Alex Evans and his crew have been busy posting videos demoing some of the changes being made to GroupWise Ascot (next rev of GroupWise). I strongly recommend you take a look at them. Lots of positive changes are being proposed and there are several changes that I know I've been waiting for.
If you've got a few minutes, drop in, take a look, and leave a comment on the videos. I know Alex and the team would like some more input from heavy GroupWise users and I know any comments would be much appreciated. I'm really liking what I'm seeing so far and it makes me hopeful that perhaps I can get my new job to switch back to GroupWise...or at least let me make a GroupWise system for me to use. :)
For those of you in the MidWest that can/could make it, Open Horizons is having it's first event in Indiana. I'm hoping to bring a similar event with Open Horizons to Michigan before Summer is out. Stayed tuned as I need to coordinate with Norm, who's busy planning a wedding, starting a business, being a dad, heading up Open Horizons MidWest, and providing support to the Novell community at large.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Looking for a job? New lead!
I have another job lead for West Michigan in case anyone's looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer spot. Needs Microsoft, HP and Cisco skills. Drop me a note at wmnug at yahoo dot com if you're interested and I'll pass on the recruiter info to you.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
OpenHorizons US/MidWest is on the move!
Open Horizons, once a bastion of the EU, has arrived in the US thanks to Norm O'Neal. A "beefed up" from of NUI (at least that's my description), OpenHorizons focuses on the important topics for today's IT shops that have an investment in Novell technologies. And as most Novell customers know, that means a shop where there's a bit of just about everything.
OpenHorizons is hosting an IT in Action event in Indianapolis on March 17th. The cost is minimal, a paltry $149 (okay, so maybe West Michiganders have been spoiled by having The Big EveNt be free, but not everyone can mooch like me), and you get to hear presentations by industry experts like Erno de Korte and Sander van Vugt.
Take a minute to look at the session offerings at http://www.open-horizons.net/us/march-17.
Eventually we'll be brining an OpenHorizons even to West Michigan as well. I just need to get my bearings again and my feet under me after the recent job acquisition.
I hate to admit it, but after looking at the speaker bios I'm feeling really old. Tim Toepp's been involved with Novell products since NetWare 3.12 and NetWare Personal....I'm older than that. Anyone else remember ELS I and ELS II, OfficeAutomation? NetWare 86?
Good thing I paid attention to my profs and keep on learning new stuff - thank you again Drs. Medley, Pidgeon, Teague (RIP), and Mason. You taught us Cal Poly kids well.
OpenHorizons is hosting an IT in Action event in Indianapolis on March 17th. The cost is minimal, a paltry $149 (okay, so maybe West Michiganders have been spoiled by having The Big EveNt be free, but not everyone can mooch like me), and you get to hear presentations by industry experts like Erno de Korte and Sander van Vugt.
Take a minute to look at the session offerings at http://www.open-horizons.net/us/march-17.
Eventually we'll be brining an OpenHorizons even to West Michigan as well. I just need to get my bearings again and my feet under me after the recent job acquisition.
I hate to admit it, but after looking at the speaker bios I'm feeling really old. Tim Toepp's been involved with Novell products since NetWare 3.12 and NetWare Personal....I'm older than that. Anyone else remember ELS I and ELS II, OfficeAutomation? NetWare 86?
Good thing I paid attention to my profs and keep on learning new stuff - thank you again Drs. Medley, Pidgeon, Teague (RIP), and Mason. You taught us Cal Poly kids well.
Monday, February 28, 2011
New Jeopardy Question for you
Topic: Operating Systems
Answer: This Linux distro has a geeko as a logo
Question: What is SUSE Linux?
In case you didn't know, Watson - the computer that beat the reigning Jeopardy champions, is based on Novell's SUSE Linux. For many that may be no news, for others it might be. Anyway, Novell did a write-up, here's the URL:
http://www.novell.com/promo/suse/ibm-watson.html
I've been busy decorating my new office with some of my accumulated Novell Swag, and I added a new piece that just arrived on Saturday. A ZENworks 11 shirt that says "he11o" on the front. I'll try to get a picture posted a bit later. It's a sweet shirt, even if I'm too big for it.
