• Novell ZENworks Orchestrator serves as the "brain" that allows for policy-based automation. Unlike other management products, ZENworks Orchestrator takes a heuristic approach to learn from previous events and resource demands.

• Novell ZENworks Virtual Machine Management gives organizations the ability to confidently employ virtualization in their data centers, whether running on Linux, UNIX or Windows machines. From VMware to Microsoft to Xen virtualization environments, this policy-based solution automates the process of deploying and managing virtual data center assets, as well as dynamically provisioning workloads and ensuring business continuity. This solution also manages virtualized environments in Novell Open Enterprise Server.
  
  
• Novell ZENworks HPC Management provides grid-based management of Java applications and enables workloads to be distributed for parallel execution. This includes automated high-performance multicast data distribution which can move and copy large volumes of data to remote resources for processing.
  
  
• Novell ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management, the only product on the market that runs readiness reports for both Windows Vista and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell, helps customers to control and manage their IT infrastructure with a clear and complete picture of their asset environment.

Joe Wagner, Novell general manager of systems and resource management, said, "The latest Novell ZENworks management solutions are aimed squarely at answering customer calls for interoperable solutions. Novell ZENworks Orchestrator and Virtual Machine Management allow organizations to leverage the power of virtualization and increase the performance of their IT investments. These two solutions, complemented by ZENworks HPC Management and ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management, put customers in control of their computing resources, while reducing the costs and simplifying the management of their desktops and data centers."

Industry partners are expressing their support and commitment to Novell's vision of interoperable, cross-platform solutions that help the customer manage and maximize their IT investment.

"Virtualization offers organizations many key IT benefits including simpler deployment and more efficient use of computing resources," said Terri Hall, vice president of Software Alliances and Solutions for AMD. "Having worked with the open source community to deliver virtualization to the enterprise market, AMD is pleased to see Novell deliver new cross-platform management solutions designed to accelerate the adoption of virtualization and maximize system performance."

"We partner with Novell because they share our vision of driving standards," said Subo Guha, director of Dell software marketing. "Novell's systems and resource management solutions leverage open standards to manage heterogeneous virtual and physical machines which simplifies operations and improves utilization. Novell is helping to create scalable and interoperable building blocks that allow customers to cost effectively implement server virtualization across their enterprises."