Novell Open Workgroup Small Business Edition's offers a wide range of Novell's solutions in one product. It is a great solution for companies with windows based networks looking to gain the benefits of using open source based solutions without having to retrain end users in new applications, or if you need to manage a heterogeneous environment of both windows and Linux clients.
- Groupwise for email and collaboration,
- Zen Network Configuration Management for automated patching and management of windows and Linux clients,advanced configuration management capabilities, including remote management, personality migration, standard operating environment (SOE) deployment and maintenance
- Asset and Inventory Management - hardware and software inventory, asset management
- Novell eDirectory - for centralised user, device and policty management. Use eDirectory to completely replace Active Directory.
- Novell File Sharing and Storage Management
Is your organization ready to enjoy all the benefits of big-business software? Now you can—and without draining your budget. Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition gives you a comprehensive, flexible solution with benefits from the server room to the desktop. You get a complete stack of full-featured software to boost your productivity.
- Novell Open Enterprise Server components—a set of advanced management, storage and printing services
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server—an enterprise-class Linux server to run mission critical applications
- Novell GroupWise—a personal-productivity dashboard that provides secure and reliable e-mail and calendaring
- OpenOffice.org Novell Edition—a full-featured open source productivity suite that runs on Windows or Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop—a business-ready Linux desktop to support office applications
Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, which lets you take full advantage of the extra processing power, added memory capabilities and improved power and cooling savings offered by 64-bit dual-core and multi-core processors from Intel and AMD.
The Suite delivers the essential components needed for any competitive business and also features an integrated installation process to minimize the time and cost of deployment.
Open Source Components
In addition to the products above, the following open source components are included and supported to further improve security and drive down cost:
- Amanda Backup—a backup system that enables the setup of a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts over the network
- Clam AntiVirus—an open source antivirus toolkit designed especially for e-mail scanning
- MailScanner—an antispam filtering solution that helps reduce the load of spam in e-mail systems
- HylaFAX—an enterprise-class system for sending and receiving facsimiles as well as for sending alphanumeric pages
- iptables—a stateful firewall that protects your servers and desktops (leveraging the built-in capabilities of SUSE Linux Enterprise)
- OpenVPN—a full-featured Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) that can accommodate a range of configurations
- TightVNC—a remote control software package that enables the control, monitoring and interaction of any client computer on a network
Small Biz Prices
Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition is priced aggressively, a stark contrast to the high licensing costs of all-proprietary software stacks. In fact, one Novell suite license supports up to 200 users, while Microsoft Small Business Server supports only 75 users per license. And if you purchase Microsoft Small Business Server 2008, you’ll have to purchase Microsoft Office separately. The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org—which runs on both Windows and Linux desktops provides 90 percent of the same functionality as Microsoft Office, supports Microsoft Office formats, and is included with Novell Open Workgroup Suite at no extra cost.
Unlike the Microsoft alternative, with Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition you're entitled to deploy up to 5 physical servers to host collaboration services or any application that supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. You can also install an unlimited number of virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server guests (limited only by hardware).
You can save up to 80 percent on your software acquisition costs by selecting Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition instead of a Windows-centric environment from Microsoft.