I'm wondering though, have any of you run into the issue with creating Windows 7 images using Audit mode where it doesn't exit Audit mode properly and pops up a "Windows cannot complete the installation" error after running sysprep? Seems it's been an issue since it was at an RC version, but there's no single fix for it yet. That's what I'm troubleshooting this week. If I come up with anything useful, I'll post it here.
Answer: This Linux distro has a geeko as a logo
Question: What is SUSE Linux?
In case you didn't know, Watson - the computer that beat the reigning Jeopardy champions, is based on Novell's SUSE Linux. For many that may be no news, for others it might be. Anyway, Novell did a write-up, here's the URL:
http://www.novell.com/promo/suse/ibm-watson.html
I've been busy decorating my new office with some of my accumulated Novell Swag, and I added a new piece that just arrived on Saturday. A ZENworks 11 shirt that says "he11o" on the front. I'll try to get a picture posted a bit later. It's a sweet shirt, even if I'm too big for it.
I'm wondering though, have any of you run into the issue with creating Windows 7 images using Audit mode where it doesn't exit Audit mode properly and pops up a "Windows cannot complete the installation" error after running sysprep? Seems it's been an issue since it was at an RC version, but there's no single fix for it yet. That's what I'm troubleshooting this week. If I come up with anything useful, I'll post it here.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Another reason to love Novell
I'm currently working on finalizing an imaging process (and the needed step-by-step documentation) for a customer using ZENwork Configuration Management. It's a very slick solution and works great. Windows 7 on the other hand, not so slick, and something of a PITA when it comes to USB drives.
Part of the process requires the use of an .XML file for an unintended install. Easy enough, copy the little file to a USB flash drive, pop that in the machine being used to create the image and off you go, right? Wrong. Windows 7 64-bit doesn't like my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer device. Stomach falls to my knees as it has my GroupWise archives that I've yet to fully export. Quick, run pop the same device into my work laptop. No go. Pop same device in my trusty, personal Toshiba laptop that's NOT running Windows 7 and it's seen just fine.
What's a girl to do? Grab one of her 4GB Novell USB drives from last BrainShare and voila, we're in business! Just another reason for me to love Novell and all of their partners who take such good care of me and provide me with fun "toys" like my little 4GB USB drives. Luckily I have several of these little goodies so at least one is always in a laptop bag somewhere. So once again, it's Novell to the rescue for a Windows issue.
Part of the process requires the use of an .XML file for an unintended install. Easy enough, copy the little file to a USB flash drive, pop that in the machine being used to create the image and off you go, right? Wrong. Windows 7 64-bit doesn't like my 16GB SanDisk Cruzer device. Stomach falls to my knees as it has my GroupWise archives that I've yet to fully export. Quick, run pop the same device into my work laptop. No go. Pop same device in my trusty, personal Toshiba laptop that's NOT running Windows 7 and it's seen just fine.
What's a girl to do? Grab one of her 4GB Novell USB drives from last BrainShare and voila, we're in business! Just another reason for me to love Novell and all of their partners who take such good care of me and provide me with fun "toys" like my little 4GB USB drives. Luckily I have several of these little goodies so at least one is always in a laptop bag somewhere. So once again, it's Novell to the rescue for a Windows issue.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Looking for a job?
OneCommunity is looking for an MCSE with Novell experience to join their team. If you're interested, shoot me an email at wmnug at yahoo dot com and I'll get you some more info.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
BrainShare 2011 dates - October 11-14
Danita Zanre pointed out to the NGWList just a few minutes ago that BrainShare 2011 dates have been announced as being October 11-14. Woo-hoo! Go BrainShare! Go BrainShare!
I hope to get some more notes posted soon, but have been very busy the past few days with the new job and all sorts of activities. You can now find me at Optimal Solutions in Grand Rapids. So, if you're looking for a reseller in West Michigan (or anywhere in Michigan really) you know who to talk to now.
And if you're looking for help in Indiana, Illinois or anywhere in the MidWest really, call on Norm O'Neal at OneCommunity and they'll be happy to give you a hand as well.
I hope to get some more notes posted soon, but have been very busy the past few days with the new job and all sorts of activities. You can now find me at Optimal Solutions in Grand Rapids. So, if you're looking for a reseller in West Michigan (or anywhere in Michigan really) you know who to talk to now.
And if you're looking for help in Indiana, Illinois or anywhere in the MidWest really, call on Norm O'Neal at OneCommunity and they'll be happy to give you a hand as well.
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