Understanding Nows Sbe 2.0; Overview; Nows Sbe 2.0: What's New; Chapter 1, "Understanding Nows Sbe - Novell OPEN WORKGROUP SUITE SMALL BUSINESS EDITION 2.0 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 5-02-2008 Administration Manual

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Section 1.1, "Overview," on page 11
Section 1.2, "NOWS SBE 2.0: What's New?," on page 11
Section 1.3, "Product Components," on page 12
Section 1.4, "Requirements," on page 14
Section 1.5, "Planning for the NOWS SBE Install," on page 15

1.1 Overview

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Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition (NOWS SBE) is the first workgroup suite
for small businesses to provide a flexible solution based on proven open standards-based software.
The Novell suite features a simple yet customizable installation process along with remote
management capabilities. This means that solution providers can remotely manage their small
business customers' IT infrastructures, thus reducing costs and improving service.
The Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition also has a newly developed integration
layer that makes it easier for resellers and service providers to integrate their specialized products
into a solution. The suite is supported by popular business software applications certified to work
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with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business
Edition includes Novell Groupwise
(OES) for advanced storage management, user and rights administration, and clustering and failover
capabilities; SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) from Novell for complete desktop
productivity; and the Novell edition of the popular office productivity suite, OpenOffice.org, for
Windows* and Linux.

1.2 NOWS SBE 2.0: What's New?

NOWS SBE 2.0 represents an upgrade from SLES 9 to SLES 10 SP1 as well as an upgrade from
OES 1 to OES 2. All updates are made through the Novell Customer Center.
For information about upgrading to NOWS SBE 2.0, see the
www.novell.com/documentation/nows_sbe_20/nows_upgrade_readme_20/data/
nows_upgrade_readme_20.html).
For more information about SLES 10, see the Novell
www.novell.com/documentation/sles10/index.html).
For more information about OES 2, see the Novell
documentation/oes2/index.html).
For more information about the Novell Customer Center, see the
www.novell.com/customercenter/).
These Novell components are new to NOWS SBE 2.0:
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iFolder 3.6
iPrint
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for e-mailing and calendaring; Novell Open Enterprise Server
SLES 10 SP1 Web site (http://
OES 2 Web site (http://www.novell.com/
Upgrading Readme (http://
Customer Center Web site (http://
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