Upgrade to Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition

Novell Small Business Suite Reaches End of Life

Novell Small Business Suite will be retired at the end of July 2006.¹ But that doesn't mean you have to abandon your favorite Novell products that keep your organization running smoothly. If you have current Upgrade Protection for Small Business Suite, you qualify for the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition.

Familiar Novell Products

Novell Open Workgroup Suite provides organizations of all sizes with a secure, flexible and cost-effective IT infrastructure and a proven set of workgroup services. Unlike a rigid, Windows-centric product stack, Novell Open Workgroup Suite is made up of flexible, standards-based software. This suite offers a low-cost, open alternative to Microsoft and includes a complete infrastructure and productivity solution from the desktop to the server.

Novell® Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition delivers a secure, reliable desktop-to-server solution—all at a fraction of the total cost of Microsoft's small business and office suites. When you choose the Novell solution, you get a comprehensive IT infrastructure and all the tools you need for business: enterprise-class Linux* servers, e-mail, calendaring, Linux desktops, security tools (e.g., firewall, antivirus and antispam services), printing, storage, management, backup, an open source office suite (for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations), fax services and much more.

It's a solution that gives you the best of both worlds—commercial-grade software and open source innovation—to help you maximize your IT budget.

Like Small Business Suite, Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition brings you many of your favorite Novell applications-plus much more:

• Industry-leading enterprise networking services in Novell Open Enterprise Server
• A secure and reliable collaboration solution in Novell GroupWise
• A high-performance Linux server for applications in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• An open source Linux desktop in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
• An open source productivity suite in the Novell Edition of OpenOffice.org for Windows and Linux

Maintenance for Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition

Maintenance is available to all customers—with or without Upgrade Protection—for Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition at an additional fee of $125/€118 per 5 users per year. With this kind of protection, you get:

• Future versions of Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition
• The right to deploy and use Novell GroupWise Mobile Server
• Updates for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
• Entitlement to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (with updates)
• Unlimited Web- and chat-based support (during the Maintenance period)

A Clear Choice to Reduce Costs

With Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition you have the freedom, flexibility and functionality that your larger competitors enjoy, but at a much lower cost. It's a solution that expands overall productivity, delivering savings you can use to innovate and grow your business. Visit the Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition home page for more information.

¹ Novell VLA and Retail offerings will continue to be available through then; support is offered through May 2008. For details on the lifecycle process, please see http://support.novell.com/lifecycle.