One might venture to ask, “Hey Karel, so what did you get out of today’s Novell seminar other than a T-shirt, a notepad, a pen, a demo CD and some pastries for breakfast?”

I’m so glad one asked. Novell’s latest version of ZENworks would make my job much more manageable, if not easier. The features I need are inventory, remote control and the ever-lovin’ application distribution. I can distribute apps now with the ZENworks 2 Starter Pack, but that version is no longer supported and has some serious flaws that I’ve been working around for years now.

The bad news is that I could never convince my local bosses to buy ZENworks for Desktops 3.2 or 4.0 when it comes out. The good news is that my boss at Corporate has been asking me about my opinions of ZENworks. Maybe I could lean on him a bit and make one of my dreams come true…