Novell Drives New Government Focus with Identity Management and Open Source Offerings
BARCELONA, Spain (BrainShare® Europe 2004), 13-09-2004
- Novell offers governments unique solutions that
enable policy enforcement, cross-organization information sharing and
open source alternatives
- New identity-driven portal offers cost efficiencies for governments and better service for citizens
- Novell's hands-on expertise in Linux migration extended to government
Expanding on its already strong global presence in the public
sector, Novell unveiled today new initiatives to help governments at
all levels leverage Novell’s leading identity and open source solutions
to improve cost efficiency and drive greater effectiveness of
government‘s interactions with its stakeholders. Novell® Government
Solutions help public sector organizations secure and integrate the
information that flows through government systems and deliver the right
information to the right people, while providing flexibility of choice,
including open source technologies. New offerings from Novell
Government Solutions include a policy-based Citizen Portal and Linux*
migration strategies, tools and services. Novell Government Solutions
combine industry-leading technology and services with sector-specific
expertise to provide governments with flexible, open and secure
identity-driven solutions.
“Governments face
considerable public pressure to improve cost efficiency and
effectiveness of government operations,” said Joe Forgione, vice
president of solutions at Novell. “However, as more people become Web
savvy, governments face new demands, with citizens, business
constituents, employees, suppliers and other government agencies
wanting immediate, personalized access to information and services.
Governments need the agility to serve today’s demanding constituents
and empower employees to make timely, informed decisions. Novell
Government Solutions can help them build open, secure and effective
government.”
Novell has deep experience delivering core
platform and collaboration technology for the public sector worldwide.
Its move to now deliver identity-driven and open source solutions for
government has been well received. The State of Michigan recently
tapped Novell for a secure portal solution for its state police force,
and Novell signed a SmartBUY agreement in July with the U.S. Federal
Government that makes it easier for federal agencies to purchase and
deploy Novell solutions, including identity management and Linux
offerings. Similar bundles of Novell products that provide government
customers with flexibility in deployment and pricing, as well as
simplified contract negotiation and licensing processes, are available
in Europe and Australia. In Australia, Novell was selected by the
Victoria state government to power its Rosetta initiative, a project to
provide provisioning and identity management services for the
government. In Europe, the City of Stockholm is leveraging its Novell
Web portal infrastructure to build a functionally rich and flexible
portal for students and teachers in support of better education.
"Governments
face challenges of security and scale that few other organizations
face. They have more users and are privy to more sensitive information
than any other type of organization," said John Goggin, senior vice
president and director for government strategies at META Group, a
leading provider of IT research, advisory services and strategic
consulting. "At the same time, they are under constant cost
constraints, with "doing more with less" a recurring way of life. Many
government organizations are looking to identity-driven solutions for
process improvements and open source for resource savings that can be
applied to critical programs that are currently underfunded."
With
a new cross-functional team developing, promoting, and delivering
Novell Government Solutions to market, Novell is uniquely positioned to
help governments realize improvements by addressing the key challenges
they face. Novell Government Solutions offer:
- A
secure identity management platform that supports people, processes,
applications and devices, allowing governments powerful ways to keep
citizen information secure and protect and deliver government
information and resources according to policy.
- Comprehensive
and integrated functionality across four major categories of solution
building blocks: government portals, data and application integration,
secure infrastructure and core foundation technologies.
- The
flexibility to choose open source technology, including
enterprise-class Linux at both the server and the desktop level, plus a
current high level of security – the Common Criteria EAL3+ designation
– with all the components in place for obtaining next-level EAL4
certification in the near future.
To
complement its existing offerings, Novell is developing customized
solutions for government, with an initial focus on three areas:
always-on citizen access, Linux migration, and collaborative law
enforcement and security. The first new offering is a Policy-based
Citizen Portal that helps local governments reduce the cost of serving
high-transaction volume citizens, such as new residents, providing a
one-stop shop for citizens to securely obtain a variety of government
services. Novell is also launching a Linux Migration Strategy and
Services offering, giving governments the tools to determine the
optimal path for moving to Linux, identifying the most efficient way to
gain the cost, performance and stability benefits of open source.
Additional solutions in the collaborative law enforcement and security
arena will be forthcoming.
For more information about Novell's government solutions, please visit http://www.novell.com/government/
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) is a leading provider of information
solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell Nsure), Web
application development (Novell exteNd) and cross-platform networking
services (Novell Nterprise), all supported by strategic consulting and
professional services (Novell Ngage). Active in the open source
community with its Ximian and SUSE LINUX brands, Novell provides a full
range of Linux products and services for the enterprise, from the
desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net -- a world
without information boundaries -- helps customers realize the value of
their information securely and economically. For more information, call
Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272) or visit
http://www.novell.com.
Press should visit http://www.novell.com/pressroom.
Novell and Ximian are registered trademarks; exteNd,
Nsure, Nterprise and Red Carpet Enterprise are trademarks; and Ngage is
a service mark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. SUSE is a registered trademark of SUSE LINUX AG. *All
third-party trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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