January 2009 Highlights - Novell Professional Resource Suite

Novell Technical Subscriptions

If your New Year's resolution includes goals like these—I want to get more out of my software; I want to learn more about Novell technologies and products; I want to improve the efficiency of my data center; and I want to keep my systems running in top form—we can help! Our January shipment of Novell Professional Resource Suite includes five new and updated bonus utilities, three new technical white papers, 358 Support Knowledgebase documents (TIDS), dozens of new and updated documentation guides, 24 ReadMe files and patches, 93 new Cool Solutions articles and 170 YES Bulletins. With all these great resources, you'll go a long way toward achieving complete IT productivity in 2009 .

• Updated Software
• Advanced Resources
• Support Resources
• Technical Information Resources
• YES Bulletins
• What's New and Upcoming

Updated Software

With January's updated software, you get the GroupWise that thinks and works like you do: Novell GroupWise 8. This new version has updates to everything from calendars, to contacts, to dashboards and more. Here is a sample of what you can expect with Novell GroupWise 8:

• Web 2.0 tools: Bring Web 2.0 tools right into your GroupWise Home View. Create customized dashboards and easily access the tools and information that help you be your most productive in any role. RSS feeds, favorite blogs or Web sites, team workspaces or other frequently used Web applications—you can have them all right in front of you in a nearly unlimited number of interactive panels.

• Calendars you can share: Publish and subscribe your calendar. Subscribe to external calendars and overlay your work schedule with important holidays, your favorite sporting events or anything else you need to keep on your radar, and then get live updates to stay current. You can also publish your own calendar so colleagues outside your organization can busy search your schedule and easily set appointments.

• Easy task management: Track your progress and priorities with intuitive task management. Prioritize tasks, see how close they are to completion, add subtasks and keep it all in front of you in a task panel in your Home View dashboard.

• Contacts that come alive: Turn your contacts into relationships. With a look and feel that brings your contacts alive, you'll see a person, not just a name. A new card format lets you enhance contacts with photos and information such as profession, published calendar link, birthdays, family members' names and more.

• And much more to help you make IT work as one throughout the coming year

With this evaluation version of the GroupWise software, you can create a test GroupWise system that includes any number of domains, post offices, and users.

Advanced Resources

Bonus Utilities

Our January Bonus Utilities will help you work more efficiently with your Novell products. January's shipment includes five new and updated utilities. Here are some highlights:

• Command Line Migrate: This tool is a Perl script that will trigger an account to be migrated to a connected system.

• GroupWise Import Utility 1.62: This utility provides for the automated creation of user accounts in Novell GroupWise and eDirectory. It reads in a CSV file and imports the accounts into the system.

• iPrintList: This utility is a PHP script that creates a Web page of iPrint servers from a CSV file stored on the Web server—the Web page can then be edited with whatever tool is convenient.

Technical White Papers

This month's shipment includes three new technical white papers to get you up to date on Novell products and technologies. Here is a sample of the white papers you'll have access to in January:

• Novell: The Complete Answer to PCI-DSS Compliance: This paper discusses the challenge of achieving compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and reviews how Novell solutions help companies overcome those challenges, automate processes and achieve PCI-DSS compliance.

• Pre-connect Testing: Mastering the Basics of Network Access Control: Network access control (NAC) has become an essential component of any effective security infrastructure. Without NAC, it’s difficult or impossible to keep networks clean, efficient and compliant. However, many organizations are struggling to make sense of them and find the best possible NAC solution. This paper can help you make sense of all the new technologies and approaches to NAC that have shown up in the industry recently.

Support Resources

Latest Files and Patches

This month, we're making it easier for you to keep your systems patched and updated—our January shipment includes 24 new and updated ReadMe files and patches. Our pretested patches can help you with bug fixes, graphic replacements, usability and performance. Just take a few minutes to download and apply them—you can search our database by product, date of release, platform and more—and you'll be able to keep your systems safe, up to date and running better than ever.

Technical Information Resources

Product Documentation

You need information on Novell GroupWise 8, Novell Access Manager 3.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 and other great Novell products, and we've got it. January's shipment includes documentation to help you learn everything you need to know to use your products most effectively. This month, we're helping you make IT work as one by releasing dozens of new and updated product documentation resources. So don't delay; check out our new and updated product documentation now!

New Support Knowledgebase Documents (TIDs)

Our January shipment includes 358 new Support Knowledgebase Documents (TIDs). TIDs are documents that include detailed information that can answer all your important technical questions about Novell products. Thanks to our searchable database, you can find exactly what you're looking for—search by product, document type, published date and more. Check out our new and updated TIDs today.

Cool Solutions Articles

This month, there are 93 new Cool Solutions articles in our Cool Solutions online community. In this community, you can find articles, tips, Q&As and free tools to download, while benefiting from the knowledge that users, administrators and developers share. In addition to all of these amazing resources, this Cool Solutions also offers support, forums, wikis, a glossary, blogs and more. This month, check out articles like “Making the Most Out of Web Panels” or “Storage Costs and Dynamic Storage Technology.” We're sure you'll find something to interest you from the wide array of articles we have in the Cool Solutions community.

YES Bulletins

This month we're releasing 170 YES Bulletins to keep you up to date on the newest YES certified products. What is YES certification? When Novell partners complete YES certification, you get software that is certified to be compatible with your Novell products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell ZENworks Suite and more.

What's New and Upcoming

Be Prepared—Install Your 2009 Software Licenses!

Regardless of your subscription's expiration date, your evaluation software will expire January 15, 2009 for the following Novell products:

• BorderManager 3.7 and 3.8

• NetWare Cluster Services 1.01 and 1.7 (for NetWare 6.5)

• NetWare 5.1, 6.0 and 6.5

• Network File System 3 and 4.1

• Novell eDirectory 8.7

• Novell Small Business Suite 5.1, 6.0 and 6.5

Download the new 2009 licenses from the Subscriber Portal today. Standard licenses are also available on November's CD 1A.

What's All the Excitement about First Look On-demand Training?

Have you tried the popular first look On-demand Training yet? These self-paced, interactive modules feature simulated exercises, screen captures and demonstrations, along with a recorded instructor, quizzes and more. If you subscribe to Novell Professional Resource Suite or higher, you have exclusive access to all 22 modules via the Subscriber Portal.