PROVO, Ut — Jan. 24, 2001 — Novell, Inc. announced today that Caldera, a “Linux for business” leader, is bundling a 100-user license of NDS eDirectory with Caldera Volution, a new Linux systems management solution. Customers of Caldera Volution will be able to leverage the industry-leading LDAP-based eDirectory as a central repository to store and manage information on users, policies, and hardware and software inventory, delivering an intuitive way to manage network resources in the enterprise and service provider environments.
“Through our partnership with Caldera, Novell is furthering its commitment to deliver secure, scalable and cost-effective Net services software to Linux customers worldwide,” said Ed Anderson, director of product management, Novell. “The integration of eDirectory with Caldera Volution offers exceptional value and performance to customers seeking secure and flexible management of their Linux networks.”
With Caldera Volution, administrators can use policies and profiles to manage thousands of Linux systems, without having to individually manage or touch each. Volution is distribution-neutral — designed to work with all major Linux distributions, and provides broad management functions. Caldera Volution is targeted at ISPs, ASPs, hosting companies, and network and systems administrators — anyone needing to manage multiple Linux servers and desktops. For more information please visit www.calderasystems.com/products/volution.
Novell eDirectory remains the only directory on the market to work on all leading operating systems, which significantly simplifies the complexities of managing users and resources in a mixed Linux, NetWare®, NT, Solaris, Tru64 UNIX and Win2000 environment. It is the industry’s only secure, scalable, cross-platform directory service, allowing organizations to centrally store and manage information across all networks and operating systems. For more information please visit www.novell.com/products/edirectory.
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Dawn Harris
Novell, Inc.
408-967-7712
daharris@novell.com
