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GWAVACon 2006
GWAVACon Sessions
As necessary, session information will be updated to ensure attendees have the most current session information available prior to the conference. GWAVA, GWAVACon, and its speakers reserve the right to up-date change, add and delete sessions without prior notice.
GroupWise Sessions
| Keynote Speakers | Session Title | Session Abstract | PowerPointPresentations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tay Kratzer | Rapid GroupWise on NetWare to GroupWise Linux Migration services | This session has been developed to assist Resellers to gain a greater understanding of Linux and what it takes to migrate. | |
| Charles Taite | WebAccess: Total Protection for Your WebAccess | Learn the details of deploying the most popular GroupWise Anti-Virus Protection for GroupWise WebAccess. | ppt |
| Eric Farr | GroupWise 7: An Intimate Look at the New Client | GroupWise 7 new client is a dramatic change for the traditional classic look of GroupWise. Fully customizable and updated with new features, this session is your first opportunity to see the new GroupWise 7 client. Learn what changes and new features your users will able to take advantage of. | ppt |
| Morris Blackham | GroupWise 7 on a Linux Cluster Best of BrainShare" | Morris Blackham has taught this standing room only session on GroupWise 7 on a Linux Cluster at BrainShare 2005. Now come listen to Morris teach you the Best of BrainShare"" with his session on clustering GroupWise on Linux. | ppt |
| Danita Zanre, Morris Blackham | GroupWise 7 Upgrade Guide | Want to know the tips and tricks to up-grading to GroupWise 7? Then do not miss this session as Danita will cover the highlight elements of her new book ""GroupWise 7 Up-Grade Guide | ppt |
| Morris Blackham, Danita Zanre | GroupWise 7 WebAccess | 50% of all organizations looking to deploy GroupWise 7 have stated that GroupWise WebAccess is a major reason for upgrading. This session teaches you the nuances of GroupWise 7 WebAccess and what changes and new capabilities your users can expect. | ppt |
| Morris Blackham | Using the GroupWise 7 Outlook Plug-In | This session explores the GroupWise 7 Outlook plug-in. You'll see how to set up and configure the Outlook plug-in. You'll learn how Outlook and GroupWise can coexist on the same workstation. You'll explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Outlook plug-in. You'll discover what kind of support and maintenance costs you might expect. You'll take away an understanding of how this new plug-in can benefit your GroupWise users. | ppt |
| Derek Adams, Eric Farr | GroupWise 7 Client Options | You have several client options for deploying and configuring GroupWise 7. In this session you'll explore them running side-by-side with the same GroupWise 7 server. You'll compare and contrast the features of each option in live scenarios. Also, you will learn how multiple GroupWise clients let users work how they want, where they want, and when they want. | ppt |
| Dave Muldoon | The Best of ""How Dave Does It"" | "Dave Muldoon has put together some of his best nuggets of wisdom from his column ""How Dave Does It"" in GroupWise Cool Solutions. During this session Dave will go over some of his hottest columns to assist you in meeting your administration goals through his tried and true processes. | ppt |
| Sean Kirkby | Disaster Recovery | "This session covers methods for getting GroupWise back up and running after disaster strikes a GroupWise server. Various backup methods will be discussed, including which methods support the quickest routes to recovery. Real-life case studies will also be covered, bringing life to the theories. | |
| Dave Muldoon | Best Practices of GroupWise Best of GWAVACon | "The leading expert in the GroupWise space, Dave has created the tools that many GroupWise users consider to be the standard by which they monitor and use their GroupWise systems. Come to this special 2 hour session to learn from the experts on how you can improve your business through their GroupWise practices.ppt | |
| Derek Adams | Maximizing GroupWise 7 for Your End Users | In this session you'll get to know the new GroupWise 7 client. You'll see how GroupWise 7 streamlines the user interface, empowers users with more flexibility, and provides the tools to make users more productive. You'll look at new features including custom views, WebAccess, MyDay, and more. You'll explore how the changes can impact users, and how to get users to take advantage of the new features. | ppt |
