Novell kondigt aan dat de Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition wereldwijd beschikbaar is gekomen. Het product moet het mkb een totaaloplossing bieden met alle gewenste ondersteuning.
Het is gebaseerd op SUSE Linux Enterprise en bevat Novell GroupWise voor e-mail, taakbeheer en agenda, Novell Open Enterprise Server voor opslag, printen en beheer, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server als applicatieplatform, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, en de Novell edition van OpenOffice.org (voor Windows en Linux). De suite ondersteunt tot vijf servers en 200 gebruikers. De Open Workgroup Suite moet het ook voor partners makkelijk maken; installeren is onder het uur mogelijk vanaf een enkele dvd, functies voor remote-beheer zijn aanwezig, e n een helpdesktool. Voor alle veiligheid zijn ook Amanda voor het maken van een backup en het archiveren aanwezig, de ClamAV anti-virus toolkit, HylaFAX fax server, iptables als firewall, MailScanner als spamfilter, en OpenVPN vpn en TightVNC voor het werken op afstand met netwerk-clients. Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition kost 350 dollar per vijf gebruikers.
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Novell lanceert Open Enterprise Server 2
Novell released Novell Open Enterprise Server 2. A 60 day evaluation can be downloaded here. Here’s what’s new:
Dynamic Storage Technology
New from Novell, Dynamic Storage Technology significantly reduces storage management costs, helps ensure regulatory compliance and improves backup and recovery of critical data. Dynamic Storage Technology categorizes unstructured data as active or stale based on customer policies, and directs the stale data to less-expensive backup devices. This saves valuable space on your most expensive and highest-performing storage devices, and considerably improves their backup windows. More +
Novell iFolder 3.6
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 user files are always safe, secure and up to date. And Novell iFolder 3.6 makes it easier than ever to share information with colleagues and work with files from any machine with Web access. More +
Novell Client for Windows Vista and Linux
The Novell Client extends the capabilities of Linux and Windows desktops by providing access to NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server. Once installed on workstations, Novell Clients enable users to enjoy the full range of Novell services such as authentication via Novell eDirectory, network browsing and service resolution, and secure and reliable file system access—all delivered through industry-standard protocols. More +
Distributed File Services
Novell Distributed File Services, improved for Linux in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, simplifies the management of file data. With Distributed File Services, administrators can create a single virtual file system that spans multiple volumes to maximize the use and performance of storage resources. However, to the end user, data remains easily accessible through the home drive. More +
Novell Archive and Version Services
Novell Archive and Version Services allows individual users to instantly restore previous versions of modified, renamed or deleted network files. It enables user self-service and frees the helpdesk and system administrators to focus on other critical IT issues. Users can simply view a list of previous interval-based versions of source files, select the file needed and recover it. Users can even access file versions online with just a Web browser.
The software you can download is the complete Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, with full functionality. As you install it, you are required to accept an end user license agreement (EULA). Your rights to use the product are limited to the rights set forth in the EULA.
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2—Linux requires codes for both OES 2 and SLES to enable Web downloads of system patches and updates. Both activation codes are good for 60 days. To continue receiving patches and updates after the activation codes expire, you must purchase OES and configure the system with a the activation codes. SLES 10 codes are good for one year. OES 2 codes do not expire. Notifications are sent to your registered e-mail address so that you can update your annual SLES subscriptions before they expire.
What’s new in openSUSE 10.3
Official what’s new is available here
Scott: I wanted to take a moment and post a list of the major improvements from OpenSUSE 10.3 over previous versions.1. Improved boot times – down to just about half of what it used to be (27 seconds from 55 seconds)
2. One-Click Install – installs your RPMs and adds their associated package repositories
3. Package Management Overhaul – ZMD removed, replaced with improved libzypp, zypper, and OpenSUSE Updater
4. Compiz and Compiz Fusion – many added features, effects, and functionality for your 3D accelerated desktop
5. KDE 4 – option to check out the developments in the KDE 4 Desktop Environment
6. Gnome 2.20 – Tomboy sync between computers, evolution attachment reminder
7. 1-CD Installation/Multimedia Support – One CD for KDE installs, one CD for Gnome installs – no more 5-disc downloads
8. Codec Installer – ability to install needed codec support with the click of a button
9. Virtualization – many developments in OpenSUSE’s virtualization support
10. Tons of other sweet stuff – updater tool, repository merge (packman and guru), XFCE 4.4.1 availability, localization, OpenOffice 2.3, community repositories already available, KDEPIM enterprise branch, Giver, and KIWI
That is a very quick summary, more details as follows:
OpenSUSE 10.3 – Improved Boot Times
OpenSUSE 10.3 will include some great improvements to the init boot scripts which will dramatically decrease the time your computer takes to boot up. These come as the result of many different tests and research.
Tests done using a Sony Vaio VGN-FE11S, with completely default installs, local users, and IP configured via DHCP.
