Mary's been slacking!

I've been ignoring my blogs for far too long.  So much has happened out there in the world of Novell that I haven't updated you all on, that you probably already know all the stuff I'll be posting here today.  Been too busy in ZCM-land and not busy enough in GroupWise-land.

Today I'll catch you up with two posts of Dean's that you should be aware of, one of which was just posted today, so I'm kind of on top of it.

A new version of Data Synchronizer is out - 1.2.4 is officially Released!  Several new enhancements like support for Android Jelly Bean (yay!) and improved log management. Expect to see iOS 6 support soon too.  Here's the link to Dean's post:

Data Synchronizer 1.24 Released

Another really good post on Dean's blog comes from Kari Wolff who I had much fun working with a few months back.  Discussing the true cost of migration, she pretty much nails it.

Don't shake your head just yet; while I am admittedly a devout GroupWise user, that doesn't mean I can't see the value in other solutions or that I haven't used other solutions.  (Remember I'm a cranky-old-broad I've used LOTS of other email solutions). Anytime you are migrating from one email system to another, regardless of vendor, it will cost a pretty penny - above and beyond licensing costs.  Kari has some really good points here, you should take a peek at it.

GroupWise Migration: Ready, Set - Wait, it costs how much?

If you haven't seen GroupWise 2012 yet, you should go take a peek at it, it's pretty sweet.  Also, you might want to take check out GWAVA since they now support both GroupWise and Exchange and can help you with a migration in either direction.  (No, I don't get paid to promote GWAVA, I just really like their products).  I haven't seen a date for GWAVACon 2013 in America yet, but chances are it will be in Torrance in January.

I must admit though, Microsoft's best kept secret seems to be their pricing. They even have a certification for Microsoft licensing, which caused me a major headache recently as I was trying to work on a CBA and ROI for a dummy project and was wanting only MSRP prices for all the vendors involved. Even the MS partners came back with differing numbers, what the heck? I finally did get it done, but with the way MS pricing is setup, they were at the bottom of the pack for both CBA and ROI numbers. I wasn't looking for any clear winners, I was just trying to get an idea of how much a certain type of project would cost in terms of licensing across several vendors...I vaguely remember this being a whole lot easier when I was in charge 3rd Party products for a proprietary medical system many, many moons ago.