During the last year ITS has tried to make the administration of networked lab PCs easier and more effective by implementing the Novell Zenworks 2 software product.
Application management includes customized software distribution and metering.
Implementing software metering will allow UNB to accurately gauge the use of software and adjust license agreements accordingly. Workstation management includes hardware and software inventories and the policy-based management of PCs. Controlling lab PC policies goes a long way toward ensuring that the next student to sit at a particular machine will get a properly configured and working PC that has not been modified by a previous user. Testing and implementation of Zenworks 2 has improved the student lab environment as outlined above. Zenworks 3 is currently undergoing testing and evaluation before being implemented into the UNB student environment.