Novell ZENworks for Desktops 4 Administrators Handbook

Although this book is about ZENworks for Desktops, several other ZENworks products are now available from Novell, Inc. Currently Novell offers the following products in the ZENworks family:

• ZENworks for Desktops A desktop management system that manages many workstation aspects.

• ZENworks for Servers A system that enables you to manage servers and to distribute files across the network.

• ZENworks for Handhelds A system that enables you to manage policies, applications, and inventory on PDA devices.

All ZENworks products rely significantly on the directory, specifically Novell Directory Services, to provide a greater manageability level, and greater ease, for each component in the network.

All of the ZENworks products are cross-platform compatible; they can run not only in NetWare environments, but also in Windows, Linux, and Solaris environments (without the need for NetWare). Novell is bundling these products into a suite expected in 2003 that will continue the trend toward integration of all of the ZENworks management components.