The fundamental role of IT professionals today is meeting the needs of information workers. And if this sounds oversimplified, try imagining work without being able to schedule meetings people can come to, send messages that get read, remember to leave on time for a client lunch, find your contacts, manage your documents, back up your files, access information and applications you need, print a report or ping your colleague when that brilliant idea is fresh. Whether you're a global enterprise with thousands of employees or a small business with a single great idea, your success hinges on the ability to make your people as productive as possible.
how Novell solves the challenge
Novell workgroup solutions provide everything you need to support your information workers—and all the innovation, ideas, and advancements they'll develop in support of your business. And the way we enable these work processes gives you advantages that no other vendor can provide. We start by giving you a choice of platforms to host applications, we support common standards so you can extend your solution as business demands, we deliver security and reliability you can depend on, we tailor solutions to organizations large and small, and we leverage and support open source technologies so you have access to rich innovation and lower total cost of ownership. From start to finish, Novell brings you workgroup solutions that:
...deliver vital services and open source options
Novell Open Enterprise Server combines NetWare and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to deliver proven file, print, directory, management, collaboration and application services. Through Open Enterprise Server, Novell can help you migrate to Linux and take advantage of reduced licensing costs, hardware consolidation opportunities, and the thousands of applications and complementary technologies developed for Linux.
...bring security and reliability to collaboration
By very definition, information workers need to share information. But all too often, they are thwarted by viruses, security breaches and system downtime in their e-mail systems. Let the world's most secure, reliable collaboration solution—Novell GroupWise—restore e-mail as the place where work gets done, not lost.
...meet the needs of small businesses and remote offices
Small businesses need many of the same services as their large enterprise counterparts. But they don't need all the complexity, cost and system management requirements that come with enterprise-level solutions. In the same way, remote offices need robust services without bringing corporate IT staff onsite to manage it all. That's why Novell workgroup solutions include the Novell Small Business Suite and Novell Branch Office. These products deliver just the right functionality at just the right price.