I posted some time ago about moving to the internal beta GroupWise 7 Linux client.
Since then I’ve been very impressed with the new found stability and performance of the Linux client – it’s actually pretty responsive too!
Also all new is the revamped WebAccess – drag and drop, name completion and a new look – very impressive.
More here: http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/newrelease.html
Nice press release from Novell and Rackspace:
WALTHAM, Mass.—18 Jul 2005—Novell today announced Rackspace Managed Hosting has selected Novell® ZENworks® Linux Management software to administer its new enterprise Linux* hosting solution. Additionally, with the launch of Rackspace Red Label*, the company now offers its enterprise hosting solution on SUSETM LINUX Enterprise Server, among other Linux distributions. Because ZENworks can manage multiple platforms, Rackspace deployed the solution to gain improved management capabilities and the freedom to deploy multiple Linux platforms. As a result, employee productivity is improved and operating costs are lowered.
Full text here.
I predict that within the next two-three years this open-source marketing campaign will be used as a case study for anybody looking at marketing within high technology.
From modest beginings, through to the release of Firefox 1.0, the double page ad in the New York Times, to over 70 million downloads – this is perhaps a never to be repeated phenomenon.
There’s a nice post from Ben Goodger (lead Firefox developer) on enterprise deployment of the browser. Most of the comments are Windows specific – but it’s good stuff.
One of the things I’ll try and find time to do is take this great data and make it ZENworks relevent. If someone has more time feel free to post it to Cool Solutions!
I’ll also look at how this data can be used with ZENworks 7 Linux Management; deployment of the browser and then locking it down.
Alpha 2 of Deer Park is available – announcement in the Mozilla dev forums.
Install is clean and easy on NLD – settings, preferences, saves passwords and cookies – everything brought over correctly.
Browsing is fast – this is very noticable; especially compared to Firefox 1.0.x.
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