(
Linkleri Üyelerimiz Görebilir. UslanmaM Üyeliği İçin Tıklayın) - Novell hopes to cut out some of the complexity small and medium-size businesses face in managing Windows desktops with new software it is demonstrating at Cebit in Hanover

Germany

this week.
The software

Zenworks Configuration Management

can be used to manage desktops running versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system from Windows 2000 through Windows Vista

said Martin Buckley

product management director of Novell's systems and resource management business unit

speaking at the show on Thursday.
The software runs on either Windows 2003

Suse Enterprise Linux

or Novell Open Enterprise Server

and integrates natively with Novell's eDirectory and with Microsoft Active Directory without the need for aaaadirectory software such as Novell Identity Manager

he said.
Doing without Novell Identity Manager won't cut software licensing costs

as the product is already included with Zenworks

but it will cut indirect costs by eliminating the need for additional hardware and support to run it

he said.
The directory integration allows the IT managers to control the desktop according to policies related to the user's role

for example by installing different applications or allowing access to specific network resources.
"It will manage deployment

software distribution

asset management and of course aaaaaing

" Buckley said.
Zenworks Configuration Management is still in beta testing with 30 customers

and should go on sale by the end of June

he said.
Among the beta testers is Virgin Radio

a U.K. broadcaster with operations in London and Glasgow. Management based on policies and roles is particularly important there because the IT needs of a finance manager and a DJ are very different

Buckley said.
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