Files. Admit it: they're still all over your network, aren't they? In fact, there are probably soooooo many of them out there that you've lost track. What kind of files are out there? Who owns them? How old and stale are they? Who has access to what?? And how many of those pesky duplicates are there? In most organizations I visit, there are absolutely no easy way to answer these questions. Server by server, someone's got to do a manual inventory and put together a … [Read more...]
Novell Filr Will Make Files, Well…Cool, Again!
March 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Network mapped drives - you know the ones I'm talking about: your personal H:\ drive, or the corporate G:\ drive, maybe you even have a departmental I:\ drive. Personally, I haven't used our network share in years, and I doubt that any of our staff have, either. It's just not...convenient. I mean, the guys are always on the road, engaging with customers across Canada and the US - we're almost never on the LAN anymore. (By the way, is it just me, or does LAN just sound so 90's?) Many years … [Read more...]
Don’t Need Security? Think Again.
March 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Some Useful Links Loss of Sensitive Data Easily Preventable Full Disk Encryption for the Enterprise … [Read more...]
Teaching Students to Collaborate with Novell Vibe
November 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
In August of this year, Pam David, network administrator for Roselle School District 12 near Chicago, engaged our services through our vibe:Advantage offering in order to help them get started with Novell Vibe. Now, almost three months later, I asked Pam to send us some news on how they were doing. Here is her status updates in her own words: Challenge District 12 prides itself on staying on top of technology in order to prepare our students to be life-long learners and positive … [Read more...]
Migrating from GroupWise: A Costly Decision
October 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
An educational client - over 75 schools, 40,000 students and more than 7,500 employees (administrative & teaching). They run Novell GroupWise. Have been for years. They have a domain with 9 post offices for the 7,500+ employees - these post offices handle a ton of email traffic every day. Most of the teachers access their mailboxes through the WebAccess interface. Another domain, with 3 post offices, handles the mailboxes for the 40,000+ students. Granted, only about 5,000 of them … [Read more...]