Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
The advanced networking services you need and trust
Want to simplify management of your mixed environment?
Or downsize the cost of your storage infrastructure?
Or even manage essential services from a central location?
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
Just like NetWare, only better
Features & Benefits
- What's new in SP2?
- It's not just bug fixes and security patches. With all-new capabilities like auditing files in NSS on Linux with Novell Sentinel™, an FTP gateway for remote access and enhanced migration tools that streamline NetWare® upgrades, SP2 offers significant value. Combined with the Domain Services for Windows, iFolder® 3.8, and AFP and CIFS protocol support included in SP1, you get new functionality for IT and end users alike. More +
- Interoperability
- Want to simplify management of your heterogeneous environment? You don't have to rip-and-replace if you upgrade to Open Enterprise Server 2. You can leverage your existing infrastructure investments while taking advantage of features that provide the most interoperability between Linux, Microsoft, Macintosh, and NetWare. More +
- File and storage
- Downsize the cost of your storage infrastructure with Open Enterprise Server 2. Building on the Novell legacy of the most powerful file system, Novell delivers features that can save money, reduce backup, and enhance workforce access to the information they need, without impacting security or end-user processes. More +
- Advanced networking and management
- Manage essential services from a central location. With tools that facilitate management, assess server conditions, simplify upgrading, virtualization, and consolidation, and schedule and automate routine tasks, Novell Open Enterprise Server keeps your systems working optimally, and lets you do the same. More +
- End-user productivity
- Keep users productive by ensuring access and delivering self-service. Open Enterprise Server delivers tools that empower end users with easy self-service and flexible access to the information and services they need. More +
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News & Events
- 01 NetWare hits end of General Support. Check out tools to help you upgrade.
- 02 Is your anti-virus solution on NetWare affected?
- 03 Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 Now Available for Download
- 04 Citrix statement of support for Domain Services for Windows
- 05 Check Out New Upgrade Offers
- 06 View the Novell Collaboration Strategy Flash Demo
- 07 View the Novell Collaboration Strategy Overview Video (02:04)
- 08 View the Novell Collaboration Strategy Webcast (24:35)
- 09 U.K. Throws Weight Behind Open Source—InternetNews

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