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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Open Horizons in cooperation with Novell and five other sponsors did
create a GroupWise 8 survey and we kindly ask you to take a few minutes
to join this survey. You will automatically then join a drawing for six
very huge and interesting prizes (MacBook aluminium, Nintento Wii
sports, Acer Netbook, Bose in ear head phones, Philips senseo and iPod
Shuffle). Take the survey now....
The GroupWise Powerguide - Second Edition
The GroupWise Powerguide, Second Edition, a true international collaboration, with amongst others, Cobus Burgers of NetCB in South Africa as co-author, is now available for pre-order on amazon.com. Click here to order The GroupWise Powerguide, Second Edition
FREE On-demand Training–Novell Sentinel and Open Enterprise Server 2
Have you ever tried on-demand training? Well for a limited time, you can try two
on-demand courses for free! Learn all about Novell Sentinel, including how to
install and configure it. Or if you familiar with NetWare and need to move to
Open Enterprise Server , you can take a course that teaches you how to migrate
your skills. Click here to try out this great offer.
FREE download - unique GroupWiseR quotes
You can find more information about our free GroupWiseR Quote Service at:
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 
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.
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.
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. 
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. 
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. 
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 
regarding GroupWise Mobile Server and the ActiveSync capabilities. Click 
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. 
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.
The GroupWise Powerguide, Second Edition, a true international collaboration, with amongst others, Cobus Burgers of