ZENworks, a suite of
software products developed and maintained by
Micro Focus International for computer
systems management
Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including (and commonly in practice) computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications. The ...
, aims to manage the entire
life cycle
Life cycle, life-cycle, or lifecycle may refer to:
Science and academia
*Biological life cycle, the sequence of life stages that an organism undergoes from birth to reproduction ending with the production of the offspring
*Life-cycle hypothesis, ...
of
servers, of
desktop
A desktop traditionally refers to:
* The surface of a desk (often to distinguish office appliances that fit on a desk, such as photocopiers and printers, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor)
Desktop may refer to various compu ...
PCs
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or techn ...
(
Windows,
Linux or
Mac), of
laptops, and of
handheld devices such as
Android and
iOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also includes ...
mobile phones and tablets.
Novell
Novell, Inc. was an American software and services company headquartered in Provo, Utah, that existed from 1980 until 2014. Its most significant product was the multi- platform network operating system known as Novell NetWare.
Under the le ...
planned to include
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) functionality within ZENworks.
ZENworks supports multiple server platforms and multiple
directory services.
History
The name, "ZENworks", first appeared as "Z.E.N.works" in 1998 with ZENworks 1.0
and with ZENworks Starter Pack - a limited version of ZENworks 1.0 that came bundled with
NetWare
NetWare is a discontinued computer network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, using the IPX network protocol.
The original NetWare product in ...
5.0 (1998). Novell added server-management functionality, and the product grew into a suite consisting of:
* "ZENworks for Desktops" (ZfD)
* "ZENworks for Servers" (ZfS)
* "ZENworks for Handhelds" (ZfH)
Novell has continued to add components to the suite, which it sells under the consolidated name "ZENworks Suite".
The initial ZENworks products had a tight integration with
Novell Directory Service (NDS). With the release of ZENworks Configuration Management 10 (2007) the product architecture completely changed, the product became directory agnostic and ZENworks Suite products were integrated into a single management framework.
ZENworks Releases:
Elements of the ZENworks Suite
In the latest version of ZENworks known as ZENworks 2017 the ''ZENworks Suite'' consists of seven individual products:
Additionally, Novell offers an
ITIL
The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of detailed practices for IT activities such as IT service management (ITSM) and IT asset management (ITAM) that focus on aligning IT services with the needs of business.
ITIL de ...
version of "Novell Service Desk". This version is ITIL-certified by PinkVERIFY and supports ten ITIL v3 processes, e.g. Change, Incident, Problem and Service Level Management.
In terms of implementation, the ZENworks Agent (also known as the "ZENworks Management Daemon" or "zmd") installs, updates and removes software.
The ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) addresses patching, endpoint security, asset management and provisioning.
See also
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Systems Management
Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including (and commonly in practice) computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications. The ...
*
Patch Management
Patch or Patches may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Patch Johnson, a fictional character from ''Days of Our Lives''
* Patch (''My Little Pony''), a toy
* "Patches" (Dickey Lee song), 1962
* "Patches" (Chairmen of the Board song) ...
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Mobile Device Management
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Full Disk Encryption
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Antimalware
References
Further reading
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External links
Novell ZENworks Product page
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