WALTHAM, Mass., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell today
announced new partner solutions to meet the growing demands of its
GroupWise® customer base and address the changing collaboration
landscape. Within the past two months, Novell partners, including
GWAVA, Notify Technology and SEP, unveiled eight new products which
provide GroupWise customers with advanced security, compliance and
mobile management features. Combined with more than 1,200 active
GroupWise solution providers in 2010, the Novell ecosystem of ISVs
and channel partners has driven more than 70 percent of GroupWise
sales over the past year and continues to gain momentum.
"We have come to rely on GWAVA and Novell GroupWise as critical
solutions to our overall messaging infrastructure," said
Andrew Simpson, head of ITT at
Public and Commercial Services Union. "Having two partners work so
well together gives us confidence into the future."
Partnerships Driving Collaboration Innovation
According to IDC, the worldwide collaboration market was
$7.8 billion in 2010 and is projected
to reach $11.2 billion by 2014. In
this market, Novell provides a comprehensive set of tools including
Novell GroupWise, its flagship e-mail and calendaring product, and
Novell Vibe™, its next-generation social collaboration tool
delivered on-premise or in the cloud. With more than 9,500
customers purchasing or renewing Novell collaboration solutions in
2010, Novell partners, including BrainStorm, GroupLink, GWAVA,
Notify Technology, Research in Motion, SEP, SkyPro, and Omni,
continue to develop new GroupWise solutions around security,
compliance and mobile device management for this rich customer
base.
New Novell partner solutions include:
- GWAVA: Launched six new solutions, including anti-virus,
anti-spam, e-discovery, archiving, monitoring and web server
protection, and continues to deliver powerful capabilities for
Novell customers, such as serving as a first line of security
defense for GroupWise users.
- Notify Technology: Released NotifyMDM which provides
organizations and enterprises with simple, central management and
control of a variety of wireless device platforms such as
iPhone/iPad*, Android*, BlackBerry*, webOS, Windows* Mobile,
Windows Phone 7 and select Symbian wireless devices that address
customer needs for security, visibility and device management. This
allows GroupWise customers to fully-manage all aspects of their
mobile devices, including messaging, from a central portal.
- SEP Software: Introduced a Vibe OnPrem online backup module
which can be integrated into a complete backup, recovery and
disaster recovery solution that cuts backup windows significantly.
Organizations utilizing Novell Vibe OnPrem are now able to backup
and secure GroupWise data online and to ensure sensitive data is
protected no matter where it is stored.
"We continue to see increasing demand for integrated messaging
systems from our customer base, so being able to partner with such
a diverse set of technology vendors helps us deliver the right mix
of collaboration and security features to our customers," said
Colleen O'Keefe, senior vice president and general manager
Collaboration Solutions and Global Services for Novell. "Along with
our partners, we are committed to meeting the needs of our
customers in growth areas, such as mobile device management and
identity-based data security, which we believe will remain at the
forefront of collaboration in enterprises both today and in the
future."
Partners Discuss Latest GroupWise Innovations
Richard Bliss, senior vice
president for GWAVA, said, "Security has always been the highest
priority for Novell collaboration products. Working with Novell, we
have been able to continue this strong tradition by enhancing our
product offering and bringing the level of messaging security
today's organizations demand."
Paul DePond, president and
founder of Notify Technology, said, "Today, employees are
purchasing their own mobile devices and demanding employers connect
them to their GroupWise email platform. The challenge for IT
management is to provide centralized security and management for
these employee-owned devices. This will be compounded by the need
to safe-guard corporate information in cases where the employee's
device is lost or stolen. A mobile device management solution with
the ability to centrally enforce security and policies regardless
of "corporate" or "employee" ownership will be a major
requirement of organizations going forward."
Tim Wagner, president and CEO of
SEP Software, said, "We have always valued our relationship with
Novell and their collaboration products, including GroupWise and
Vibe. Our newest release of sesam 4.0 takes the next step by
providing a quality backup solution for the new Vibe OnPrem from
Novell, and helps organizations ensure sensitive corporate data --
no matter where it is stored -- is accounted for."
To learn more about the Novell partner ecosystem, visit
www.novell.com/partners. To get more information about the
solutions listed here, visit www.gwava.com, www.notifycorp.com and
www.sep.de. For more information on Novell GroupWise, visit
www.novell.com/groupwise.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), a leader in intelligent workload
management, through WorkloadIQ™, helps organizations securely
deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and
cloud computing environments. We help customers reduce the cost,
complexity and risk associated with their IT systems through our
solutions for identity and security, systems management,
collaboration and Linux-based operating platforms. With our
infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell
integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to
work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
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