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To: David O'Berry who wrote (20170)	2/17/1998 8:13:00 AM
From: jad	Respond to of 42771

_Novell To Leverage NDS For Desktop Management_____ Novell this week will unveil software that leverages its directory to simplify the management of Windows-based desktops. Zero Efforts Networks, or Z.E.N.works, combines the functions of two existing products -- Novell Application Launcher and Workstation Manager -- as well as several enhancements. The product uses Novell Directory Services as a repository of information about applications and desktops to centralize and streamline processes. Those processes include software distribution, application management and maintenance, allocation of printer and file-system rights, policy-based desktop management, and desktop configuration and re- creation of customized desktops for users who travel. Z.E.N.works has a "tremendous breadth of functionality," says beta tester Scott Webster, a senior network analyst at Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. in Calgary, Alberta. "It allows us to consolidate so much of the systems-management process in the directory. You've got a single point of management and a single repository for all the information about our network users -- about 2,000 people in about 15 different countries." Z.E.N.works supports Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows 95, and Windows NT desktops. It will be sold separately, starting in the second quarter, and will also become a component of Novell's ManageWise network-management software. Pricing hasn't been determined. -- Monua Janah (For more IT news, see InformationWeek Online at informationweek.com.) ************************************