ZENworks® 7 Suite
Simplified Delivery and Management of Diverse IT Resources

Lower IT support costs

Novell® ZENworks® makes it easy to deploy, manage and maintain IT resources in today's diverse IT environments. By providing an integrated set of cross-platform tools that automate management across the lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handheld devices, ZENworks lets customers eliminate administrator effort and reduce IT costs while delivering the IT resources that users need, when they need them—all based on identity.

• Desktop Management
• Linux Management
• Patch Management
• Server Management
• Handheld Management
• Personality Migration
• Data Management
• Software Packaging

Automated identity-driven resource management

Novell ZENworks provides an automated, intelligent way to manage the complex platforms and systems that makeup today's IT environments. By automatically applying and enforcing business policies, ZENworks dynamically manages IT resources based on user and device identities. Only ZENworks provides this identity-based, Policy-Driven Automation solution. Novell ZENworks is a complete IT Resource Management solution that lets customers efficiently manage their IT environments today while laying a management foundation for the future. ZENworks delivers this award-winning value, through:

Value
Novell ZENworks dramatically reduces IT support costs. With Policy-Driven Automation, IT administrators can "eliminate" effort, not just reduce it.

Efficiently manage desktops

Novell ZENworks Desktop Management reduces the total cost of ownership of Windows desktops and laptops, letting administrators automatically and transparently configure, update and troubleshoot workstations from wherever they are—inside or outside the firewall—without having to visit each device. Using policies, administrators can generate and maintain work environments with content and applications tailored to the personal needs of each user or group of users. As a result, users access their work environments and applications in a simple, consistent way from any device, at any location.

Simplify server management

Novell ZENworks Server Management reduces the costs associated with managing diverse servers by using Policy-Driven Automation to simplify routine server management processes. It eliminates redundant administration tasks letting administrators manage and configure geographically disbursed servers or groups of servers across multiple server platforms— including Windows, Linux, NetWare and Novell Open Enterprise Server—inside or outside their corporate firewall.

With Novell ZENworks Server Management, administrators can also:

Ensure a secure and consistent environment Standardize server configurations and securely deploy server applications, files and patches to network servers throughout their organization, all from a central location based on policies. Provides efficient and flexible distributions to ensure critical updates are sent immediately and servers are properly configured.

Manage and monitor efficiently
Maintain a secure and stable server environment, including Linux and eDirectory management and monitoring. Easier to use management and monitoring services save time with tear-off views, third-party MIB compilation and custom maps. Also includes new centralized agent configuration and rules-based management of alerts and alarms.

Leading linux management

ZENworks Linux Management is the only solution that uses Policy-Driven Automation to deploy, manage and maintain Linux resources. These automated and intelligent policies allow ZENworks Linux Management to provide centralized control across the lifecycle of Linux systems with desktop lockdown, imaging, remote control, inventory and software management.

With ZENworks Linux Management, administrators can:

Manage Linux assets
Track and account for Linux software and hardware with granular inventory gathering and reporting.

Automate patch management

Novell ZENworks Patch Management¹ is a powerful, automated patch management solution that helps companies manage the increasing numbers of patches, updates and fixes that their enterprise environments require.

With ZENworks Patch Management, administrators can also:

Lower mobile support costs

Protect user data

Make user files available from anywhere User files are securely available from any device via the Web allowing users to be productive from any location.

ZENworks Software Packaging reduces IT costs by simplifying the installation, customization and management of applications by allowing administrators to rapidly prepare reliable Windows Installer (MSI) software packages for distribution across their enterprise.

With ZENworks Software Packaging, administrators can also:

Rapidly prepare MSI software packages Leverage all the benefits of MSI applications— such as self-healing, installation rollback, installation conditions and transforms— using powerful tools to convert their legacy applications to the MSI format.

Complete identity-driven IT resource management

With Novell ZENworks, companies get a complete IT Resource Management solution that reduces IT costs by automating management across the lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handheld devices. ZENworks unique Policy-Driven Automation eliminates administrative effort and increases the efficiency, scalability and flexibility of IT staff and assets. With enterprise-class desktop management, server management, handheld management, data management, Linux management, patch management, personality migration and software packaging, only Novell ZENworks lets customers efficiently manage their IT environments today while laying a management foundation for the future.