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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PJ Strifas who wrote (26023)	3/12/1999 3:30:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

NOVL and the recent market action It appears to me that the NOVL spurt to 25 11/16ths was the height of the takeover rumor frenzy. Now things are settling down. The volume today was at the open where we were near 25 1/2. I like the support at 24.

To: PJ Strifas who wrote (26023)	3/12/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Here's a good article about a new tool for NOVL's server management product ManageWise and desktop management tool, ZEN Works. Notice they add switches as a component managed by the new tool. Peter Strifas (the link requires a password that's why I posted the entire article here) ------------------------- This story appeared on Network World Fusion at nwfusion.com. Novell reaches for new management heights with K2 suite By Christine Burns Network World Fusion, 03/12/99 Novell this week is expected to take the lid off a new suite of tools for performing policy-based management of desktops, servers, routers and switches in NetWare environments. All of the modules in the company's new K2 management suite can tap into Novell Directory Services and be administered via Novell's Java-based management console, ConsoleOne. Administrators can use the tools to define network access policies across an enterprise. Novell, which sources say will unveil K2 at its 15th annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, declined to comment on the software. But analysts briefed on K2 say it comprises new versions of existing products, such as ManageWise, ZENworks and NWAdmin, as well as new software for managing routers and switches. Novell is hoping the K2 suite will be as successful as its ZENworks directory-enabled desktop management package has been in the 10 months it has been on the market. K2 will extend ZENworks' features to servers, allowing companies to automate and standardize initial server configuration. In addition, K2 will allow administrators to set policies for distributing software to individual or groups of servers. It's unclear whether this package will manage NT or Unix servers. Users say they could use more help managing their NetWare servers. "We never seem to be able to stay on top of keeping all the servers in optimal condition with all the right software patches, drivers, etc.," says Bill Kannberg, IS manager for Hillsboro County in Florida. "I'd like a product that could analyze, configure and help manage servers in the field." Novell will also be announcing a new version of ZENworks with improved software distribution capabilities, sources say. While the current version lets an administrator push software out to groups of users based on their operating system or hardware configuration, the new version will allow the administrator to push software down to selected desktops based on what is contained in the desktop registry files. This revision also supports "Lights out" software distribution that lets an administrator install programs on desktops without any end-user participation. Version 2.0 also has the ability to track software inventory across the desktops. ZENworks 2.0 is in beta now. Officials would not comment on a delivery date.