10.2 => 55 seconds
10.3 Beta 1 => 27 seconds!
OpenSUSE 10.3 – One-Click Install: Hassle-Free Installation of Software
Once you click on 1-Click Install you are guided through a wizard that guides you through the simple process of installation the application. It will automatically add the repository for you and install the package.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – New Package Management
OpenSUSE 10.3 is set to contain a new, significantly improved and more mature package management stack by default. ZMD, the package management component causing problems in SUSE Linux 10.1 and to a lesser extent in OpenSUSE 10.2, has been completely removed and is now replaced by the new libzypp and its tools.
new tools
zypper, an advanced, featureful command-line tool
OpenSUSE Updater, a software updater applet that notifies you about software updates
OpenSUSE 10.3 – Compiz and Compiz Fusion
Compiz and Xgl are two classic examples of where SUSE engineers have revolutionised the Linux desktop. OpenSUSE 10.3 will contain the latest Compiz 0.5.4 installed by default, and Compiz Fusion – the result of a merge between the Compiz and Beryl communities – will be available in the official online repository for all to get through YaST.
features
1. having native KDE window decorations while still running compiz
2. Blurring of windows (such as inactive/background windows)
3. The ability to highlight particular areas of the screen or to just draw on any part of it – useful for presentations
4. The animation plugin produces beautiful window effects on window transformations.
5. Added cube effects, incl. viewing all desktops at once
6. Added accessibility features and functionality
CompizConfig Settings Manager
Compiz Fusion has a completely new manager for handling its plugins and settings, as well as all settings belonging to Compiz itself: ccsm. It has a more accessible and intuitive design while still retaining all the same configurability.
window navigation
There are now a couple of possiblities, a Ring Switcher and a Shift Switcher. The Ring Switcher rotates the Windows as you press Super+Tab, and the Shift Switcher focuses onto one window while placing the others to the side; you can then shift which window is focused, while throwing the others to the side.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – KDE 4
The old component-style of packaging for KDE has also gone, and applications are now in separate individual packages. Games are the first components to be included in KDE 4. If you would like a LiveCD with KDE 4 on it, see the KDE Four Live CD.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – SUSE-Polished GNOME 2.20
The new Note Synchronisation feature allows you to synchronise your notes with all the computers that have Tomboy. If you mention an attached file in an email you are sending, and forget to attach it, Evolution will now pop up a little reminder asking you if you really wish to send the email without an attachment. There is also considerable work done on the new GTK+ front-end to YAST.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – 1-CD Installation & Multimedia support
In the past, OpenSUSE releases were primarily provided over 5 open source software (OSS) CDs, 1 optional non-oss add-on CD, or the 1 DVD which was the sum of those CDs. Though you only needed 3 of the first 5 OSS CDs for a default KDE and GNOME installation, it was not seen as an ideal scenario. Now the 5 OSS CDs have been commpletely dropped, and in their place comes two new CDs.
1 OSS CD for a complete KDE installation
1 OSS CD for a complete GNOME installation
An extremely nice feature in the installation of OpenSUSE 10.3 is the new default option of adding repositories before the installation. OpenSUSE has always had a default installation for each desktop environment, but it has also always given you the choice of installing exactly what packages you want from the given media.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – OpenSUSE Codec Installer
Now, with a completely default OSS installation, if you try to play an MP3 (in Amarok or Banshee) you will get a nice little dialog informing you that you have attempted to play an audio file that is currently not supported. It also gives you the option to install the additional codecs providing you with MP3. This link will take you to a place where you quite simply only need to click on one link, and, using One-Click-Install grab the GStreamer Fluendo codec for you and install it (not available in RC1, but will be in the final release), leaving you ready to play MP3s straight away!
OpenSUSE 10.3 – Virtualization
VirtualBox – VirtualBox is a wonderful new open source virtualisation product, with a huge range of capabilities, and excellent documentation. As well as having nice enterprise features, for the regular openSUSE user it can be a great tool for trying out new installations or live CDs of openSUSE, and even other operating systems and distributions altogether.
Xen 3.1 – openSUSE gets all the enterprise Xen virtualisation features, such as full support for Xen 3.1 virtualization on both 32- and 64-bit x86-based architectures with the capability to host 32-bit virtual machines on 64-bit virtualization host servers. It also features support for both paravirtualization and full virtualization on the same server, leveraging both Intel VT and AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) processor capabilities. Also, a fully graphical and command-line virtual machine management tools for easy virtual machine (VM) administration and configuration, as well as tools for VM installation and lifecycle management.
VM YaST Module – To help with setting up and configuring Xen, openSUSE even has a nice Install Hypervisor and Tools (in the yast2-vm package) module which can do a lot of the work for you. After the install has finished you’ll have two extra YaST modules to create and manage virtual machines.
