Novell Technical Subscriptions
November 2005 Highlights - ZENworks Toolkit
Have you already tried Novell® ZENworks® 7? If not, download it today and explore it with the help of your Novell ZENworks Toolkit. This month, you receive online access to an exciting batch of bonus utilities, essential files and patches, 413 new Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) and much more. Log in to the Subscriber Portal and use your toolkit resources today!
- New Software—Novell ZENworks 7
- Advanced and Expanded Resources
- Support Resources
- Technical Information Resources
- What's New and Upcoming
New Software—Novell ZENworks 7
Now available via the Subscriber Portal, Novell ZENworks makes it easy to deploy, manage and maintain IT resources in today's diverse IT environments. This powerful suite integrates innovative cross-platform tools that automate management across the lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handheld devices. With ZENworks, customers can eliminate administrator effort and reduce IT costs while delivering the IT resources that users need, when they need them—all based on identity.
Novell ZENworks Suite includes the following capabilities:
- Desktop Management reduces the total cost of ownership of Windows desktops and laptops. Administrators can automatically and transparently configure, update and troubleshoot workstations from wherever they are—inside or outside the firewall—without having to visit each device.
- Linux Management provides centralized control across the lifecycle of Linux systems. It features desktop lockdown, imaging, remote control, inventory and software management.
- Patch Management delivers a powerful, automated patch-management solution that helps companies manage the increasing numbers of patches, updates and fixes that their enterprise environments require.
- Server Management reduces the costs associated with managing diverse servers by using Policy-driven Automation to simplify routine server-management processes.
- Handheld Management reduces high ownership costs, strengthens corporate data security and increases productivity for a highly mobile workforce.
- Personality Migration fully captures and restores a Windows desktop work environment so administrators can easily manage, move and maintain a user's desktop with minimal disruption to business.
- Data Management ensures that user files and data are always protected, available from any location and easily recovered in the event that local data is lost—all without administrator intervention.
- Software Packaging simplifies the installation, customization and management of applications by allowing administrators to rapidly prepare reliable Windows Installer (MSI) software packages for distribution across their enterprises.
Novell ZENworks simplifies the management and delivery of resources throughout diverse enterprises and changing work environments. Novell ZENworks provides support for Windows, Linux and NetWare® environments and gives companies control over the operating systems in their environment, affording a quantifiable ROI of more than 1,012 percent.
Advanced and Expanded Resources
Bonus Utilities (Online)
Remember to check out the gems awaiting you online. Here's a small sampling of the bonus utilities for ZENworks now available via your Subscriber Portal:
- DoRunRun—eliminates the need for manual intervention when using ZENworks to automatically install applications that don't have digital signatures
- Vendor and Hardware Type Tagging—creates registry key strings for hardware type and vendor name
- USB Storage Device AXT—provides two applications, one that enables USB storage devices on Windows XP and one that disables these storage devices
- WSName 2.74e—helps you change NetBIOS and Host names on Windows workstations
White papers
Be sure to set aside time for reading this month. November's subscription includes informative white papers about ZENworks:
- Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management
- Novell ZENworks Asset Management Administrative Best Practices and Troubleshooting: White Paper
Support Resources
Latest Files and Patches
Keep your system in top-notch condition by downloading one or more of this month's 16 new helpful files and patches. Check them out on the Subscriber Portal today!
Technical Information Resources
New and Updated Documentation (Online)
Look no further for answers to your burning questions about the latest version of ZENworks. November's online update includes detailed information about the following ZENworks offerings:
- ZENworks 7
- ZENworks Asset Management 3.3
New Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) (Online)
Our collection of detailed technical ZENworks documents just keeps growing, and so does your research potential. The 413 newly available Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDs) expand your resources for answering even the toughest technical queries. Visit the Subscriber Portal today!
Product Communities articles (Online)
How easy is it to get a fresh perspective on using ZENworks? Visit Novell Product Communities today and find out. This month brings your way dozens of new AppNotes, feature articles, tips and more. (As always, we welcome additional contributions or feedback on current content.)
Online Web Forums Archive
If you need answers to pressing IT questions, you need the Online Web Forums Archive. This incredible resource for finding answers and insights offers two ways to enlightenment: search an in-depth compilation of answers to similar questions or ask IT experts directly in real time.
What's New and Upcoming
Consolidated Support Pack 13 Now Available
If your subscription doesn't include the ever-popular Novell Consolidated Support Pack (CSP), you can purchase it today by visiting http://support.novell.com/tools/csp/orderinfo.html
Install Your New Licenses
Are you already feeling the pressure that accompanies the end of the year? We're alleviating some of that stress by including all of your 2006 evaluation software licenses on CD 1A of this month's shipment. Your current licenses will expire on December 31, 2005, but that doesn't mean you have to wait until the last minute to update them. Instead, do it today and enjoy a relaxing start to the new year!