Novell® Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition (NOWS SBE) is the first workgroup suite for small businesses that provides organizations with a flexible solution based on proven, open standards based software. The Novell suite features a simple, yet customizable installation process along with remote management capabilities. This means that solution providers can remotely manage their small business customers’ IT infrastructures, thus reducing costs and improving service.
The Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition also has a newly developed integration layer that makes it easier for resellers and service providers to integrate their specialized products into a solution. The suite is supported by popular business software applications certified to work with SUSE® Linux Enterprise. Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition includes Novell Groupwise® for e-mailing and calendaring; Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) for advanced storage management, user and rights administration, and clustering and failover capabilities; SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell for complete desktop productivity; and the Novell edition of the popular office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org, for Windows and Linux.