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GWAVA: Free Movie for BrainShare Attendees
Looking for something to do on Sunday evening before BrainShare begins? Come join GWAVA and our partners for a free movie at the downtown MegaPlex at the Gateway Mall, a walkable distance from the Salt Palace Convention Center. GWAVA is offering free tickets to any BrainShare attendees who wish to join us to watch the “Bounty Hunter,” starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Seating is limited, so make sure you register to reserve your spot as soon as possible.
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Registration for EMEA Summit is now OPEN!
Today, on April 30, on request of may people within the communit ("You are late this year?!") we have opened the registration for the EMEA Summit 2010, which will run in Vienna (AT) from Sunday November 28 until Wednesday December 1. And within a few minutes the first registration was already made by Peter Wachs  (DE) - finally after 5 years he has beaten Hans Prim (SE) in being "Number One"!
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Vote now where you would like the 2010 African Summit to be hosted

We are running a current pole on our Facebook page regarding the location of the 2010 African Summit.  It would be appreciated if you could take a few minutes to please respond to the poll.  The poll can be found at this link.

 
GroupWise@Home - Final phase of beta testing

Now that Novell has released the Support Pack 1 for GroupWise 8, the development team of GroupWise@Home is now entering the final phase of tuning and testing. In the next few weeks the more than 100 beta testers will test the latest version of the GroupWise@Home modules as well as finalize the translation of the user interface elements. We hope to be able to set a final date for the launch of GroupWise@Home soon, as so many people have been waiting for this release.

 
The GroupWise Powerguide - Second Edition - Now Available @ Amazon

The English version of The Groupwise Powerguide- Second Edition became available early May 2009. This completely new version contains a lot of tips and tricks about GroupWise covering versions 8.0 as well as 7.0. This book will take everyone who is already working with GroupWise to the next level. Now includes Business Scenarios and valuable content in 216 topics, all in more than 300 pages. Great value for money - guaranteed to optimize your investment in GroupWise - this book will make you and your organization more effective and efficient.
 
Buy this book to Support the Community - Profits will further strengthen Open Horizons.
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EMEA Tour and African Summit: Going, going, gone

The Open Horizons EMEA Tour and African Summit that took place from 21 to 23 May 2009 was a remarkable success.  The Open Horizons EMEA Tour and African Summit was facilitated and made a reality by our proud sponsors, and I would like to make use of this formal opportunity to thank them for their continued support.  Without them we would not be able to provide the quality events to the Novell community that they deserve.

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SKyPRO Introduces VOIP Solution Integrated With GroupWise®

SKyCOM Unified Communications Application Adds VoIP Capability for Improved Productivity, Increased Convenience, and Lower Communications Costs. More info here 

 
GroupWise User Group for South Africa and the rest of Africa

Welcome to the home of the GroupWise User Group for South Africa and the Rest of Africa.  You can register on this web site if you want to become member of this user group.  The purpose of this User Group is to connect GroupWise users in South Africa and the Rest of Africa.  The GroupWise User Groups in the rest of the world has been highly successful in establishing these user group communities.  It is time that we do this formally in Africa.  This user group will also provide its members a range of benefits that will become evident when  you register to become an active member of this User Group.

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Open Training Institute

NetCB Solutions (Pty) Ltd has now formally launched their training division - the Open Training Institute on 2nd April 2008.  We specifically selected the 2nd of April before anyone thinks it is an April Fools Day joke if we launched it on 1st of April, but let us get serious now.

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PlateSpin Forge’s ahead in disaster recovery
PlateSpin has announced the release of a disaster recovery hardware appliance, PlateSpin Forge, to protect physical and virtual server workloads. John Ko, product marketing manager for PlateSpin told CRN that PlateSpin Forge is the company’s first offering specifically targeting the disaster recovery market. He added that the purpose-built recovery solution includes prepackaged and preconfigured hardware, software and virtual infrastructure, addressing issues faced by both SMBs and enterprise. 
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US Supreme Court Won't Hear Microsoft's Novell Appeal
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear Microsoft's appeal of Novell's multibillion-dollar antitrust suit against it. The news hit just as Novell's annual BrainShare user conference was getting starting. Basically a private replay of the Justice Department's suit against Microsoft, the case involves Novell's claims that Microsoft targeted WordPerfect and QuattroPro to protect its operating system monopoly.
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Novell - strong results as the company finally sees its efforts rewarded
  
