Here are the two articles:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/epic-uptime-achievement-can-you-beat-16-years/

http://www.zdnet.com/a-lesson-for-the-cloud-100-percent-uptime-achieved-for-16-years-7000013449/

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He looked for a mobile device management solution that would be able to:

• Control what students could access over the Internet
• Manage the mobile apps they could use
• Enforce school security policies
• Automatically alert IT staff to problems or setting changes
• Quickly deploy applications to students
• Wipe or disable the mobile tablets
• remotely
• Support different mobile devices and platforms
• Scale to manage thousands of devices

Enter Novell ZENworks Mobile Management

Check it out and let us know what you think:http://www.businesscomputingworld.co.uk/balancing-data-protection-and-employee-productivity/

Quote from Novell Thought Leader Justin Strong

The mobile device explosion within the enterprise has opened up countless new technology opportunities, and Apple's pending $356-million acquisition of biometrics hardware manufacturer AuthenTec got pundits' tongues wagging about the proposition of a new wave of mobile-enabled biometric use both inside and outside the enterprise. But a surge in enterprise mobile biometric authentication will depend on how well these controls can be managed and centralized within organization-wide identity and access management (IAM) systems.

Novell's ZENworks Product Marketing Manager Justin Strong spoke with Security Dark Reading's Erika Chickowski about this new phenomenon.

Take a look here: http://www.darkreading.com/identity-and-access-management/167901114/security/news/240008424/you-re-nobody-without-your-mobile-device.html?pgno=1#articleArea

We’re excited to announce that Novell was selected by Glassdoor.com, the leading social jobs and career community, as one of the Top 25 Companies in the U.S. for Work-Life Balance.

Glassdoor’s list of top companies for work-life balance relies solely on the input of employees who elected to participate in an online company review survey.  This year's survey was conducted between July 2011 and July 2012, with nearly 100,000 companies participating.

Novell was ranked 13^th on Glassdoor’s annual list included with other high-profile companies such as SAS, REI, CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Orbitz and Citrix.

“In today’s highly connected world, striving for work-life balance can feel virtually impossible given greater access to our jobs around the clock,” said Rusty Rueff, Glassdoor career and workplace expert, who ran global HR departments at Electronic Arts and PepsiCo before co-authoring Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business. “Companies that make sincere efforts to recognize employees’ lives outside of the office will often see the payoff when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent.”

This is really exciting news and a great topic for conversations not only internally, but with the outside world via the social media channels in which you participate. Although we recognize that there is always opportunity to improve in all facets of our operation including the are of work-life balance and the creation of a positive work environment, overall, these results are an indicator of the progress we’ve made and the good things that lie ahead.

With this move, the university will be able to manage its network of 33,000 end users with fewer people, which will help them reduce costs and protect the themselves against potential downtime.

"Thanks to Novell Cluster Services, we can count on permanent availability,” said Eric Kerkdijk, Manager of Infrastructure & Telecom Management at Rotterdam University. “If for whatever reason one of the nodes malfunctions, the corresponding node in the other data center takes over its tasks without causing any interruption – every cluster-enabled service can be taken over by the other data center within a matter of seconds. In this way, Novell Cluster Services makes managing and maintaining the servers very easy.”

We believe in creating more productive and secure work environments that are easier to manage, and we love sharing real examples, like this one, on how our products impact people in real life scenarios.

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If an employee wants to do their job entirely on a tablet instead of a laptop, they now have that option. However, IT is still going to be counted upon to secure and manage these devices much like any other endpoint. IT shouldn’t need to reinvent a brand-new set of tools when they already have established processes and procedures. ZENworks Mobile Management enables IT to use existing infrastructure to protect company data on mobile devices – it can manage most any device a consumer could have, from a central point of management.

But the story only begins with Mobile Device Management (MDM). A recent Forrester report indicates that 53 percent of employees currently use their own devices for work. It also projects that within three short years, BYOD will spell business as usual. As employees are demanding IT support for personal devices — regardless of the costs, complexities and security concerns this entails — we’re pleased to meet their needs with Novell ZENworks Mobile Management, ensuring enterprises can confidently and cost-effectively open their doors to mobile devices.

To learn more about BYOD and ZENworks Mobile Management, visit www.novell.com/zmm.

Now more than ever, mobility, social tools and the drive for better productivity are transforming the business landscape. To help employees be productive no matter where they are and to collaborate with their colleagues and partners, we have added some powerful new features to Novell Vibe 3.3.

Some of the most important feedback we received from our customers was their desire to simply and easily work with other users in real time on the business documents they use everyday. To meet this demand, Novell Vibe 3.3 includes the Novell Vibe Add-in for Microsoft Office. With it, users can open, modify and save Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly from their Vibe workspace. The Add-in also helps people work on documents together: a live comment stream aids discussion and decisions about content; each user can edit a file and be notified when another person’s edits are available to preview and merge; and the group can see document history and compare versions.

To further enhance the collaborative experience – anytime, anywhere – Vibe 3.3 also features Vibe Desktop, which enables users to easily access and sync files offline. Users simply download Vibe Desktop and can then connect and sync any folders and files from their Novell Vibe system to their desktop. They can then access these files offline, with any changes automatically syncing between their desktop and Vibe once they are back online.

Check out the Novell Vibe website to see what else is new in Vibe 3.3—the latest of a series of rapid releases to deliver what our customers need. We hope our commitment to developing solutions that work the way our customers want to work results in even more success for your business! To learn more about Novell Vibe 3.3, visit www.novell.com/vibe.

Click here to learn more about the power and capabilities of Novell ZENworks 11 SP2.

There’s nothing like attending a sales conference when you have a lot to celebrate. I recently had the chance to spend time with Novell’s global salesforce in Orlando, FL to kick off our fiscal year, train on the hottest industry topics and recognize those who made the greatest strides reconnecting and building relationships with our customers in the past year.

The annual fiscal year kickoff is a great time to look closely at what’s driving success, what our challenges are and where we’re headed. I want to hone in on one of the items Novell President, Bob Flynn, named a success: Novell’s “re: focus” campaign.

As a Novell marketing leader, I was gratified to see this campaign make the cut. But reveling in congratulations is a passing pleasure. Understanding why our “re: focus, re:turn, re:kindle” campaign was, is and will continue to be a success is the key to why you should continue your relationship with Novell or try us for the first time.

From my perspective, re: focus is more than a marketing campaign—it’s Novell’s approach to doing business. The campaign merely distilled what Novell is about, what we’re committed to and what our customers can expect. In short, the campaign is about Novell’s ideals: build great products, deliver exceptional value and nurture lasting relationships.

But words are only words. Success comes from saying what you’re going to do then going out and doing it. This is why I make the claim that re: focus is a way of being for Novell—not just a campaign.

How do I know?

We recently asked our customers this question: Why are you with Novell? The responses were like a mirror to our ideals of great products, exceptional value and lasting relationships. Watch this video on why our customers are with us. How many of our competitors can hang that on their wall?

To see our brand ideals reflected back at us in the reality of our customers’ experiences is heartening. Are we perfect in every way, all the time? Heck no. But the point is, these ideals are the beacon that illuminates our target as we move forward with long-time customers—and the road we traverse as we earn new business relationships.

Eventually, you’ll see our re: focus campaign replaced with a new message, but our brand ideals—our commitment to you to build great products, deliver exceptional value and nurture lasting relationships—will endure. Thank you to all our customers for helping us see what it is that makes Novell great and for standing up to say, “I AM Novell!”