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) – Also in this release is the latest Linux kernel virtualisation infrastructure, KVM. KVM itself is to be considered experimental, but it is progressing very quickly. The latest versions come with reports of even better performance and Windows Vista support.
OpenSUSE 10.3 – A Plethora of Other Great Improvements
OpenSUSE Updater as an Upgrade Tool too – ‘updates’ refers to patches, ‘upgrades’ refers to package versions – the OpenSUSE Updater tool does both of these important tasks
Guru Repository Merging into Packman
Xfce 4.4.1 – An impressive lightweight desktop environment – somewhere between window managers and full-blown desktop environments like KDE or Gnome
OpenSUSE Community Translations – The community is now able to participate in localization efforts
Redesigned Network Card Module – The new one is simpler, clearer, and better reflects the more common situations and usage of the network card module
OpenOffice.org 2.3 – bunches of new features – really there are too many to list
Community Repositories – added new Community Repositories module which provides you with a nice list of the main official OpenSUSE repositories, popular repositories from the OpenSUSE Build Service, and other repositories added by the community from other locations.
KDEPIM Enterprise Branch – This version contains a whole bunch of fixes and a few handy new features such as the Favourite Folders container
Giver – Easy Local File Sharing – To transfer images, files or even folders, all you have to do is drag it onto the person you want to send it to. They will get a small dialog asking them to accept or decline receiving the file. If they accept, it’ll pop up right onto their desktop. Simple!
KIWI – Unlike other system image tools, KIWI is completely configurable and has a very clean design. You can specify exactly the packages that you want, and you can build a full range of images including Live CDs, Installer Images, virtualisation systems like QEMU/VMware and Xen images, network (pxe) images and more. It is even now used as the base for LTSP in OpenSUSE.
Full details are available from the OpenSUSE Sneak Peeks page.
If you have any additional information or corrections to this list, please let me know!
Novell bedankt Microsoft voor gestegen Linux-omzet
De omzet van Novell is de afgelopen drie kwartalen met 243 procent gestegen. Volgens het Linux-bedrijf is deze sterke groei vooral te danken aan de overeenkomst die bijna een jaar geleden met Microsoft werd aangegaan.
Justin Steinman, marketingdirecteur bij Novell, heeft laten weten dat de Linux-omzet van zijn werkgever is gestegen naar 100 miljoen dollar gedurende de eerste drie maanden van het huidige fiscale jaar.
Volgens Steve Harris, als senior sales director voor open source werkzaam bij Novell, is de omzettoename een zichtbare bevestiging dat de samenwerking tussen Microsoft en Novell vruchten afwerpt. Bovendien legitimeert het verdere investeringen om de interoperabiliteit tussen Windows- en Linux-systemen te vergroten, aldus Harris.
Eerder deze maand hebben Microsoft en Novell een gezamenlijk laboratorium voor softwareontwikkeling geopend. In het bijna 250 vierkante meter grote gebouw zal een groep ontwikkelaars van beide bedrijven gaan werken aan oplossingen die de interoperabiliteit van Windows Server en Suse Linux Enterprise moeten vergroten. Er zal met name gewerkt worden aan integratie van ldap-directory’s, virtualisatie, bestandsformaten en systeembeheer.
Evolution and GroupWise
Evolution 2.12 (openSUSE 10.3) improvementsfor GroupWise backend. The SOAP mailer has a rewritten folder implementation and there are may other improvements to the code. I just tried it and it feels a lot better/faster.
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GroupWise Mobile Server 2.02
Now available: GroupWise Mobile Server 2.02 powered by Intellisync.
Novell GroupWise® Mobile Server 2 enables customers to synchronize e-mail, appointments, tasks, contacts and notes between GroupWise and hundreds of mobile devices. This capability is the result of a partnership between Novell and Nokia* Corporation to integrate Intellisync’s wireless “push” e-mail and Personal Information Management (PIM) synchronization technology with GroupWise.
Microsoft-Novell Lab
Woensdag maakten Novell en Microsoft de opening van het ‘Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab’ bekend. Het lab werd al aangekondigd op het moment dat Microsoft en Novell in november 2006 hun veelbesproken overeenkomst afsloten. De eerste aandacht zal uitgaan naar ‘cross-platform virtualisatie’, bijvoorbeeld ervoor zorgen dat in virtuele omgevingen Windows Server 2008 goed draait op SUSE Linux Enterprise Server en andersom. Momenteel bestaat de bemanning van het lab uit vijf engineers en twee ‘directors’. Men hoopt nog voor het einde van het jaar uit te breiden met nog drie personen. Ontwikkelaars van beide bedrijven kunnen het werk van afstand benaderen en hun bijdragen leveren. Naast aan virtualisatie, zal ook worden gewerkt aan document-’translators’, voor met name het uitwisselen van data tussen Open XML en ODF.