ValueEdge: Value Stream Management
Align corporate investments with business strategy
Continuous quality from requirements to delivery
Scale enterprise SCCM with security and compliance
Resilient AI-powered functional test automation
Enterprise-level requirements management
Deliver continuous application performance testing
Plan, track, orchestrate, and release applications
Govern quality and implement auditable processes
Automate deployments for continuous delivery
Build business applications using new tools & platforms
The leading solution for COBOL application modernization
Modernize mainframe applications for the Cloud
Modernize host application access
Discover the future of CORBA
Modern mainframe application delivery for IBM Z
Secure, zero-footprint access to host applications
Access host data and automate processes with RPA
Multi-factor Authentication for IBM z/OS endpoints
Build secure software fast
Augment human intelligence
Discover, analyze, and protect sensitive data
Drive IT ecosystem with identity-centric expertise
Deliver simplified, secure access to users
Scale to billions of identities with IGA platform
Gain control of privileged user activities
Track changes and activities in managed services
Get fast, accurate detection of threats
Analytics for text, audio, video, and image data
Reduce risk, cost, and maintenance, and T2M
AI and machine learning for data analysis
Enterprise backup/disaster recovery
Unified traditional and mobile device management
Meet regulatory & privacy retention requirements
Email, IM, and chat-based collaboration
Mobile workforce communication & collaboration
Secure critical file storage and print services
Manage IT & non-IT services with automation and AI
Discover, monitor, and remediate with AIOps
Monitor and optimize complex networks
Discover, manage, and map configurations & assets
Accelerate provisioning with governance in place
Automate and orchestrate processes end to end
Manage IT & software assets for better compliance
Automate server provisioning, patching, and compliance
Automate screen-based human actions with robots
All Micro Focus learning in one place
Build the skills to succeed
Streamline software delivery for faster value
ValueEdge: Value Stream Management
Align corporate investments with business strategy
Continuous quality from requirements to delivery
Scale enterprise SCCM with security and compliance
Resilient AI-powered functional test automation
Enterprise-level requirements management
Deliver continuous application performance testing
Plan, track, orchestrate, and release applications
Govern quality and implement auditable processes
Automate deployments for continuous delivery
Access all products in application delivery management
Modernize Core Business Systems to Drive Business Transformation
Build business applications using new tools & platforms
The leading solution for COBOL application modernization
Modernize mainframe applications for the Cloud
Modernize host application access
Discover the future of CORBA
Modern mainframe application delivery for IBM Z
Secure, zero-footprint access to host applications
Access host data and automate processes with RPA
Multi-factor Authentication for IBM z/OS endpoints
Access all products in Application Modernization & Connectivity
Security at the core to everything you do; Operations, Applications, Identity and Data
Build secure software fast
Augment human intelligence
Discover, analyze, and protect sensitive data
Drive IT ecosystem with identity-centric expertise
Deliver simplified, secure access to users
Scale to billions of identities with IGA platform
Gain control of privileged user activities
Track changes and activities in managed services
Get fast, accurate detection of threats
Access all products in CyberRes
Trusted, proven legal, compliance and privacy solutions
Analytics for text, audio, video, and image data
Reduce risk, cost, and maintenance, and T2M
AI and machine learning for data analysis
Enterprise backup/disaster recovery
Unified traditional and mobile device management
Meet regulatory & privacy retention requirements
Email, IM, and chat-based collaboration
Mobile workforce communication & collaboration
Secure critical file storage and print services
Access all products in Information Management and Governance
Simplify Your IT Transformation
Manage IT & non-IT services with automation and AI
Discover, monitor, and remediate with AIOps
Monitor and optimize complex networks
Discover, manage, and map configurations & assets
Accelerate provisioning with governance in place
Automate and orchestrate processes end to end
Manage IT & software assets for better compliance
Automate server provisioning, patching, and compliance
Automate screen-based human actions with robots
Access all products in IT Operations Management
Give your team the power to make your business perform to its fullest
Support 350 multi-location users in a flexible working environment, while maintaining full data protection and user productivity.
With three distributed locations, a flexible working policy, over 150 applications, and 350 users to support, the IT team at Montferland relies heavily on productivity tools. As Hans Volbeda, Senior IT Manager at Montferland council, explains: “As a long-term Novell, now Micro Focus, customer we have always used GroupWise as our email solution of choice.”
Hans Volbeda – SENIOR IT MANAGER
Gemeente Montferland
“We particularly benefit from the calendar sharing functionalities, as meetings are often organized centrally. All calendar entries are automatically synchronized with mobile devices which supports productivity.”
In a distributed work environment, it is important to have central control in IT management. Data security is of paramount importance, given the sensitive nature of many council documents. Volbeda and his team need to ensure that data is shared securely, and is always kept in-house. With a new upgrade to Windows 10 and a replacement of most of the 300 work stations around the council locations, having automated tool support is key.
Montferland is a local council within Gelderland province, in the east of the country. Montferland has over 35,000 residents.
Montferland has long relied on ZENworks for its central IT management requirements. ZENworks Configuration Management is used to register all desktops and mobile devices. PCs are imaged in ZENworks Configuration Management and all application objects and configuration bundles are managed through it. This is particularly helpful for company-wide updates, as Volbeda comments: “It is important to us that our users remain fully productive, and so we don’t want them to spend time installing applications.”
Hans Volbeda – SENIOR IT MANAGER
Gemeente Montferland
When new staff join the council, their hiring manager simply notifies the IT department of the applications they need access to. This varies per department, as the council manages over 150 different applications, for permit applications, driving licenses, passports, benefit payments, refuse collections, etc. The new user is connected to the correct Active Directory (AD), given their AD credentials, and they are up and running from the moment they arrive.
Having mobile phones included in ZENworks provided peace of mind for Volbeda: “It is great to have mobiles included in our central overview and management. If a device is ever lost, I can simply wipe any data remotely, with no security risk.”
Micro Focus Filr proved an effective solution to Montferland’s data sharing requirements. Users don’t carry laptops, but instead simply have a keyboard, mouse, and AD credentials with which they can access their ZENworks controlled workspace at any of the organization’s desktops. However, for meetings it is often important to have access to files on-the-go. For this purpose, Volbeda issues iPads with Filr installed: “Our users simply log on with their AD credentials and have access to shared folders, as well as their home directory, for secure file sharing. This prevents our users leveraging cloud-based solutions such as DropBox and ensures our data remains inhouse, and under our control.”
When Micro Focus introduced ZENworks Suite, Volbeda and the team saw an opportunity to leverage more of the ZENworks elements at an attractive price point: “We have implemented ZENworks Asset Management to improve our asset inventory, although this is not in active use yet. We’re also evaluating ZENworks Service Desk and ZENworks Patch Management.”
The partnership with Micro Focus has been a positive one throughout the years, as Volbeda comments: “We like seeing the ongoing development in ZENworks. It gives us confidence for the future. Having an integrated IT solution has really simplified our business processes. For us it’s completely second nature by now, but when we host external consultants they often compliment us on our infrastructure, organization, and security.”
Having all aspects of IT management centralized through one interface gives a complete overview and control of all devices at work in the organization. Application bundles are personal to each user and they can work anywhere while enjoying the same speed and performance.
Volbeda concludes: “ZENworks Suite is a great match for our organization. It helps us be productive and efficient with a relatively small IT team. I look forward to putting our processes to the test further when we implement Windows 10 on our new workstations.”