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Novell® Open Workgroup Suite Are IT costs outpacing your budget? Today’s Solutions: Workgroup business climate forces you to strike a fine balance. Products: You need a cost-effective solution that enables Open Enterprise Novell GroupWise your people to stay productive and you need your Novell ZENworks Suite business to be secure yet flexible enough to capi- SUSE Enterprise Desktop OpenOffice.org for Linux or Windows talise on innovations that drive business advantage. As an open, low-cost alternative to Windows*- based options, the Novell® Open Workgroup Suite A three-year commitment to helps you achieve these objectives. Microsoft’s Enterprise Agreement (Desktop Pro) is close to US$900 per user/device. Novell Open Work- Rely on Proven Technologies Lower IT Costs group Suite delivers comparable Novell Open Workgroup Suite provides your With Novell Open Workgroup Suite, you have functionality at a price point that is organisation with a secure, flexible and cost- the tools to make your IT department more up to 70 percent less. effective IT infrastructure and a proven set of efficient and cost effective. In fact, the suite workgroup services. Unlike a rigid Windows- costs as little as one-third the price of an Microsoft pricing based on centric product stack, Novell Open Workgroup equivalent Microsoft* product stack—and Enterprise Agreement level A Suite is made up of flexible, standards-based that is just on the licensing front. The long- . As a complete infrastructure term savings are even more compelling. and productivity solution, it includes the Microsoft Vista*, for example, will require you following components: to upgrade most of your hardware. Novell Open Workgroup Suite is Linux-based and Novell —industry- runs on the lower-cost commodity hardware leading enterprise networking services you likely use today. This suite is also com-

Novell GroupWise®—secure and reliable patible with hundreds of low- or no-cost collaboration solution applications from the open source com-

Novell ZENworks® Suite—cross-platform munity. As a result, you can still get the systems-management tool functionality you need, but at a fraction

SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop—open of the price. source desktop OpenOffice.org for Linux* and Windows— When it comes to streamlining management open source productivity suite costs, Novell Open Workgroup Suite is Only Novell Open Workgroup Suite provides a low-cost, open alternative for a complete server-to-desktop workgroup solution.

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unmatched. Most organisations run a mix resources. You also get support for encrypted of operating systems, including Windows, file systems, easy-to-use certificate authority

Linux, NetWare® or UNIX*. The consolidated and management, virtual private networking, Contact your local Novell foundation of Novell Open Workgroup Suite integrated firewall and proxy services and Solutions Provider, or call simplifies administration across these automated monitoring and intruder detection. Novell at: platforms and the suite’s Novell ZENworks Moreover, your administrators can rely on (31) 10 2864300 component automates most resource man- management tools that automatically patch (31) 10 2864333 Facsimile agement tasks. Whatever your infrastructure, and update systems against viruses and Novell Open Workgroup Suite helps you other external attacks. Novell, EMEA keep operational costs to a minimum. 1 Arlington Square Downshire Way Scale to Accommodate Growth Bracknell, Berkshire Ensure Productivity Whatever its size, your company needs a RG12 1WA With Novell Open Workgroup Suite, your end solution that fits. You need systems that United Kingdom users will stay productive with features and adapt to changing conditions instantly. Tel: (44) 1344 724000 functionality like Web access, self-service The Novell Open Workgroup Suite scales Fax: (44) 1344 724001 www.novell.com/emea/ file and print tools, reliable collaboration, easily, giving you the foundation to support instant communication, mobile support anything from a small business to a global Novell, Inc. and a robust office productivity suite. conglomerate. As soon as new users are 404 Wyman Street entered into the system, they automatically Waltham, MA 02451 USA Novell Open Workgroup Suite also relieves receive the file access, collaboration IT burdens. Your team can rely on centralised, accounts and productivity tools they browser-based management for flexible need to be effective. administration; health monitoring to avert unplanned downtime; easy migration tools Work with Existing Technologies to speed implementation; advanced cluster- Why pay the high cost to purchase new ing capabilities to facilitate constant uptime; Microsoft software—especially when you may and automated provisioning and updates also have to buy new hardware to support it? to servers, desktops and applications to Consider instead the value of Novell Open simplify administration workloads. Workgroup Suite, a proven solution that will not force you to rip out your existing infrastruc- Improve Security ture. In fact, Novell Open Workgroup Suite can The Linux foundation of Novell Open coexist with Windows desktops, Windows Workgroup Suite delivers solid security. Novell servers and Microsoft Office and still deliver Open Workgroup Suite features identity- significant savings. With the Novell Open based authentication and access control so Workgroup Suite, you get the functionality only authorised users may view and use key you need at a much lower price.

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