Novell Releases New Linux Management Tool
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Novell Inc. on Monday announced at its BrainShare trade show in Barcelona, Spain, the immediate availability of Novell ZENworks 6.6 Linux Management, a Linux software management system.
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InfoWorld - Novell this week spruced up a version of its Linux desktop aimed squarely at enterprise users.
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Novell brings updated kernel to enterprise LinuxTimed to coincide with this yearâs linuxworld expo, Novell has announced SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. Though Novellâs SuSE division has marketed a commercial Linux distribution based on the v2.6 kernel, this is the first to be granted the more stringently qualified âenterpriseâ designation. Besides kernel-level improvements and the usual collection of updated software packages, this release offers improved fail-over, clustering, and resource management and comes bundled with Novellâs ZENworks configuration management software for Linux. The company claims that its AutoBuild system allows it to offer identical configurations for a variety of platforms, including x86 (both 32- and 64-bit), Itanium, IBM POWER, and IBM mainframes. Free evaluation downloads are available now and support subscriptions start at $349 per dual-CPU server.SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Novell/SuSE
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(InfoWorld) - Novell Inc. will release its first desktop-and-server suite for small businesses in September, an offering clearly aimed at taking market share from rival and sometime partner Microsoft Corp. The Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition is based on Novell's Suse Linux distribution and includes the company's Open Enterprise Server for storage, user and rights administration, and clustering and failover capabilities. On the desktop, the suite includes the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Novell's GroupWise software for e-mail and a calendar. The release of a small business suite is an effort by Novell to attract customers, a problem the company has encountered while transitioning its business away from its NetWare network operating system to Linux, said Laurent Lachal, open-source research director for analyst firm Ovum PLC in London. Microsoft remains the vendor to beat in the small business area, although the market is somewhat fragmented, he added. "The SMB [small to midsize business] market is the new frontier for everyone in the IT industry, whether it's Microsoft, SAP or IBM," Lachal said. Novell pulled no punches comparing its suite to offerings from Microsoft, even thoughÂ the two vendors struck a controversial agreementÂ last November involving cross-patent licensing and projects to make their products more interoperable. Novell said one license for its suite will support five servers and 200 users, while one license for Microsoft's Small Business Server tops out at 75 users. The vendor warned that users of Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 R2 suite would also have to buy Microsoft Office separately. "The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org -- which runs on both Windows and Linux desktops -- provides 90 percent of the same functionality as Microsoft Office, supports Microsoft Office formats and is included with Novell Open Workgroup Suite at no extra cost," according to a Novell statement. By capping at 200 the number of users for a single license, it would appear Novell has set its sights on the U.S. market, Lachal said. The definition of small businesses in Europe tends to encompass far fewer employees than what are considered small businesses in the U.S., he said. Â
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Novell launches Web site to defend open-source software.
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Novell has begun a widely available trial of its Open Enterprise Server, software that combines tools from the company&#39;s proprietary NetWare with the open-source SuSE Linux operating system.
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Ubuntu users will get access to Parallels Workstation for Linux via the operating system's built-in update tool.
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Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) is pushing further into the Linux domain by extending the code base of its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server into the data center, the supporting platform for most enterprise applications, such as ERP, CRM or SCM.
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Novell is teaming with IBM to make it simpler to install SUSE Linux 10 on to System z servers.
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Desktop 9 includes Novell&#39;s edition of OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, Evolution software for collaborating with Windows, and Zenworks Linux Management.
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Looking to tap into discontent with Microsoft, Novell is set to deliver this week a package of Linux-based software for the PC that includes Office-like productivity applications, along with e-mail and Web browsing programs.
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Microsoft Wednesday released the latest versions of its performance and monitoring tool, which forms a cornerstone in its plan to create a management platform for Windows.
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PARIS - A group of European research institutions and open-source software companies has launched an effort to build new tools that will make it easier to do complex IT projects based on Linux and other open-source software, they said this week.
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When Novell&#39;s Linux desktop arrives at the end of this year it will be stripped down to avoid integration problems and to keep it simple for users.
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(Source: Novell) This guide examines the architecture and features of Novell ZENworks Configuration Management and shows how you can make it all work in your Microsoft Windows environment.
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Novell is consolidating operations in an effort to remove overlap between its four business units. The Waltham, Mass.-based software vendor is folding its Nterprise and SuSE Linux operations into a single
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Novell, seeking a real-time makeover for its collaboration wares, announced that it has acquired SiteScape, the developer of open source collaboration tools.