General Novell Confidence

What is the general feeling of confidence in Novell's long term 
viability and direction of the identity biz ?


I'm getting ready to propose a big system based on IDM 3.5.1

I'm a Novell guy from way back, and I feel good about the product 
(IDM/eDir). In fact, I've already got a 'proof of concept' system up and 
running. But I know alot of folks have left Novell in the last couple of 
years, and I want to poll the fine folks here before I look to commit 
our organization to this path.

TIA

DJ Jazzy Geoff wrote:

> What is the general feeling of confidence in Novell's long term
> viability and direction of the identity biz ?

> I'm getting ready to propose a big system based on IDM 3.5.1

IMO Novell is very strong in the identity management business.

U

On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:59:46 +0000, Uwe Buckesfeld wrote:

> IMO Novell is very strong in the identity management business.

One might even be inclined to call them a leader in it.

-- 
Joe
"Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who
do."

According to Gardner, Novell is in the leading quadrant for Identity 
management. Beside, Novell's pricing is extremely competitive compared to 
their big competitors (e.g. those competitors that offer a similarly 
completely set of connectors).

-- 
Marcel Cox
http://support.novell.com/forums
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I have a simple perspective on it.  Netware is dead.

Actually, I think if OES/Linux continues getting better I think they 
will eventually regain a much better reputation.  The only thing I hate 
to see is them shun the small business groups (which I actually don't 
really think they are doing as bad as I once did).

The only worry I have (and I don't worry about it anymore) is that 
Novell might someday be bought out by a company like IBM who will 
basically destroy the products they have created.

With that said I really think Novell has a long life left with it.  I 
think they have much better direction as far as products and competing 
with Microsoft than they ever have.  I think their marketing still 
sucks, but even that is getting better.

-- 
Matthew - The Great System Tyrant
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