Blueprint for Reload is a plug-in tool for your GWAVA Reload system that will help you make informed decisions about archiving and storage for your GroupWise system.  Running on your GWAVA Reload server, this tool leaves your GroupWise system stress-free, while delivering timely reports that you can easily analyze and manipulate-even on your mobile devices.

To read more about Blueprint for Reload, go to  http://www.gwava.com/products/blueprint-for-reload.html.

Once again, GWAVACon has come to a successful close. With a stronger Novell presence this year than ever, GWAVACon attendees got the most current training for GWAVA, Retain, GroupWise, Vibe, ZENworks, OES and more.

During the conference, Novell threw a launch party for GroupWise 2012. This fun event was held on the Queen Mary and included casino gambling, great food, drinks, great presentations and fun from the Novell team along with a prize raffle. Needless to say, the whole conference is excited to get up and running on GroupWise 2012!

GWAVA also launched two new products at GWAVACon: Cloud Services and Blueprint for Reload. Read more about these great new offerings from GWAVA later in this newsletter.

As always, speed dating was one of the highlights of the GWAVACon. Attendees traveled quickly around the exhibit hall, spending 60 seconds with each sponsor to hear their best pitch. Prizes were awarded to attendees who joined in.

Many of the sessions this year at GWAVACon were standing room only. Novell Advanced Technical Training and GWAVA Support both kept live hands-on workshops open throughout the entire event for more personalized technical training.

Bob Flynn, President and General Manager of Novell, presented the keynote on Sunday, and hosted a number of small sessions with customers and partners. Ken Muir, CEO of GWAVA, in his keynote, presented a roadmap of the future at GWAVA and announced the release of GWAVA Cloud Services and Blueprint for Reload. As always, GWAVACon provided plenty of opportunities for social interaction, networking, and great food.

Here are a few comments we received from GWAVACon attendees:

"The personal and professional aspects were very positive and rewarding for me. I got to help colleagues and add depth to many relationships. GWAVACon was time very well spent!"

"First event, fantastic time! Great speakers, content and tricks of the trade were fantastic! Thanks again!"

"I have been very happy with the additional hands on sessions. Awesome addition to the conference!"

It was hard to say goodbye to all our GWAVACon friends this year, but we certainly hope to see you at the next GWAVACon!

Thanks to those of you who participated in our email archiving survey. And the winner of the Kindle Fire is ....... Drumroll ... Eugene Spadafore. Congratulations! We will be contacting you to get your shipping information. 

And the winner of the Kindle Fire for registering for GWAVACon before November 18 is .... Rey Boncato!

Register before November 30 to get the early bird price of $595. 

GWAVACon Registration  

GWAVACon will be held in Torrance, California (close to LAX) from January 22-24, 2012 with bonus day on January 21. 

Go to www.gwavacon.com to get more information.

As always, GWAVACon is offering one full bonus day on Saturday January 21. You can choose either the GWAVA certification or Novell ATT Live track. The ATT Live track will feature GroupWise 2012 and Novell Data Synchronizer. Seats are limited. 

Here's a peek at another of the sessions offered at GWAVACon: 

Much more is expected of email and messaging platforms today. SMTP services can easily be broken down into different workloads in large environments. Native GroupWise, application, POP/IMAP, and mobile email services are the best candidate workloads to isolate. Doing so results in a QoS improvement that users and leadership notice. 

Session content is rooted in existing implementations and can help you implement a robust, highly available, and scalable SMTP infrastructure. 

Lawrence Kearney works for Georgie Health Sciences University as a System Support Specialist and Service Analyst. He previously worked in the business sector in New York. Lawrence has experience with many Novell and SUSE Linux solutions. He regularly presents on SMTP infrastructure design, publishes articles on enterprise class GroupWise implementations and co-authored the GroupWise 8 Best Practice Wiki.

GWAVACon 2012 is approaching fast...less than two months away. And that means early bird pricing is ending this month on November 30. Make sure you register for GWAVACon before then to pay only $595 for 3 full days of 120+ technical sessions from top industry experts. 

Novell Advanced Technical Training at GWAVACon

A large contingent of Novell engineers, executives and educators will be at GWAVACon - accessible to you and ready to answer your questions. Sign up soon for these Novell ATT Live sessions at GWAVACon:

• Intro to Novell Data Synchronizer
• Novell GroupWise 2012: Migrating to Linux
• Deploying the GroupWise Client Using ZENworks Configuration Management
• Upgrading to and Exploring New Features in Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management
• Migrating a Traditional ZENworks Environment to Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management

GWAVACon EMEA in Munich was a great success with outstanding sessions, a large Novell presence and engaged attendees. Not only that, but those who attended had a great time at Oktoberfest. To see photos, go to the GWAVA Facebook page.