Novell news for August 6th, 2006

Sunday, August 06 2006 @ 08:31 AM EDT

Contributed by: kkbass

* Linux Improves Footing in Software Market
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 review
* Lenovo to preload SUSE on Thinkpad
* Overview of Server Chipsets
* Novell Offspring Pervasive Pulls Out of Open Source
* Omni Releases Omni Mobile Version 2.2 - GroupWise
* Dell's PowerEdge enters its ninth life
* Novell Goes on the Atkins Diet - Linspire President
* Desktop Linux Breakthrough: Lenovo Preloads SUSE on ThinkPad
* Novell's UK channel left stunned following McKenzie resignation
* OpenAJAX Alliance
* Red Hat to Include Xen in Next Enterprise Suite
* Ashit Panjwani Quits Novell, Joins SAS
* Hacking SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
* Novell says Suse 10 gets rockin' reception
* Novell previews new BorderManager
* University Graduates to New Storage Architecture
* OSS offers cheaper, open source Windows alternative
* VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Suite
* GigE and AMD
* Symantec Launches New IT Policy Compliance Offering
* Nuremberg hopes to create 'Linux Valley'
* What is Red Hat's achilles heel? No, it's not SuSE, Windows, or ...
* Part 2: Novell responds to Mirapoint
* FalconStor Virtualizes the Virtual Tape

Linux Improves Footing in Software Market
LinuxInsider.com - Encino,CA,USA
By Jon Van. Most enterprises that use Linux prefer to pay for commercial
versions provided by Red Hat, Novell or other firms. These ...
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/EyhRbILVwY4FG9/Linux-Improves-Footing-in-Software-Market.xhtml

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 review
NewsForge - Fremont,CA,USA
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is not an exception to this tradition.
While it may be a decent desktop operating system, I can ...
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/03/215225

Lenovo to preload SUSE on Thinkpad
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
It seems like the never-ending Linux desktop quest is finally getting a
bit closer as SVN reports that Lenovo will preload Suse on the Thinkpad
T60 (a nice ...
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/08/lenovo_to_prelo.html
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7778908329.html

Overview of Server Chipsets
informIT - Old Tappan,NY,USA
... Although Novell NetWare and other early network operating systems had
supported processors from the 8088 through 486 families, those systems
did not provide ...
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=482339

Novell Offspring Pervasive Pulls Out of Open Source
Enterprise Open Source News Desk
Aug. 4, 2006 10:15 AM
After 18 months trying to crack the mainstream database market using Postgres, the open source database, embedded database house Pervasive Software is calling it quits.
http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/256524.htm

Omni Releases Omni Mobile Version 2.2 - GroupWise
NewsForge - Fremont,CA,USA
Cody Petruk writes "Omni Mobile Version 2.2, Omni's GroupWise wireless
email solution, adds support for Nokia Series 60 Smart Phones. ...
http://mobile.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/04/1719247

Dell's PowerEdge enters its ninth life
ITBusiness.ca - Canada
... software, called Open Manager, is also compatible with other vendors’
software such as Microsoft Operation Manager (SMS MOM) and Novell’s
ZenWorks. ...
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=40237&cid=11

Novell Goes on the Atkins Diet - Linspire President
NewsForge - Fremont,CA,USA
It was reported this week that Novell has banned all proprietary software
from their Linux offerings. To me, this would be a bit ...
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/04/1846246

Desktop Linux Breakthrough: Lenovo Preloads SUSE on ThinkPad
Channel Insider - New York,NY,USA
... On August 4, we found out that Lenovo Group, the company that has taken
over IBM's Personal Computing Division, had made a deal with Novell to
preload SLED 10 ...
http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article/Desktop+Linux+Breakthrough+Lenovo+Preloads+SUSE+on+ThinkPad/185338_1.aspx

