Readers like their ZENworks

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS
09/13/05
Today's focus: Readers like their ZENworks

Dear networking.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Reader admiration for ZENworks
* Links related to Novell NetWare Tips
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Readers like their ZENworks

By Dave Kearns

Last month's newsletter
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6786> on the new ZENworks 7
suite brought out some good responses from some of you. Most
offered praise and fond remembrance of the various ZENworks
services and applications. On balance, it could be said to be
Novell's most admired product - at least if you measure
admiration by the percentage of people who commented favorably
vs. those who spoke unfavorably of it. I'd say 99.99%, but only
because I want to leave a tad of wiggle room - I really can't
remember any negative comments.

I noted in that newsletter that ZENworks Asset Management (ZAM)
isn't included in the suite, but neglected to mention why.
Always alert reader Tim Wessels reminded me that the majority of
ZAM was only recently acquired by Novell when it purchased Tally
Systems last spring
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0323novelltally.html?rl>.
There most likely hasn't been sufficient time to completely
rewrite Tally's software to the ZENworks model, although the
Asset Inventory module did manage to get included. Tim also
noted that Novell will begin holding two-day "boot camps" for
resellers later this month on the new Asset Management product.

Novell's boot camps, by the way, are an excellent training tool
for authorized resellers (and anyone else who can sweet talk
their way into the sessions). Frequently they are two-day
affairs ("mini" boot camps can be one day, or even half-day)
with an overview of the technology but an emphasis on the
business cases within which the product or technology can be
used to solve problems. They are usually scheduled to coincide
with the release of new products or new versions of old
products, and are organized as road shows with many playing in
20 or 30 cities around North America. They can also be held in
the other sales regions, such as in Europe, Middle East, Africa
and the Pacific Rim, although the schedule there is less
frequent. Boot camps are free to all levels of channel partners.

We now return to our discussion of ZENworks.

From down in Auckland, New Zealand, I got a note which at first
I though might actually be a complaint about ZENworks. But, it
turns out that Milan (no last name please) simply thinks that
ZENworks is so good it should be expanded to other areas.
Specifically, instant messaging. That brought back memories,
some good and some not so good. In fact, enough to warrant their
own edition of the newsletter. Come back next time and we'll
explore NetWare's 25th line - and its successors.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Tech Assist top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6964>

2. What's the best way to protect against spyware?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6965>

3. Google hacking <http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6690>

4. Supermarket chain freezes Internet access
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6637>

5. Cisco warns of another IOS bug
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnovell6787>

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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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Target that is Storage

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and trends is not unlike keeping pace with your organizations
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World's Storage Executive Guide.
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