About Novell and Softmart
Softmart has been an authorized Novell Reseller since 1993. Currently, Softmart is authorized to sell all Novell products to Corporate, Government Academic Institutions and Healthcare organizations. Novell is a leading provider of information solutions that deliver secure identity management, web services and application integration, and cross-platform networking services, all supported by strategic consulting, technical support and educational services. In addition, with its acquisitions of SUSE LINUX and Ximian, Novell now provides a full-range of Linux solutions for the enterprise, including desktop, server, management, security, and collaboration services.
Systems
Novell Open Workgroup Suite®
Streamline your IT services and save up to 70% over Microsoft. Novell Open Workgroup Suite provides organizations of all sizes with a secure, flexible and cost-effective IT infrastructure and a proven set of workgroup services. Unlike a proprietary, Windows-centric solution, Novell Open Workgroup Suite is made up of open, standards-based software. This suite offers a low-cost, open alternative to Microsoft and includes a complete infrastructure and productivity solution from the desktop to the server.
Novell Open Enterprise Server®
Novell Open Enterprise Server is a secure, highly available platform that provides proven file, print and application services in an open environment. Unlike other server platforms that either force vendor lock-in or are not sufficiently supported for the enterprise-level customer, Open Enterprise Server incorporates the best from both open source and proprietary networking leaders. Open Enterprise Server combines NetWare® with SUSE® LINUX to give your customers common management tools, directory-enabled services and an entire support ecosystem backed by Novell.
Collaboration
Novell Teaming + Conferencing
Novell® Teaming and Novell Teaming + Conferencing are two team workspace and real-time collaboration additions to Novell's workgroup product line. These solutions help boost end-user and team productivity and reduce overall customer costs by improving the everyday business processes people engage in to create, share, discuss and manage information. They also support a new model for technical and business innovation Novell calls "open collaboration," which describes the open source technology development process that allows customers and partners to participate in product innovation, the actual tools that allow for customer choice, and a way of working to increase team effectiveness and organizational success.
Novell GroupWise®
Novell GroupWise 7.0—a member of the Novell Nterprise family of solutions—is a premier communication and collaboration tool. It provides an effective and innovative approach to collaboration services—an approach that delivers security, control and mobility, while reducing the cost of managing and maintaining essential communication and collaboration services. With GroupWise, you can embrace the Net knowing that you are protected by field proven security. So you can maintain secure, authenticated communications, including instant messaging, within your organization as well as with organizations and individuals outside your firewall.
Also available for Linux.
Novell NetMail®
Novell® NetMail® 3.5 is a scalable, high-performance e-mail and calendaring system that is based on Internet-standard messaging and security protocols. And for the first time, NetMail is available in two versions, Foundation and Advanced, so you can select the level of collaboration that's right for your enterprise. In the Net economy, scalability is crucial. With this in mind, Novell designed NetMail to fit any size environment, from 2 to 200,000 users (or more) on a single server. In fact, NetMail has been tested at more than 1.1 million messages a day on low-end hardware, without delivery failures or errors.
Systems Management
Novell Zenworks 7.0
Novell® ZENworks® allows companies to manage the entire lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handheld devices. Through Policy-Driven Automation, ZENworks decreases administrative burdens and increases enterprise-wide business efficiency. High reliability makes ZENworks 7.0 a release on which you can bet your business. Novell ZENworks simplifies the management and delivery of resources throughout diverse enterprises and changing work environments. Novell ZENworks provides support for Windows*, Linux* and NetWare® environments and gives companies control over the operating systems in their environment, affording a quantifiable ROI of more than 1,012%.
Novell Zenworks Linux Management
Novell ZENworks® 7.0 Linux Management is a powerful and secure software management solution for Linux* server and workstation systems. It provides IT administrators and managers with centralized control over their Linux software configurations across their organization. ZENworks 7.0 Linux Management additionally provides automated and intelligent Linux package-dependency analysis and conflict resolution for smoother software installations. It also delivers unprecedented control features for scheduling updates of Linux software to user-defined groups of systems across an enterprise. The result is a complete Linux software management system that helps to cut IT costs by dramatically reducing the overhead required to manage Linux software package updates.
Secure Identity Management
Novell BorderManager 3.8
Novell BorderManager 3.8 includes premier firewall and VPN technologies that safeguard your network and help you build a secure identity management solution. With the powerful directory-integrated features in Novell BorderManager, you can monitor users' Internet activities and control their remote access to corporate resources. Moreover, Novell BorderManager provides Internet access control and supports numerous content-filtering solutions. These features protect your network from undesirable Internet content, including programs that destroy or steal data, games that waste users' time and Web pages that expose your company to legal liability.
Novell eDirectory
For over a decade Novell eDirectory has defined and reinvented the role of a directory service. More than just an LDAP data store, eDirectory is the identity foundation that links your users and their access rights with corporate resources, devices and security policies. Among directory services, eDirectory is uniquely capable of meeting the demands of large-scale, high-end directory deployments. It offers the compatibility, security, reliability, scalability and manageability required for internal and Internet deployments supporting millions of identities.
Linux
SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server
Novell SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 9 empowers businesses to leverage Linux* and open source by delivering a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing. Built for reliability, it offers comprehensive functionality to power today’s networks and meet user demands. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server also supports a broad range of hardware platforms and leading software applications. Through its unique and open management capabilities, you can easily install, deploy, configure, secure and update Linux servers anywhere on your network—significantly reducing IT costs.
Novell LINUX Desktop
If you're looking for an open source alternative to your desktop, SUSE LINUX Desktop has what you need: compatibility with Microsoft* Office, and Microsoft Outlook and IBM* Lotus Notes. However, you'll enjoy not only secure access to Microsoft systems but also to Linux and UNIX* servers. SUSE LINUX Desktop gives you functionality in everything from the standard work environment to thin-client functionality for the deployment of legacy hardware. In addition, its applications and tools ensure smooth operation.