Last week Novell unveiled its result for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Net revenue was $231m (including $7m positive impact from currency exchange rates). Income from operations was $8m ($24m non-GAAP or 10% of revenue, up from a negative 1% a year ago). Non-GAAP net income was $29m. Comment: Novell has spent the last few years pulling itself up and improving execution but had, until recently, very little to show for it. This is no longer the case. The last few quarters have been increasingly impressive with Novell starting to exceed consensus estimates, leading to a strong first quarter of fiscal 2008, with total revenue up 6% and product revenue up 9%.
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Novell Acquires PlateSpin for $205M
 
 
Novell announced Feb. 25 that it will acquire Toronto-based virtualization management software and services provider PlateSpin Ltd. for $205 million in cash. It was the second acquisition Novell has revealed in 12 days. The Waltham, Mass.-based enterprise software maker bought open-source team collaboration software provider SiteScape -- founder of the ICEcore open-source collaboration project -- on Feb. 13.
 
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Novell acquires SiteScape
  
Novell has acquired SiteScape, a provider of collaboration solutions and the founder of the ICEcore open source collaboration project. The merger between the two companies will create interoperable, open source and open standards-based workspaces to help with team productivity. Financial terms of the deal were not released but SiteScape would become a fully owned subsidiary of Novell and all the employees will fold into Novell's ranks. Also, the SiteScape brand will no longer exist as part of the acquisition.  
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vCard - an important addressbook standard

vCard automates the exchange of personal information typically found on a traditional business card. vCard is used in applications such as Internet mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers, video conferencing, PIMs (Personal Information Managers), PDAs (Personal Data Assistants), pagers, fax, office equipment, and smart cards. vCard information goes way beyond simple text, and includes elements like pictures, company logos, live Web addresses, and so on.

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vCalendar - the way to exchange calendar data

vCalendar defines a transport and platform-independent format for exchanging calendaring and scheduling information in an easy, automated, and consistent manner. It captures information about event and "to-do" items that are normally used by applications such as a personal information managers (PIMs) and group schedulers. Programs that use vCalendar can exchange important data about events so that you can schedule meetings with anyone who has a vCalendar-aware program.

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SUSE Studio from Novell Wins 2010 American Business Award
Novell announced SUSE Studio has been granted the 2010 American Business Award for Best New Product or Service * Computer Hardware or Services. SUSE Studio is a free, Web‑based solution that allows users to quickly build complete software appliances in just minutes. SUSE Studio allows for mass customization and provides a bridge to the cloud, enabling software vendors and end users to build unique yet fully supported configurations of the operating system that run in physical, virtual and cloud environments.
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BES 5.0.1 Public Beta - Announced by Alex Evans (Novell)
Great news to share this week. I (Alex Evans, Novell) got a call from my counterpart at RIM and they are releasing a public beta of their BES 5.0.1 for GroupWise. We have been running 5.0.1 in house for a number of months as part of the early adopter program, so we have been validating it against the latest GroupWise agents.
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Novell Conferencing Now Available!
Novell Conferencing—a cost-effective, easy-to-use web conferencing solution—is now available.

Novell Conferencing helps organizations reduce travel costs by instantly sharing documents, web pages, whiteboards, audio and video—even recording meetings—without any participant software to install. Novell Conferencing is also the only solution that integrates with Novell GroupWise. While users are in their GroupWise mailbox, they can simply click on a Novell Messenger (formerly GroupWise Messenger) icon to schedule or instantly launch a web conference.

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Update on Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack
The open technology preview Novell announced at BrainShare U.S. has been extremely successful. As of April 19, Novell had 1,522 downloads and very productive discussion taking place in the Novell forums. As a reminder, the technology preview--as well as available supporting resources--can be found at http://www.novell.com/mobilitypreview. 
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Properly register & update OES2 Server via Novell Customer Care Center
Do you have machines in your Novell Customer Care Center that come up as unknown or just do not look right? Have a look at this tip from Norm O'Neal, as he describes a quick way to fix this situation. By the way, Norm is the president of Open Horizons - US Midwest, a NUI chapter which recently decided to "convert" to Open Horizons - congratulations to Norm and his crew - keep up the good work!

 

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BrainShare is back in Europe - Join us in Amsterdam & Receive a Bonus Gift
Novell BrainShare is back and not just once, but twice. Novell surprised many of us when announcing that in 2010 their great BrainShare event will not only run in Salt Lake City (US) in March, but also in Europe. And more precisely, in wonderful Amsterdam (NL), a city full of surprising views, museums, music and much more. Of course the Open Horizons community will be very involved with this event and together with Novell we are planning quite a few surprising activities before and during this event.
 
Register via Open Horizons for BrainShare at this page - Receive a cool Bonus Gift Package!
 
