The core functionality included within ZENworks Configuration Management includes remote control, inventory, imaging, software deployment, and application and policy management. In addition, ZENworks provides easy access to even more solutions that help you to meet the needs of your workforce.
ZENworks Application Virtualization reduces the costs, complexity, and delays associated with application compatibility testing and management, while maintaining endpoint security. You can turn Windows,.NET and Java-based applications into self-contained applications in minutes for pain-free deployment via the Web, USB keys, or a desktop management infrastructure.
Novell ZENworks Endpoint Security Management provides a comprehensive set of policy-enforced solutions that address every aspect of endpoint security, all managed through a single console. Solutions can be deployed individually to meet specific needs, or as a fully integrated suite to provide complete endpoint protection, from perimeter to core. ZENworks Endpoint Security Management delivers wireless security, a personal Firewall, port control, data encryption, USB security and application control, and it also allows you to set alerts based on policy violations. This granular level of control enables your business to define policies that reflect working practices. For example, you can whitelist certain approved USB devices, while denying access to any other USB removable storage that is connected, or only you can allow laptop devices to attach only to approved wireless networks.
ZENworks Patch Management is a powerful solution to automate patch management, including the processes of discovering security alerts, retrieving patches, and deploying the right patches to the right machines.
You use ZENworks Patch Management to maintain and monitor patch compliance throughout the entire enterprise, so you can accurately detect security vulnerabilities. This powerful tool provides dynamic graphical reports so you can easily see which devices are in security compliance and quickly assess vulnerabilities.The highly accurate inventory process, lets you run reports run reports to identify any patch deployments that haven't been successful, or to identify when devices aren’t properly patched.
ZENworks Patch Management provides patches across all Windows operating systems, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, and Macintosh for more than 40 popular applications such as Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Flash, Citrix ICA, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, and SharePoint.
With this component, ZENworks Configuration Management provides an integrated asset inventory, that tracks software usage and license compliance. ZENworks Asset Management ensures compliance with all purchased license agreements and contracts. It also includes an auto-reconciliation feature that matches the products discovered on the network with the licenses purchased. ZENworks Asset Management discovers and tracks more than 65,000 products. ZENworks Asset Management also gives a deep visibility into both desktop application and server-side application usage trends. Reports can be quickly generated to show which products and types of software are being used most, and which products are not being used at all.
Novell Service Desk enables delivery of services that are closely aligned to business needs and objectives. By supporting ITIL best practices out of the box, Novell Service Desk helps move from a reactive to a proactive stance by providing high-quality managed services. Novell Service Desk makes it possible to fulfil any type of business request by combining strong self-service capabilities and easy-to-use built-in reporting. It also offers advanced incident, problem, change, configuration and knowledge management capabilities and supports integration with numerous external systems to make the most of existing infrastructure investments, including ZENworks Configuration Management.
Recently announced along with ZENworks 11 SP2, Novell ZENworks Full Disk Encryption provides the security of full disk encryption, without all the management headaches of traditional solutions. It goes beyond simply securing mobile devices, and makes it easy to automatically secure your laptops and desktops with centralized key management.