready for a new release of GroupWise. Wanna busy search a client's calendar? Go for it. Want more panels on your home view? Track a couple of Web sites in your home view too. Take your pick of these and many more new features in the next release of GroupWise.
- Tech Talk 02 Upgrading from NetWare to the next generation of technology doesn't have to be painful—or costly. Take advantage of all the benefits Open Enterprise Server 2 offers for less and without the pain of retraining your staff. See how this migration path stacks up against moving to the big unknown—Windows Server 2008.
- Tech Talk 03 Try it just once and it'll be the last time you'll want to call support. It's faster, cheaper and unlimited. See how this new support option is going to change the way you want support from Novell.
- Tech Talk 04 Does your enterprise have legacy systems that won't talk to other computers? The hotel industry had that problem-until Novell stepped in. Now, using code that Novell open sourced, the hotel industry can use identity management solutions-on their legacy systems! See how you can teach your old systems to talk.
- Tech Talk 05 The word spin can have a negative connotation—unless it's PlateSpin. Read how Novell's acquisition of Toronto-based PlateSpin is going to give your data center several positive benefits. If you want your data center tasks to manage themselves, welcome to the new Novell technology from PlateSpin.
- Tech Talk 06 For beginners, databases can be frightening. But with a little help in building effective forms, you'll be on your way to populating a database that can almost take care of itself. See how here in our OpenOffice.org series cover the database application included in the free office suite.
- Tech Talk 07 If you're like most companies, your end users' teams are comprised of people across the globe. Yet they want to feel like their teammates are just down the hall. Enter Sitescape. It's now a part of Novell and provides the engine to the new Novell Teaming + Conferencing products. Find out how this recent acquisition benefits you.
- Connection Magazine March full .pdf
Departments
- Proof Point Toll Brothers, the leading builder of luxury homes in the U.S., had issues. One was managing desktops across 300 locations, including construction site trailers across 22 states. Keeping them in standard, working order was quite a problem. See how Novell automated that, increased the security of sensitive financial data, and much more.
- Trend Talk Are you up on your backups? Are you a synthetic backer upper? What about your recovery objectives? How will you recover after the crisis strikes? Learn what types of backup and recovery procedures are available, so when the crisis strikes, you'll be up on your backups and know just how to recover.
- Laura Chappell Analysis Session: TCP Connection Loss
January 2008
Features
- Tech Talk 01 Novell Teaming creates an online environment that empowers individuals to work together more effectively and productively. It brings the right people together to handle business challenges.
- Tech Talk 02 Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition is a great deal that small business customers can?t afford to pass up. Up to 80 percent savings on software acquisition costs is only the beginning.
- Tech Talk 03 Building a database can seem a little daunting at first, but with OpenOffice.org Base you can create a database that, once built, pretty much manages itself.
Departments
- Proof Point Since bringing color to motion pictures 90 years ago, Technicolor has evolved into a global and diversified corporation that is now considered the preeminent worldwide provider of services to the media, entertainment and communications industries.
- Trend Talk AFew technology words are as clearly defined and/or understood as the word security. But that?s actually an oxymoron. Security is a concept readily understood as something an enterprise should have or at least an idealogical initiative they should strive for.
- Laura Chappell Analysis Session: TCP Connection Loss