An interesting case came up recently that I wanted to share with you. A customer that we have been working with for years received the order to migrate away from a Novell infrastructure to Microsoft. Here's a rundown on the situation: Industry: manufacturing # of users: 140 # of sites: 4 Financial situation: like a lot of manufacturing companies, has had a tough time through the economic crisis; they changed ownership a little over a year ago; they are based in Canada, with a lot of … [Read more...]
Munich University Chooses Novell Vibe
May 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
When the University of Munich needed to implement a collaboration solution for their 60,000 users, they considered IBM Notes & Microsoft SharePoint, but decided on Novell Vibe OnPrem. See why... Read about how a North American organization is going forward with Novell Vibe! … [Read more...]
Novell – Attachmate Deal Not a Death Knell
November 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
Humans seem to take morbid pleasure in announcing someone's death, even when said person is not yet dead. The most infamous one being, of course, the 1897 report of Mark Twain's death, to which he replied "The report of my death was an exaggeration." A much more recent example happened right here in Canada a couple of weeks ago when a reporter announced that former NHL coach Pat Burns had died. Mr. Burns, however, was still alive and with his family in rural Quebec (he has since passed away, but … [Read more...]
Novell Service Desk + iPad
November 24, 2010 By 1 Comment
You're walking from one meeting to the next, and your CIO calls you up to ask about the status of an issue that's been reported with the e-mail service. No problem - you pull out your iPad, login to the Service Desk application, and open the relevant incident. "They've found the problem and Mike is on it, Sir! He expects everything to be back up in about 15 minutes", you report. "Excellent!" says the CIO. "Glad you're on top of things!" Now, whether you were "on top of things" or not, … [Read more...]
IT Money Waster #1
November 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Well, you just GOTTA love this quote from an article on ITWorld Canada: IT's biggest money waster No. 1: Dusty software licenses Collectively, U.S. companies are paying billions for shelfware -- whether it's software that was never adopted or for employees they no longer have, and often at prices that are higher than what is actually needed. A 2010 IDC survey of midsize and large businesses found that well over half of enterprise applications are underutilized, with anywhere from 25 percent … [Read more...]
IT Money Waster #2
November 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
According to an article on ITWorld Canada, here's the number 2 money waster in IT: IT's biggest money waster No. 2: The paper chase U.S. corporations spend $120 billion per year on paper forms alone, notes a Xerox study. But the costs don't end at paper. Ounce for ounce, the ink inside a typical printer cartridge is 15 times more expensive than Dom Perignon champagne, according to Chronicle Research. Filing that paper, copying it, mailing it, storing it, and finding it again can add up to … [Read more...]
Introducing Teaming 3.0!
October 22, 2010 By 5 Comments
I'm REALLY excited about this! Teaming 3.0 is slated for release later this fall, and as a BETA tester I can tell you that Teaming has taken a huge step forward! We have been using Teaming here at Adaris ever since Novell released version 1.0, and if you've read my previous posts, you'll know that it is by far the most valuable tool we have to keep the information & knowledge flowing through the team. It is THE center of our knowledge Universe. I decided to create a series of short … [Read more...]
ZENworks 11 Product Announcement
October 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is the product announcement recently released by Novell for ZENworks Configuration Management 11, slated for release on...November 11th! 11 on 11.11! This is going to be an awesome release, and we cannot wait to start upgrading our existing customer base as well as introducing new customers to this incredible product family! UPDATE The official release of ZENworks 11 has been pushed back to January 2011. It'll make Happy New Year mean THAT much more! Check back here for … [Read more...]