Scope of ZENworks 7 Suite stretches far and wide

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
08/30/05
Today's focus: Scope of ZENworks 7 Suite stretches far and wide

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Details of Novell's ambitious ZENworks 7 Suite
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Scope of ZENworks 7 Suite stretches far and wide

By Dave Kearns

How many of you remember what the "zen" in ZENworks stands for?

Originally spelled "Z.E.N.works, it was an outgrowth of the
development of the NetWare Application Launcher released in the
early '90s as a technology to allow network managers to more
easily control the (at the time) "new" Windows environment on
corporate desktops. In late 1997 Novell described the new
product, which shipped about a year later, as "a compilation of
enhanced versions of Novell's Application Launcher and
Workstation Manager products, and new remote control and help
desk integration tools," as Network World reported
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/0212zen.html?rl>.

I recently said ZENworks would be around for some time to come,
probably longer than either NetWare or BorderManager, as far as
"current products" go. There's new evidence from Novell that
this is true.

Just last week Novell announced that the ZENworks 7 Suite is
shipping, describing it as the first systems management software
to automate the complete lifecycle of Linux systems while
allowing organizations to manage their Windows workstations from
a Linux platform. Included in the suite are 15 different
services and applications:

* Desktop Management
  * Server Management
  * Handheld Management
  * Linux Management
  * Asset Inventory
  * Software Usage
  * License Compliance
  * Hardware/Software Inventory
  * Novell Messenger
  * Personality Migration
  * Patch Management
  * Software Packaging
  * Data Management
  * Imaging
  * Remote Management

Not included in the suite, but available separately, is ZENworks
Asset Management. However, ZENworks 7 Suite does include the
Asset Inventory module for asset management, updated and
enhanced to support more software and hardware. For a good
overview of the entire suite, including the "new and improved"
functions, download and read "7th Heaven".
<http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/pdf/end_chaos.pdf>

Yes, it's a PDF file, but there are some interesting pictures
and effects!

So what can you manage with ZENworks?

Managed Desktops
* Windows XP Professional
* Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
* Windows 2000 Professional
* Windows 98 SE

Managed Servers
* Open Enterprise Server
* NetWare 5.1, NetWare 6 and NetWare 6.5
* Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and 9
* Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 and Red Hat Enterprise Server 2.1

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 and 4 and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux ES 3 and 4

Managed Handhelds
* Palm OS 3.5 and later on Palm devices
* Windows CE 2.11 and later, including Pocket PC devices
* BlackBerry 850/870 devices using the DataTAC network and
950/957 devices using the Mobitex network
* Synchronized devices, through a Windows 95 and later desktop,
or via TCP/IP, to the ZENworks for Handhelds server

Linux Management with Novell ZENworks Linux Management
* Novell Open Enterprise Server
* SuSE Linux Professional 9.3
* SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1
* Novell Linux Desktop SP1
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (AS, ES and WS)

Quite an impressive list, I'd say.

Z.E.N., by the way, originally stood for "Zero Effort Networks."
That was a lofty goal, which we still haven't achieved, but
ZENworks does contribute a lot towards "Reduced Effort
Networks"!

Of course ZENworks, like most tools, isn't very useful if you
don't know how to use it. Come back next time and I'll tell you
about a new aid to using ZENworks that you really ought to have.

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1. Google dives deeper into networking
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2. 2005 salary survey
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3. Intel-Cisco deal may be big for Wi-Fi
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4. VoIP season about to heat up
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5. Cisco aims to simplify switch mgmt.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6064>

Today's most-forwarded story:

Google dives deeper into networking
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6065>

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To contact: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.

Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these

respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.

Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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