What s New in NetWare 6.5?

What's New in NetWare 6.5?

NetWare 6 was a significant step down a new path for Novell NetWare. NetWare 6.5 will take you several steps further down that road. If you have been working with NetWare 6, you will likely be comfortable with where NetWare 6.5 is going. If you are coming from a world of NetWare 5.1, or prior, you are going to be exposed to a whole new paradigm of network management. NetWare 6.5 continues to redefine NetWare as a powerful Web-oriented platform for delivering a consistent, location-independent view of a user 's data and systemsOne Net. The new features in NetWare 6.5 were designed around three main value propositions :

• The virtual office

• Maintaining business continuity

• Delivering powerful new Web services

Your virtual office lets you have consistent access and views of the data and systems your users need to do their jobs, regardless of location, time, or access method. Virtual office capabilities of NetWare 6.5 include

• iFolder

• iPrint

• Instant messaging

• Virtual teams

• Search

Business continuity is the ability to keep your business flowing in the face of constant change and an uncertain world. NetWare 6.5 helps you prepare for most any eventuality, physical or electronic. Business continuity features in NetWare 6.5 include

• Server consolidation

• Branch office management

• iSCSI storage networks

• Snapshot backup

• Patterned deployment

• Secure remote administration and upgrade

• Environment integration

Web services is probably one of the most overused phrases in the high-tech industry, but the fact remains that there is tremendous value in being able to harness the Web to your business strategies. NetWare 6.5 has several capabilities that will help you do just that:

• Apache Web server 2.0

• MySQL database

• Perl language

• PHP

• Remote, Web-based support and management tools