Introducing Client for Open Enterprise Server

In 2014, the parent company of Novell, NetIQ, and SUSE was purchased and merged with Micro Focus, a UK-based technology company. In the intervening time, that merger has continued with the changes one would expect when two companies with vast portfolios are combined. Martin Luther College has made use of Novell’s software products since the campus was opened in 1995 and many have heard the phrase “Novell network” used in various contexts when working with Network Services.

However, that is about to change. The merger has seen the combined company be narrowed down to two distinct product lines: Micro Focus and SUSE. This summer, the software product formerly known as Novell Client is now known as Client for Open Enterprise Server (OES). While many of us are familiar with the “red N,” we will now be greeted by a distinctly blue logo on startup and login on machines around campus. There is a picture of the new login screen attached o this post.

The functions of the client software are not different, but the terminology used and icons you are looking for will. The rollout of the new version of Client for OES will coincide with our switch from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10. As we continue with that work, you will see the new imagery more often.