| Joe Bertnick | Top 10 GroupWise Administrator Challenges and how to Overcome Them | Explore the 10 most common challenges GroupWise administrators face, and even better, discover how avoid or overcome them. If you're dealing with out-of-control mailbox sizes, slow message traffic, or how to create management reports, this is the session for you. You'll see how to tackle these problems, and others, using in-house and off-the-shelf solutions. | |
| Ken Muir | GroupWise Features: Enhance GroupWise with 7.0 Best of BrainShare | GroupWise is constantly enabling better peace of mind for its users and administrators. Since the release of GroupWise 6.5 for Linux the GroupWise team has been working on Novell's next generation collaboration offerings. This session we will unveil the much anticipated new GroupWise project. We will show our latest updates to the GroupWise agent, Windows client, GroupWise Messenger, Cross-Platform client, Web client, Evolution client, and more. Come discover the peace of mind GroupWise administrators and users have everyday. | ppt |
| Dave Muldoon | GroupWise Administration Fundamentals Best of GWAVACon | Dave Muldoon, the leading expert on GW administration, has created a course on GroupWise administration tasks. This session covers many common methods for managing a GW system whether it is a simple single domain post office with 100 users or a complex multi domain multi post office with tens of thousands of users. | ppt |
| Danita Zanre | Expanding Document Management | GroupWise Document Management continues to grow and expand. This session covers how GroupWise Document Management can be updated and expanded with new capabilities and how to deploy it or support it within your organization.Danita, the leading authority on GW document management, presents a session on how your business can benefit from the powerful features inside the GW document management system. | ppt |
| Sean Kirkby | Custom Integration Case Studies for GroupWise | This session discusses the many ways you can extend GroupWise. A multitude of case studies are covered with ways GroupWise can be integrated with third-party products using the GroupWise API's. | |
| Tay Kratzer | Backup Up GroupWise | A review of how backup solutions have evolved, best practices applied to GroupWise, disk-to-disk-to-tape solutions, and easy disaster recovery for GroupWise | ppt |
| Charles Taite | WebAccess: Total Protection for Your WebAccess | Learn the details of deploying the most popular GroupWise Anti-Virus Protection for GroupWise WebAccess. | ppt |
| Sean Kirkby | Real-World Implementation of Redline and Reveal | This session discusses the implementation and use of Redline and Reveal based on real-world installations. We will discuss how companies are using these two tools to provide a commanding view of GroupWise data, including support for compliance and discovery. | |
| Danita Zanre | The future of Document Management and GroupWise | Novell's plans for DMS in GroupWise, and a survey of competing products (including some good open source products) and how they can integrate with GroupWise | ppt |
GroupWise Integration Sessions
| Keynote Speakers | Session Title | Session Abstract | PowerPoint Presentations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleve Wright, Richard Bliss | Channel Partners: Maximizing Profits through Partnerships with GWAVA | This 2 hour session is exclusively for GWAVA Channel Partners. During this session Richard Bliss and Cleve Wright will walk partners through and extensive course on ""How-To"" maximize their partnership with GWAVA, increase revenue, and ultimately their customers' satisfaction.So Join GWAVA for a discussion on Increasing Your Revenue Opportunities through taking full advantage of the GWAVA Certified Partner Program. | ppt |
| Ulrich Neumann, Joe Bertnick | Redline: Using Redline to Monitor GroupWise Third Party Applications | Redline provides the abilFity to monitor GroupWise and multiple GroupWise 3rd Party applications. Using Redline means all your GroupWise data is at your fingertips, as well as the 3rd party GroupWise solutions installed on your system. Come learn how to deploy Redline to work with multiple 3rd Party Applications. | |
