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.
I will be speaking with the Novell TTP group next week on ZENworks and systems management.
“Novell TTP?” you ask.. Well – it’s not exactly secret, but you won’t find it listed on novell.com.
Here’s the official blurb:
The Novell Technology Transfer Partners (TTP) is an international group of colleges and universities that have made a substantial commitment to campus IT implementations using Novell technology. TTP was started in the early 1980’s with 14 universities whose goal was to share their networking experiences in order to leverage the knowledge of their diverse campus computing environments. The group has now grown to be a more comprehensive group of loyal Novell higher education customers that not only share information with each other, but with the software developers and business units at Novell. Perhaps no other group has more influence on software development at Novell than the TTP members.
Basically it’s my chance to listen to a few dozen senior admins and their ideas, comments, complaints, wishes .. and even praise.
Not a lot I can add about content – it’s all under Non Disclosure – but I will be talking about cross-platform systems management, ZENworks 7, our roadmap and some of the future trends.
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