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NOVELL NETWARE 01/29/02 Today's focus: Vendors attempt at migration again Dear Wincenty Kaminski, In this issue: * BindView and ePresence join with Microsoft for NetWare-to- Windows migration campaign * Links related to Novell NetWare * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by Novell Novell NetWare 6 With NetWare 6, your network is just a browser away. You've read all the great reviews about how you can access your file, print and other storage resources from any browser anywhere with NetWare 6. Now click here and get updated product information and downloads. http://nww1.com/go/3849707a.html _______________________________________________________________ TECHNOLOGY INSIDER: STREAMING MEDIA Streaming media is taking off as a corporate communications and training tool. We take you behind the scenes of the technology, showing you best practices, case studies and a feature on the individual streaming media champions leading the charge. Check it out at http://nww1.com/go/ad237.html _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Vendors attempt at migration again By Dave Kearns Evidently our little dig at BindView and ePresence last fall didn't sway the thinking at these supposedly "Novell friendly" firms. They've now joined forces with Microsoft to launch a free seminar tour called "NetWare and Windows 2000 - Real World Options for Novell Customers". The blurb (http://epresence.com/asp/about/event.asp?master_code=MSBSMI) says: "Do you rely on Novell NetWare, NetWare Directory Services and/or GroupWise? Are you are considering your organization's next strategic move? Are you unsure if it includes integrating with or migrating to Microsoft Windows 2000, Active Directory and Exchange 2000?" Microsoft is sponsoring the tour, for goodness' sake - what do you think the answer will be? Here's another hint, the agenda includes: * Spotlight Migration. * Getting Secure - The Preparation Phase. * Migrating - Core Challenges. * Staying Secure - Adopting & Enforcing Policies. I'll just bet they aren't talking about migrating from Windows 2000 to NetWare! When it was still called Banyan, ePresence was one of Novell's biggest competitors. Now it seems ePresence has thrown in with the only networking-software company that's attempting to challenge NetWare. That's understandable, if disingenuous. Perhaps it needs to publish a disclaimer along the lines of "We've been trying to get people to migrate away from NetWare for almost 20 years - we keep failing, but we keep trying!" Microsoft, of course, is out to crush NetWare entirely. That leaves BindView. In the same newsletter last fall (see http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/netware/2001/01052557.html) , I suggested you e-mail BindView and its head, Eric Pulaski (epulaski@bindview.com might work) and tell them why you are not about to purchase new BindView products, but also why you're replacing the ones you currently have. Corporations only understand you when you speak dollars and cents, evidently. Now, I'm not suggesting that BindView or ePresence shouldn't be involved in the migration business - they should be, as long as someone is interested in buying their products and services. What I object to is the use of a so-called "objective presentation" as a thinly veiled advertising medium. You should object, also. By the way, at the very bottom of the page describing the seminar (http://epresence.com/asp/about/event.asp?master_code=MSBSMI) there's an e-mail address to learn more about ePresence. When I tried the link (mailto:info@epresence.com), I got the following response from the ePresence mail server: "Your message did not reach the following recipient(s):(info@epresence.com) The e-mail address could not be found. Perhaps the recipient moved to a different e-mail organization, or there was a mistake in the address. Check the address and try again." If ePresence can't even configure its own mail server, should you really trust the company to advise you on the choice between GroupWise and Exchange? _______________________________________________________________ To contact Dave Kearns: Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. His most recent book is "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks," published by SAMS. Dave's company, Virtual Quill, provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more at http://www.vquill.com/ or by e-mail at mailto:info@vquill.com _______________________________________________________________ PRODUCT INFO IN ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION! Heard about a new product launch? Curious to find out if the features and benefits of this new product will meet your critical business needs? Network World Fusion's Product Central section includes all the info you need to make informed decision about new products and also includes a product finder function. Check it out at http://nww1.com/go/ad216.html _______________________________________________________________ RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS With friends like these... 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