We were impressed by ZENworks' ability to deploy not only the application but also any other software components the application might depend on (the vendor terms this Application Chaining). ZENworks' deployment of application software packages, via the ZENworks agent we pushed onto our Windows clients worked well. For other (non-inventory) desktop management tasks, ZENworks supports Windows and Linux clients. ZENworks' discovery and inventory data collection processes performed accurately but slowly in our tests. Novell says its inventory function also supports HP-UX, which we didn't test. ZENworks discovered and inventoried our handheld devices, as well. The asset inventory process gathered myriads of detail about our Windows, Mac OS X and Linux clients, and it even collected data from our NetWare, AIX and Solaris servers. However, ZENworks lacked management capabilities for virtual machines. Novell's ZENworks 10 Configuration Management is a solid, mature desktop manager with several useful features, including asset inventory, license tracking, configuration management, application deployment and remote control. However, ZENworks lacked management capabilities for virtual machines and USB ports.
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