Novell's UK channel left stunned following McKenzie resignation
Computing - London,UK
Novell’s UK channel was left reeling following the unexpected resignation
of its UK channel manager Julie McKenzie last week. ...
http://www.computing.co.uk/crn/news/2161714/novell-vars-stunned-mckenzie

OpenAJAX Alliance
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
... idea that is being formally backed by BEA, Borland, the Dojo Foundation,
the Eclipse Foundation, Laszlo Systems, Mozilla Corporation, Novell, Openwave
Systems ...
http://it.sys-con.com/read/177620.htm

Red Hat to Include Xen in Next Enterprise Suite
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... virtualization technology. "If you ask engineers at Novell, Red Hat,
or Sun, nobody thinks it is ready for production.". Register ...
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/52172.html

Ashit Panjwani Quits Novell, Joins SAS
EFYTimes - New Delhi,India
Thursday, August 03, 2006: Ashit Panjwani, marketing director of Novell
India, has decided to quit Novell to explore other possibilities. ...
http://www.efytimes.com/fullnews.asp?edid=13388&magid=11

Hacking SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Help Net Security - Croatia
Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10 is a decent business desktop
operating system as-is. However, it does not appropriately ...
http://www.net-security.org/news.php?id=11930

Novell says Suse 10 gets rockin' reception
iTWire - Australia
According to Linux software company Novell, its latest Linux release Suse
Linux Enterprise 10 is getting a rockin' reception or at least a pretty
goodly sum of ...
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/5151/53/

Novell previews new BorderManager
eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,Canada
... filtering and VPN services to thousands of Novell customers, and this
new release will enable them to continue leveraging these services on
the NetWare platform ...
http://www.echannelline.com/usa/brief.cfm?item=13533

University Graduates to New Storage Architecture
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... Ultimately, SU consolidated its storage with the Clariion 600 SAN and
moved from seven Novell Netware file servers to a single Celerra NAS.
...
http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/features/article.php/3624551

OSS offers cheaper, open source Windows alternative
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
... Novell’s Open Workgroup Suite includes Open Enterprise Server, GroupWise
for collaboration, the ZENworks suite for cross-platform systems management,
Novell ...
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/DA4E46B24E23B45CCC2571B9001B3A18?OpenDocument

VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Suite
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
... a "host" OS -- either Linux or Windows -- to run "guest" VMs (virtual
machines) for a variety of OS environments, including BSD, Linux, NetWare,
Unix, and ...
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/VMware-Virtual-Infrastructure-3-Suite/story.xhtml?story_id=0020002CLHEC

GigE and AMD
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
... The story mentions this product coming from their research labs, but
forgets to mention that Novell NetWare had clustering about a decade ago.
...
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/smb/2006/013070.html

Symantec Launches New IT Policy Compliance Offering
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... Technical Standard Packs are available for the following operating
systems and applications: Windows, UNIX, Linux, NetWare, SQL Server, Oracle,
and Exchange. ...
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=150061

Nuremberg hopes to create 'Linux Valley'
Computer Partner - Netherlands
... Nuremberg. The city is the home base of SuSE Linux AG, a supplier of
Linux software, which was acquired by Novell Inc. in 2003. ...
http://www.computerpartner.nl/article.php?news=int&id=4025

What is Red Hat's achilles heel? No, it's not SuSE, Windows, or ...
ZDNet - USA
... Bob Sutor, vice president of open source and open standards at IBM
where Red Hat and SuSE Linux are the party line, recently ditched Ubuntu
to give SuSE a try ...
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3416

Part 2: Novell responds to Mirapoint
eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,Canada
In Part 1, secure mail appliance vendor Mirapoint announced it was recruiting
Novell GroupWise partners who are concerned about the future direction
of the ...
http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=21019

FalconStor Virtualizes the Virtual Tape
IT Jungle - New York,NY,USA
... CDP offering supports a variety of applications and environments, including
all major databases, plus Exchange, Notes and Domino, Linux, NetWare,
and Windows ...
http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs080106-story02.html

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