| Charles Taite | GWAVA Certification Best of GWAVACon" | This all day program- split into 2 half day sessions- will be an excellent opportunity for customers and Channel Partners to become a GWAVA Certified Engineer. This will enable you to maximize your GroupWise system by using GWAVA and all its components in your own environment. During the first half of the classe, the staff will guide you through a hands-on, step by step process to creating the most effective solution that you can customized to meet the needs of your organization. Many people are unaware of all the features and functionality of GWAVA, this course will guide you through those and give you the tools to utilize them effectively. The second half of the class will feature GWAVA on Linux. GWAVA 4 on Linux allows your organization to move to Linux and continue to rely on GWAVA for protection of your entire GroupWise. At the end of the day a test will be given, and then you will be awarded your GWAVA Certified Engineer title. Don't miss this rare opportunity to get an in-depth training from some of the best technical speakers, who know GWAVA from the inside out. | |
| Michael Bell | Guinevere: Perimeter and GWIA Protection at its Best | This session teaches the principles behind Perimeter protection from Spam and Viruses for your GroupWise system. Guinevere is the most popular perimeter defense solution for GroupWise and this session explains how to get the best protection. | ppt |
| Roel van Bueren | Reveal: Instant GroupWise Auditing of Employees' Email | This session on Reveal shows how CIOs, Security Officers, HR Personnel and others are able to use the power of Reveal to conduct an immediate GroupWise Audit to check employee's GroupWise Mailbox. | ppt |
| Sean Kirkby | Disaster Recovery | ||
| Sean Kirkby | Real-world implementation of Redline and Reveal | ||
| Ulrich Neumann and Michael Bell | GroupWise Lockdown-Making GroupWise Secure Best of GWAVACon" | This session will present alternative methods to enhance your GW security by locking down and protecting it from outside hacks, cracks and internet attacks. | ppt |
| Danita Zanre | Migrating from Exchange to GroupWise with GWMigrate | If your organization is looking to move to GroupWise from Exchange, this session helps you to understand the basics needed to make the move with GWMigrate. | |
| Charles Taite, Richard Bliss | Future of GWAVA | GWAVA is the number one GroupWise partner and continues to deliver innovative and productive products for GroupWise navigation. This session will present the direction that GWAVA is taking in order to provide its security products to the business world. New enhancements, new products and ultimately new solutions will be presented during this session. | ppt |
| Raul A. Diaz | Hammer for GWAVA Best of GWAVACon | Balancing your IT resources between user demands and protecting your messaging system from malicious email content is a major challenge. Be one of the first to see the HAMmer, a must-have add-on for a simplified and flexible quarantine management of your Beginfinite GWAVA system. Learn how the HAMmer for GWAVA can ease the burden of administration with automated email retrievals and personalized white/blacklist rules. | ppt |
| Roel van Bueren | GW7 Client Installation with ZENworks | Learn how to deploy the GroupWise 7 client by using Windows Installer technology (MSI), ZENworks and the new GroupWise 7.0 GWTuner utility for Windows. | ppt |
High Tech Sales Bootcamp
| Keynote Speaker | Session Title | Session Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Kraner | Sandler Sales | This 3 hour intensive session will give partners an overview of the Sandler sales methodology. Sharpen your selling skills by learning a little about this proven, effective selling system. |
Vendor Sessions
| Keynote Speakers | Session Title | Session Abstract | PowerPoint Presentations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Daniels & Judy Crum The Harding Group | Protecting GroupWise using SAN technology. | This session is designed to show some ways to protect GroupWise using SAN technology. Learn some of the advantages of booting from the SAN, as well as how some third party backup utilities can enhance your GroupWise backup and restore experience. | ppt |
| Omni Technologies Session - Aldo Zanoni | eControl | ZERO Rights, Browser-based, User Account Management for GroupWise, eDirectory, Active Directory and Exchange Abstract: eControl offers ""ZERO Rights"" services to allow help desk operators (junior administrators) to manage Novell eDirectory, GroupWise, Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange user account information - all from the same browser session. These services include User Account Management, Password Management, Account Create and User Self-Administration services. Self-Administration services include allowing users to self-subscribe to GroupWise Distribution Lists and provide ""Forgot My Password"" services for GroupWise. eControl replaces ConsoleOne, NWAdmin, iManager and Microsoft Management Console for web-based account administration. Full Audit capabilities enhance HIPAA, FOIP and security compliance requirements. | |
