NetWare Client Services: Business-Continuity and Consolidation

Server downtime and system vulnerability are not options for your organization. You need a network that secures and consolidates critical resources, keeping them available 24x7 and manageable from any location. NetWare 6.5 provides such a network and includes many cost-reducing tools and services. For example, with NetWare 6.5, you can do the following:

• Create a cost-effective, intelligent consolidation strategy through iSCSI support, updated clustering services and a time-saving server-consolidation utility
• Consolidate branch offices and reduce operating expenses with Novell Branch Office*
• Simplify the consolidation and upgrade process by automatically moving your data and data attributes from older versions of NetWare or Windows NT to your updated NetWare 6.5 environment
• Manage mixed environments–without administrative and security headaches–using DirXML** Starter Pack (drivers for Microsoft Active Directory to eDirectory, Windows NT domains to eDirectory, and eDirectory to eDirectory, along with password synchronization)
• Ensure that your IT staff is effective and efficient–from any location–through the Web-based management features in iManager
• Implement a cost-effective disaster-recovery strategy with Novell Cluster Services, GEO site failover, Novell Branch Office and iFolder

With these included tools and services, you can keep critical systems running at all times and provide 100-percent failover to a remote site in the event of a disaster or emergency. This means that your irreplaceable data is stored in multiple locations and cannot be lost or destroyed if your main data center goes down. In addition, you can save time and money by consolidating servers, simplifying the management of mixed environments and using convenient Web-based administration tools.

NetWare Client Services: Open-Source, Standards-Based Services

You've recognized the value of open-source strategies and standards-based solutions: easier integration, faster development cycles and maximum flexibility to meet evolving business demands. NetWare 6.5 delivers the technology you need to create and manage your own open-source solutions, without sacrificing reliability or increasing management costs. Specifically, you can use NetWare 6.5 to do the following:

• Maintain flexibility through support for open-source technologies—including Apache, MySQL, Perl, PHP and Tomcat
• Simplify the management of open-source projects and standards-based technologies through the intuitive, browser-based iManager
• Run and modify J2EE applications
• Use and protect existing systems, while allowing application portability

The open-source, standards-based services in NetWare 6.5 help you protect your existing technology investments. As you need to modify systems and applications, you can do so with open-source tools that are included in NetWare 6.5 or offered on the Web. You'll also enjoy the ability to integrate and modify resources at a moment's notice: you won't have to purchase new software or approach an outside vendor to get the work done.

Web Application Development and Services

NetWare 6.5 transforms your network into a Web services powerhouse. Highly scalable and easy to use, the exteNd family of products provides the most complete foundation for rapidly building and deploying cross-platform J2EE and Web applications. With the Web application development services in NetWare 6.5, you can do the following:

• Run any J2EE-compliant application, including proprietary and open-source applications, on exteNd Application Server
• Save time and money by deploying J2EE applications and running them on the NetWare platform
• Create new J2EE applications in the visual-development environment offered by Novell exteNd Workbench

Using NetWare 6.5, you can deploy and manage any applications based on Java and other open Web-services standards. You can also develop these types of applications with Novell exteNd Workbench, an included visual-development environment that accelerates productivity and development cycles.

NetWare Client Services: Virtual Office

Now your employees can stay connected and productive from any location. NetWare 6.5 includes many Virtual Office services that enable users to remotely access and manage information and resources whether they're traveling, working from home or visiting a branch office. The following Virtual Office services are just a sampling of what's available in NetWare 6.5:

• Access personal files from anywhere, using iFolder
• Quickly locate employees and contact information through eGuide
• Enjoy self-service, Internet-based printing with iPrint
• Give users a familiar interface through Novell Network Attached Storage Protocols
• Organize, locate and securely share information in real time through Virtual Teams
• Improve efficiency and reduce IT expenses by giving users control over password and personal-information management, printer setup and Web-page creation

With these services your employees have browser-based access to everything they need to stay productive. And because end users can manage their own passwords and printing, IT personnel will have much more time to focus on strategic projects and planning.