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Category Archives: Technology Updates

SUSE Manager Update

SUSE Manager – Enhanced Support for your Linux Infrastructure Based on the Spacewalk open source project, SUSE Manager is the best solution for managing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and related extensions as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It allows you to reduce the inherent complexity of managing multiple Linux distributions. It also manages Linux…

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat just announced availability of their new operating system. Incorporating software technologies developed by Red Hat, its partners and the open source community over the past three years, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 delivers extensive new features that span the product. These combine to offer customers and solution providers a world-class platform on which…

Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack Now Available

The Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack, which synchronizes data between GroupWise, third-party applications and ActiveSync-enabled mobile devices (including the iPhone) is now available! Best of all, it’s free to GroupWise 8, Novell Teaming, Novell Open Workgroup Suite and Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition customers with current maintenance. The Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack replaces…

SUSE Cloud Program

Novell recently announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) will offer hourly based pricing and support for SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server. Customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) of all sizes will have the ability to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11 on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) paying only for the hours they…

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta

The next generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now available in Beta form. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta is a major update and includes significant features including, but not limited to: * comprehensive power management capabilities * performance enhancements * scalability enhancements * new security features * enhanced resource management * improved virtualization…

Moving Your Novell GroupWise System to Linux

From low-cost, commodity hardware and consolidation opportunities to the wealth of open source software add ons, the benefits of Linux are significant. And because collaboration is an ideal platform for realizing these efficiencies, many customers are moving their back-end GroupWise systems to Linux. Check this short presentation from Novell Media Gallery to see how easy…

Five quick wins to improve SLES Security

When it comes to platform hardening there are almost limitless options that could improve system’s security. Starting from configuration, services, network parameters, shell limits, through encryption, centralized access management and intrusion detection systems. Building secure system require time effort and money. Here we will present five quick wins which, while easy to implement can significantly…

Simplified Subscription Management for SUSE Linux Enterprise

Managing server subscriptions and support entitlements has just become easier with Novell Customer Center (NCC) and the Subscription Management Tool (SMT). The Subscription Management Tool provides an alternative to the default configuration, which requires opening the firewall to outbound connections for each device to receive updates. That requirement often violates corporate security policies and can…

op5 Monitor Version 4.2

In September op5 released new version of its software for monitoring IT systems and networks. Version 4.2 of op5 Monitor features almost completely redesigned GUI interface with the aim of making the information stored by op5 Monitor accessible and easy to visualize. The ability to search, sort and filter vast data volumes has been greatly…

Changes in Red Hat Network.

Red Hat is changing the way updates are delivered. Starting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 downloads from RHN through yum are provided by Content Delivery Network resulting in significantly faster download speeds than previously available. This change will in some cases require adjustment to firewall settings or if that’s not possible – disabling location…