NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS 12/21/04 Today's focus: Novell poised to post public beta of NetWare/Linux Open Enterprise Server
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Novell readies beta of eagerly anticipated Open Enterprise ��Server * Links related to Novell NetWare Tips * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by BMC Software Linking IT Priorities to Business Objectives, an IDC whitepaper. Get insights from IDC on aligning business goals and IT priorities. IDC offers practical, actionable information on how Business Service Management can help you reduce operating costs, improve service levels, respond faster to business needs and protect delivery of business-critical. Click here to download this whitepaper now. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=91623 _______________________________________________________________ NW'S RESEARCH CENTER ON STORAGE Go to NW Fusion's Research Center for detailed information on enterprise storage. Find the latest breaking news, case studies, white papers, commentary, reviews and more. Topics on how ILM impacts your storage strategy, how to migrate to a new tape drive, how to link SAN islands and more are all found in the Research Center. Click here: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=91559 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Novell poised to post public beta of NetWare/Linux Open Enterprise Server By Dave Kearns It's the holiday season, a time of good cheer and gift giving. I wish I could give each and every one of you a gift, but that's well beyond the means of this newsletter. Still, I can tell you about the Christmas present Novell is planning for you. In fact, it might already be unwrapped (as we went to press, the release date still wasn't set). Sometime this week, the public beta version of Open Enterprise Server (OES) should be available for download at Novell's Web site (see link below). OES has generated more discussion and publicity for Novell since the release of NetWare 5.0 a little more than six years ago. The promise of all the old familiar NetWare services, as well as a plethora of new ones sitting atop either a NetWare or a SuSE Linux kernel (or both), has the potential to make networking exciting once again - and I mean that in a good way! We've spent a lot of time recently talking about client services and applications, but soon after the New Year we'll start an in-depth look at OES. Download the public beta, run it up on a lab machine or two - or use the excellent tools from VMware (see link below) to mount multiple operating systems on one box. Start running it through its paces now so you'll be ready for that discussion. Drop me a note to tell me your first impressions, what you like and what you don't like. Among the features available in the initial version of OES are: * All current NetWare services and kernel, as well as planned ��enhancements. * All SuSE Linux Server 9 Enterprise Edition services running ��on the 2.6 Linux kernel (Intel-based x86 platform). * Nterprise Linux Services 1.0 and planned enhancements. * Integrated common management tools (e.g., iManager for ��NetWare and Linux). * Novell Storage Services (NSS) on Linux. * Migration tools and upgrade utilities (for NetWare, Microsoft ��and Linux). * Standards-based package management (RPM) for NetWare. * Virtual Office management enhancements. * Shared iFolder capabilities between Windows and Linux ��clients. * Mapped drive support for Linux from a Novell client. * Common Information Module (CIM) instrumentation. * Clustering on either NetWare or Linux. * iPrint client for Linux desktop. Remember, too, that if you download the OES public beta now, you can beg off visiting Great Aunt Agatha this weekend because you have to do the installation while the office is closed! RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Open Enterprise Server - Public Beta Novell.com http://www.novell.com/beta/auth/beta.jsp?id=600&type=1 Novell and VMware Vmware.com http://www.vmware.com/partners/sw/novell.html _______________________________________________________________ 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by BMC Software Linking IT Priorities to Business Objectives, an IDC whitepaper. Get insights from IDC on aligning business goals and IT priorities. IDC offers practical, actionable information on how Business Service Management can help you reduce operating costs, improve service levels, respond faster to business needs and protect delivery of business-critical. 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