 
Get Open Horizons Books for FREE @ BrainShare Amsterdam
Yes, that is right! Novell has bought a large number of Open Horizons books and these will be offered as FREE gift to participants at BrainShare - for as long as stock will least. Early Bird Discount of 200 Euro is available until April 16, so hurry and register NOW for BrainShare Amsterdam to receive one of these cool books for FREE!
 
Introducing the Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack Technology Preview
Be among the first to get your hands on this highly anticipated product! Novell is pleased to announce an open technology preview of the Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack, scheduled for availability mid-year. This product will synchronize GroupWise e-mail, calendar data and contacts with all ActiveSync-enabled devices—including the Apple iPhone. It will also serve as a replacement for GroupWise Mobile Server. To download the technology preview today, visit http://www.novell.com/mobilitypreview.
 
Spring Clean on Novell File Management Suite
Clean up your file storage and reduce costs.
Reduce complexity and costs. With Novell File Management Suite you can turn your file storage chaos into organized efficiency. Order by 30 April next and receive a 15% discount.
 
Documents, presentations and spreadsheets, represent an organization’s precious intellectual capital, but they are also the fastest-growing data type within organizations, consuming storage space at faster rates for longer periods of time. The proliferation of this data creates storage management challenges that increase your administrative and infrastructure costs.
 
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Ron Hovsepian: Novell News Update
Dear Customer:

I want to share with you an important announcement that Novell made today.

As you may know, on March 2nd, Elliott Associates, L.P. announced an unsolicited, conditional proposal to acquire Novell. Today we issued a press release announcing that our Board of Directors has concluded, after careful consideration, including a review of the proposal with its independent financial and legal advisors, that Elliott's proposal is inadequate and that it undervalues the Company's franchise and growth prospects.
 
 
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GroupWise 7 SP4
Novell released the latest and final support pack today for Novell GroupWise 7. It is Novell GroupWise 7.0.4 and it is available for immediate download.
 
GroupWise 7.0.4 is a compilation of all Hot Patches and Field Test Files since Novell released GroupWise 7.0.3. GroupWise 7.0.3 was released in early 2008 and since then customers have been able to download Hot Patches, updates and changes through regular support channels and their Novell Technical Services representative. 
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Novell Releases Hosted Conferencing to Complete Collaboration Portfolio
Novell today announced the availability of a hosted version of Novell Conferencing. This new conferencing solution enables users to conduct virtual meetings, demos and Webinars using a Web browser. With this Web conferencing technology, organizations can significantly reduce the cost and time required for face-to-face travel by instantly sharing documents, desktops, applications, Web pages, whiteboards, audio, video - even record meeting - without installing any software.
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Bill Pray on Elliott/Novell - What Might Happen to GroupWise
Check out this blog by Bill Pray, previous GroupWise Product Manager, on the future of GroupWise. What-if...
 
The bid by Elliott for Novell has lead to speculation on what may happen should the buyout be successful. Blogs from Drue Reeves (Novell Going Private?) and Richard Jones (Elliott/Novell: Implications on SUSE) have highlighted their observations. Having been a former Novell employee and product manager for GroupWise, I want to take the opportunity to add my observations on what might happen to Novell’s communications and collaboration technologies should the buyout occur.
 
GroupWise has been a solid, mature, feature rich, enterprise solution for many years.
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Ron Hovsepian: Invitation for Brainshare EMEA
Today Novell´s CEO Ron Hovsepian did send an email-invitation to all Novell customers for BrainShare EMEA 2010 in Amsterdam:
 
To Our Customers,

We heard you loud and clear at the Customer Advisory Board last year that BrainShare is a critical component of your overall education and training on all things Novell. Based on your feedback, we've streamlined BrainShare this year to make it a leaner, more focused, and more relevant technical conference. 
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Novell update: Letter from Ron Hovsepian
Dear Customer:

I wanted to contact you personally to address recent news about Novell.

Late Tuesday, March 2, Novell received an unsolicited, conditional proposal from Elliott Associates, L.P. to acquire Novell for $5.75 per share in cash. Elliott is an investment firm that holds shares of Novell stock. As you will see in our news release, we anticipate Novell's Board of Directors will review Elliott's proposal in consultation with Novell's financial and legal advisors. Beyond that, it is business as usual for us at Novell
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Novell Teaming 2.1 is now Available!
Announcing general availability of Novell Teaming 2.1. You can now download, upgrade and roll out the very latest version of Novell Teaming. Since Teaming 2.0 released last July, the engineering team has put together an exciting update to this piece of our collaboration portfolio.
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Novell Pulse released with integration to Google Wave
Novell today announced the first real-time collaboration platform for the enterprise, Novell® Pulse. In addition, Novell stated it is working with Google to enable Novell Pulse users and Google* Wave* users to seamlessly work together across both systems, one of the first major collaboration vendors to provide this interoperability. Novell Pulse uniquely combines e-mail, document authoring and social messaging tools with robust security and management capabilities to meet the demands of a global, dispersed workforce. By implementing the Google Wave Federation Protocol, Novell Pulse is one of the first major Wave providers. To learn more about Novell Pulse go to www.novell.com/pulse
 
ActiveSync Update
The Novell community has been waiting for a while to get more information regarding GroupWise Mobile Server and the ActiveSync capabilities. Click here to read the latest news from Alex Evans.
 
