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December 2007 Highlights - Novell Tech Select Service

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New Software

You won't believe all the goodies jam-packed into this month's release. Just in time for the new year, you can try out some terrific new Novell products and keep your existing ones humming along with important updates. It's our year-end gift that will keep on giving.

Novell Teaming + Conferencing: Welcome to twenty-first century collaboration! With Novell Teaming + Conferencing, you can put the best people on the job, regardless of location. What's more, you can cut travel costs by bringing team members together in dedicated online work spaces with the following capabilities:

  • Document management and sharing
  • Team calendars and shared task lists
  • Discussion threads, wikis, blogs and RSS feeds
  • Workflow
  • Web and voice conferencing
  • Instant messaging/chat
  • Application sharing and whiteboarding
  • And much more!

Novell iManager 2.7 and accompanying plug-ins: Get the latest version of this Web-based administration console that provides secure, customized access to network administration utilities and content from virtually any location worldwide.

Updates to Novell GroupWise Mobile Server 2, GroupWise Messenger, and GroupWise Messenger Client: The powerful collaboration solution from Novell just keeps getting better. This month's updates help keep your users connected, wherever they may roam.

Updates to Novell Identity Manager: Novell Identity Manager simplifies the process of identity management. It provides automated user provisioning and password management throughout the user lifecycle, so your users can be productive immediately. Keep it current with this month's updates.

Updates to Novell SecureLogin:With Novell SecureLogin, your employees use only a single, secure login to authenticate to the corporate resources they need. Users quickly access the network, applications and secure Web sites with automated login and credential management. Install the updates today and keep your helpdesk focused on value-add projects instead of of password reset calls.

Updates to Novell Security Services: Novell Security Services has been updated! Ensure your system is secure by accessing the updates to Novell Certificate Server (PKI) Novell Modular Authentication Services (NMAS), Novell Transport Layer Security (NTLS) and Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI)—he four crucial elements of Novell Security Services.

Updates to Novell eDirectory: Novell eDirectory is the industry's most widely deployed, cross-platform directory service—a powerful, award-winning product that gives you precise, scalable control over all your users and network resources. Check out this month's shipment for the latest updates!

Updates to Novell ConsoleOne: This month's shipment features accessibility improvements, the ability to check partition continuity and enhancements to the way you create user accounts, edit and find objects and more. Install yours today and see who we're making your life easier.

Novell iFolder 3.4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10: Novell iFolder lets you access, organize and manage your files from anywhere, anytime. This powerful, encrypted online file synchronization and online transfer tool gives you worry-free security, ensuring that your files are always safe, secure and up to date.

And check out the updated Novell Client for Windows 4.91 (now SP4) as well as the updated clients for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1, openSUSE 10.2 and Windows Vista.

Advanced Resources

Novell Online Self-Study Manuals

Have you mastered SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 yet, or are you still a Padawan learner? This month's shipment includes training for a variety of levels of expertise:

Migrating from Red Hat to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Course 3068)

This course focuses on the essential differences between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. It enables an experienced Linux administrator familiar with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to perform administrative tasks on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 platform with ease.

Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (Course 3084)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Administration (Course 3086)

Starting with basic Linux knowledge, this course teaches you the skills you need to efficiently and successfully administrate SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

Bonus Utilities

Bonus Utilities are handy programs that help you work more efficiently with the Novell solutions you use most often. Just install the ones you want and see the difference a little grease makes. This month's shipment includes many new and updated utilities, including:

  • Check eDirectory LDAP Statistics with Nagios—can be used to monitor the number of LDAP searches and errors with Nagios.

  • UPDATED: Simple LDAP Management Tool —works with eDirectory from Linux and allows users to easily update multiple users attributes, including passwords, from the Linux console.

  • Expire Accounts Not Used in 30 Days—is a script which expires accounts not used in the previous 30 days.

  • SvcEvents Service—monitors Windows Login/Logoff/Shutdown events.

  • UPDATED: ZENworks 7 SP1 Imaging on USB—allows you to start the ZENworks 7 imaging from a USB thumb drive instead of the boot CD.

  • Create an Integrated OES2/SLES10SP1 DVD Image —combines the Open Enterprise Server 2 ISO and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 ISO into a single integrated DVD image for easier Open Enerprise Server 2 installation.

  • UPDATED: DesktopClean 2.5 —scans the local desktop, moves files to a specified network path and creates shortcuts to the moved files on the desktop.

  • SSH brute force block—detects brute force SSH attacks.

  • GetScreenRes 1.0 —creates registry keys and temporary files to indicate a user's current screen resolution.

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches

What's the difference between a happy network and an unhappy one? A happy network is operating at its peak because all of its patches are up to date. This month's shipment includes 42 new ReadMe files and patches to keep you—and your network—happy.

Technical Information Resources

Product Documentation

We're proud of our ongoing documentation work here at Novell. We have an expansive and ever-growing library of documentation to ensure you can always find the answers you need about your Novell products. This month alone, we added 130 new and updated guides and manuals on the latest Novell software, including Novell Teaming + Conferencing, Novell Identity Manager 3.5 Drivers, eDirectory 8.8, Novell Access Manager, openSUSE 10.3, and Novell ZENworks. With Novell Documentation, you get key information through hands-on manuals and quick-reference guides—all designed to help you reach peak performance with Novell products.

Novell Connection Magazine

If you're not reading Novell Connection, you're not as connected as you could be. The current online issue of the magazine includes straight talk about Novell ZENworks Configuration Management—the latest ZENworks product that simplifies management of your Microsoft Windows environment, including Vista.

Check out the articles on Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, using Microsoft Cardspace with Linux, and much more, including the always-excellent animated movie from Laura Chappell. Get connected—read Novell Connection today!

New Support Knowledgebase Documents (TIDs)

Do you have a question about a stubborn technical issue or challenge? If so, chances are good that you'll find the answer in our searchable Support Knowledgebase. It contains thousands of documents (TIDs) written for knowledgeable users like you, and we're constantly adding more. We've added more than 313 new documents in the past month alone.

Cool Solutions Articles

Experience the power of synergy! In Novell Cool Solutions, users, developers and administrators collaborate to discuss Novell solutions and find innovative ways to make them even better. It's an always-evolving online community where you can learn how your colleagues and Novell developers are using Novell products. Users added 126 Cool Solutions articles this month, so you're sure to find something you can use right away. Check it out today!

What's New and Upcoming

Be Prepared—Install Your 2008 Software Licenses!

Regardless of your subscription's expiration date, your evaluation software will expire at the end of 2007. Download the new 2008 licenses from the Subscriber Portal today. Standard licenses are also available on November's CD 1A.

If you subscribe to the Software Evaluation and Development library with a Standard license, you will find your 2008 licenses on November's CD 1 A.

If you subscribe to the Software Evaluation and Development library with an Expanded license, or if you subscribe to the Novell Professional Resource Suite or Tech Select Service, you will need to download your licenses from the Subscriber Portal. From the Subscriber Portal, just select your subscription under My Subscriptions and select Download Licenses under Subscription Benefits.

Keep an Eye on the Novell Self-Study Manuals!

We have been working at a frantic pace to give you access to all the available Novell Self-Study Manuals, so check out the growing list of manuals now available through the Subscriber Portal.

To access the self-study manuals, log in to the Subscriber Portal select your subscription under My Subscriptions and select Access Self-Study Manuals under Subscription Benefits.

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