SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell: Benefits for Manufacturing
"We chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop for the same reason we chose SUSE Linux in the first place - we knew Novell would provide the reliability and easy management we need, as well as top-class support."
Novell offers SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 as an ideal solution for the following use cases in manufacturing organizations—providing you with a formidable solution for reducing desktop total cost of ownership (TCO):
- Factory workstations
- Engineering workstations
- Customer service representatives' desktops
- Field sales laptops
Factory Workstations
Most of your shop floor employees do not need the majority of features of a thick client. A Factory Workstation solution moves applications and the entire desktop experience to a server-based computing model with thin-client devices or re-deployed PCs operating as thin clients. This solution meets your organization's specific functional needs while providing greater security on the factory floor. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, you can have a robust operating system that delivers the reduced set of applications required by assembly line or warehouse workers, with higher security and lower cost.
Engineering Workstations
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop offers a much-awaited solution for IT managers who have spent years providing engineering users with dual workstations for design tools and office tools. Maintaining UNIX desktops and Microsoft Windows licenses is quite expensive. Moreover, engineers often share your company's intellectual property through e-mail collaboration, which may be vulnerable to malicious attacks. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, your engineers can work from a single, high-performance workstation with the added security of Linux. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop also offers many new features that will excite your engineers, such as:
- High-end video driver support with enhanced 3-D graphics
- Microsoft Office document format interoperability
- Hardware plug-n-play
- Multi-level security
- Integrated systems management
- Software development tools
- Ability to create clean-room environments
Desktops for Customer Service Representatives
The usability and productivity features incorporated into SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop offer customer service representatives unique advantages. These features include desktop-wide integrated search, animated desktop navigation (such as single-command tiling of applications and multiple desktop environments) and interoperability with Microsoft Office and various collaboration suites. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, customer service representatives will be able to work from multiple applications simultaneously and seamlessly and have a more enjoyable experience while greatly improving their efficiency and productivity.
Laptops for Field Sales
Your sales force needs to focus on closing the deal. They do not have time get lost in their own desktops. They need a desktop that will help them get and stay organized as well as make them more efficient. They need fast, easy access to sales tools and information as well as mobility features to perform their jobs anywhere, without sacrificing security.
The mobility features and plug-n-play functionalities of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop enable hassle-free mobility. In addition, its many interoperability and productivity tools give sales teams instant access to information sources and presentation options. Empower your mobile sales force with:
- Fast, easy access to content
- Improved navigation of entire workspace
- Plug-n-play
- Enhanced mobility and security features
- Advanced photo image library for prototype indexing
- Improved 3-D graphics rendering for dynamic on-site presentations and demos
Conclusion
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell provides benefits throughout your entire organization. Whether you are seeking to reduce operating costs, improve productivity on the factory floor and in the office or boost sales performance, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers the low-cost, flexible operating system you need. And Novell provides organizations of all sizes with the technical services they need to define and achieve their specific objectives. Our professional and customizable services are customer-focused—not product-driven— and backed by more than 20 years experience in building and supporting technical solutions for multi-vendor, global enterprises. Regardless of the platform mix in your environment, our global technical support team—the largest offered by any Linux vendor—provides the support you need. From award-winning self-support options to management partnerships with Novell, we will help you find the level of support that meets your needs and fits your budget.
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