| Omni Technologies Session - Aldo Zanoni | GEE Whiz Anti-SPAM for GroupWise and NetMail | In this session, you will learn why GEE Whiz has fast become a leading Novell ""Native"" GroupWise GWIA and NetMail NMAP Anti-SPAM and Anti-VIRUS solution. See how GEE Whiz Version 2.x supports GroupWise and NetMail natively on NetWare and LINUX. Learn how to deploy GEE Whiz' on-line update features. Learn how to optimize GEE Whiz' Advanced Textual Classifier, SPAM Assassin, and filtering strategies to block up to 97% of your SPAM. More importantly, see how GEE Whiz is fully administered from a browser. This includes the ability to configure SPAM quarantine options, Whitelists, Blacklists, RBLs and SPAM management strategies | ppt |
| Notify Session | Evolution of Mobility Solutions for the Enterprise | Today's mobility solutions for GroupWise deal with providing secure real-time synchronization. As GroupWise organizations increase their number of mobile handheld devices, they need to automate device management, reduce costs, strengthen security, and increase user productivity on their Palm, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices. Industry analysts estimate the annual mobile handheld ownership cost to be around ,500 per device. That's roughly ten times the price of the device itself. Organizations will need a solution that enables IT to centrally enforce the use of passwords, deploy standard images and content, update applications, identify lost devices, lock-down configurations and monitor license compliance. Notify will discuss the issues facing GroupWise organizations and what solutions are needed. | ppt |
| BlackBerry Session | BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise | The full functionality of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is available for Novell GroupWise users and administrators looking to mobility as a means to make them more productive. BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise is composed of the core features that have already made the BlackBerry platform the leading wireless connectivity solution for the enterprise. It offers organizations exceptional manageability, simplified administration, end-to-end security,ease-of-use and increased user mobility. Novell GroupWise users can benefit from secure, push-based access to their essential information with BlackBerry Enterprise Server and GroupWise 7.0. This award-winning platform supports wireless access to email, calendar, IM, corporate contacts and enterprise applications and data. | ppt |
| Syncsort's Session -William A. Sovak | Business Continuity and DR During - And After - The Migration-to-Linux Project | While transitioning your GroupWise systems, it will remain critical to keep your business continuity strategy sound. Are you upgrading to Open Enterprise Server? Are you moving systems such as APM from NetWare to Linux? Do you utilize Novell Clustering Services? You must consider the following questions: Will your current configuration support backup and recovery for Open Enterprise Server? Will it support an OES cluster? What about mixed kernel and GroupWise cluster nodes? If you backup NSS data today, will you be able to restore that data to a Linux server in the future? Does current data protection infrastructure support a GroupWise-for-Linux migration? This session will include information about how to confidently maintain your data protection and DR SLAs for GroupWise while managing the migration process and beyond. | ppt |
| Computhink's Session | Balancing Cost and Compliance in Email / Document Management Solutions | An integrated GroupWise, GWAVA and ViewWise Solution provides the optimum and most cost effective way to achieve your document / email compliance, retention and management requirements. This session will identify the key drivers and strategies of Document Compliance with emphasis on e-mail. Recognize and understand the common obstacles and review and learn how DM / ECM functionality can help you achieve compliance. | |
| GroupLink's Session | Make the most of your Novell investments with GroupLink's I.T. HelpDesk | In this session, Mr. Bitner will illustrate the benefits of using products that integrate with your existing infrastructure. GroupLink's I.T. HelpDesk will be highlighted, and its integration with GroupWise, ZENworks and eDirectory will be outlined. You will also hear from current GroupLink customers about their successes with the solution. | ppt |
| GW-Unify | GW-Unify | ppt |