Research Firm Recognizes Novell: Leader in Collaboration

Novell today announced its team collaboration solution, Novell® Teaming, was recognized as a leader in the August 2009 Forrester Research, Inc. report, The Forrester Wave: Collaboration Platforms, Q3 2009. In evaluating Novell Teaming, the report states, "Teaming brings very strong capabilities for workspaces and collaborative application development, particularly in the area of workflow." Novell Teaming rounds out the company's strong suite of collaboration solutions and helps customers increase enterprise productivity.

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Replacement for GroupWise Mobile Server, and more

A lot of you have been waiting for news about our replacement for GroupWise Mobile Server. We have spoken about it in various blog posts prior to this one, however, I can now talk about it in a little more detail. 

Read the blog entry by A Evans from Novell.

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GroupWise - Top Alternative for Microsoft Outlook according to ZDNet
In a recent study ZDNet Australia's test lab has investigated alternative solutions for Microsoft Outlook and as a result, Groupwise 8 has scored the second best rating of a survey of top alternatives to Outlook. The review considered 11 alternatives and Lotus Notes just beat Groupwise. In summary, it scored well for the interface, but was seen as a little expensive.  This is a reputable research lab and a great result for Novell.
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Tech-Audit
Novell GroupWise is een wel bekende
 
a well established and highly popular enterprise communication and collaboration system that provides organisations with e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, Instant Messaging, task management, contact management, and document management features. Desktop GroupWise clients are available for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems and a sophisticated thin client is compatible with all modern Web browsers.
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eWeek.com about GroupWise 7

eWeek.com about GroupWise 7

Like IBM's Lotus Notes and Microsoft's Exchange, Novell's GroupWise client/server architecture provides an excellent environment for managing collaboration on tasks and documents. Novell has done a good job of refining the user interface in this release of GroupWise, making information more accessible and easier to organize. Client support for Mac OS X and Linux operating systems sets GroupWise apart from its competition, as does support for both Outlook and Evolution clients.
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Butler Technology Audit on GroupWise 7

Butler Technology Audit on GroupWise 7

Novell GroupWise is a well established and highly popular enterprise communication and collaboration system that provides organisations with e-mail, calendaring and scheduling, Instant Messaging, task management, contact management, and document management features. Desktop GroupWise clients are available for Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems and a sophisticated thin client is compatible with all modern Web browsers. On the server-side, GroupWise is supported on NetWare, Linux, and Windows operating systems, or any combination thereof. GroupWise 7 signals a fresh lease of life for what is clearly a very capable product, and Novell’s commitment to support the current offering well into the next decade will provide existing users of this product with much needed confidence. GroupWise remains well supported by Independent Software Vendors, with companies such as Research In Motion (BlackBerry), extending the product’s core functionality to meet a broad range of business requirements. Organisations currently using GroupWise, but considering alternative products, should engage with Novell and its partners (or download an evaluation version) to assess the value this new release could offer.
 
GroupWise 8 SP1 now shipping.

Good news: as the beta program ended last week, Support Pack 1 for GroupWise 8 is now available for download. Many people have been waiting for the release of this support pack, to fully deploy GroupWise 8 in their organization.

 

 
GroupWise@Home in Closed Alpha Testing

We want to give you a short update information about our "GroupWise@home" project. The project team just announced today, that there is a first Alpha version of the product available. This will only be tested from some of our worldwide GroupWise specialists. The project team also announced, that they are planning to have a developers meeting end of March in Rotterdam about GroupWise@home. So by the end of March we could probably give you some more information.

 
Join the GroupWise@Home Beta Team

GroupWise@Home offers many benefits compared to the competition. Unlike other solutions GroupWise@Home uses the same strong GroupWise client that you use in the office, so you will get all the rich features of the GroupWise client for use at home. And the good news is: it is free!

 
GroupWise@Home is developed by an Open Horizons Development Team which consist of several volunteers from the community.Recently we have started with the Beta Testing of the GroupWise@Home version and we can now accept a limited number of additional Beta Testers.

 

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