Everywhere you look, budgets are tight. The heady days of “spend and deploy” are over. Today, organizations have to ask themselves some tough questions before pulling out the checkbook: Will this investment improve user productivity and protect my existing investments? Will it help me do more with less? Will it help me re-deploys hardware, extend the skills of my IT staff or make users less likely to call the help desk for simple tasks? Whether it's big or small, you need to squeeze every bit of value from your IT budget.
how Novell solves the challenge
Let Novell deliver the cost savings your accounting department craves. Open source may have tantalized you before, but you wondered if you'd have the support and service to back you up. Wonder no more: Novell has made Linux ready for the workgroup. In addition, all Novell workgroup products have been designed to deliver budget-friendly benefits in the following areas:
Increasing user productivity
Novell Open Enterprise Server includes features that help users help themselves. Things like iPrint—which lets users locate and install printers without making six calls to the help desk, or iFolder—which automates file back up so you won't run the risk of losing key proposal right before that important client pitch. And, Novell GroupWise 7 includes a number of enhancements made with user productivity in mind. A customizable home view, multiple calendars for managing various schedules and integration between e-mail and instant messaging all enable users to work in the most effective way possible.
Enabling hardware consolidation
With Novell, you can bring Linux into the workgroup with confidence. So buy that less-expensive hardware, consolidate those single-purpose servers and let open source work its magic for you. And, because Novell Open Enterprise Server includes an entitlement for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, you can easily replace Microsoft, UNIX or other Linux distribution licenses you may be running today.
Reducing administration loads
Tell your administrators that they'll be managing fewer servers across fewer platforms, and they'll probably take your picture off the dartboard. Move to Linux and give them a single, simplified platform they'll want to manage.
Improving administrative capabilities
Administrators work long hours, and that costs you in the long run. So give them browser-based administration and cut back on travel expenses. Give them policy-based management and pay them for 50 hours rather than 80. Give them the ability to delegate administration and make their day.
Ensuring security and reliability
Nothing depletes a hole in ROI like security gaps and downtime. All Novell workgroup solutions are designed with security and reliability in mind. From identity management technology that raises the bar on Linux security to clustering and fail over capabilities that ensure consistent operation, Novell can keep you up and running—for good.