Novell Training for the NHS

Background 

In December 2005, Novell announced a contract with NHS Connecting for Health for a comprehensive set of security, management and infrastructure solutions that will improve delivery of health services to the NHS in England. The three year agreement lets the NHS in England leverage Novell® solutions across the entire NHS infrastructure, comprising upwards of 600,000 workstations, and will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS. As a strategic partner, Novell will help NHS Connecting for Health to deliver the National Programme for IT, improving patient care and services and transforming the way the NHS works.

Under the terms of the agreement, the NHS gains enterprise-wide use of Novell Identity Manager for security and access control and Novell ZENworks® for managing workstations. The NHS will also deploy Novell Open Enterprise Server in parts of the organisation, allowing it to make a seamless transition from its existing NetWare® services to Linux without needing to replace existing infrastructure. To standardise technology deployed across the NHS, NHS Connecting for Health will promote adoption of specifically designed Novell solution packages across the entire English NHS IT infrastructure.

Novell will also provide consulting resources to help the NHS develop strategic solutions to deliver the National Programme for IT and ensure best practice throughout all NHS divisions. In addition, Novell will provide NHS staff with extensive training to ensure the organisation maximises the value of its Novell technology.

The NHS Novell Training Programme has been designed in consultation with NHS Connecting for Health and key stakeholders within a selected group of trusts and QA.

In partnership with QA, Novell are delivering a series of courses over the next two years providing the NHS with a high quality, relevant training programme on a Free of Charge basis.

QA and Novell partner to deliver training to the NHS

Following a competitive tender process, Novell selected QA, the UK's leading provider of training to IT teams and one of Novell's Platinum Training Partners, to deliver the training to support the key NHS Connecting for Health themes:-

• Supporting the delivery of the National Programme (Electronic Software Distribution)
  - Novell ZENworks
• Security (Smartcard Authentication) 
  - eDirectory
  - Identity Manager
• Linux and Open Source
  - SUSE Linux Enterprise Service - Open Enterprise Server (OES)

Training is available to the NHS on a free of charge basis, subject to availability and in compliance with the terms and conditions identified below.

Available training

NHS training will be divided into three training tracks to align with the consulting and implementation activities.

Track 1: Linux/OES
Track 2: ZENworks
Track 3: Novell Identity Manager

The course tracks have been designed to support the implementation of the solutions in your Trust. 

Course Availability

• Full Course Availability and Course Schedules can be found here
• Bookings are subject to course availability
• Each NHS Trust who is adopting solutions under the Novell/NHS Connecting for Health contract will be allocated 2 free places per course title (For example a Trust cannot take 2 free places for a ZENworks Desktop Administration course and then book subsequent free places on the same course scheduled for a later date).
• Any additional bookings will be placed on a waiting list until 2 weeks before the course
• All bookings are taken on a first come first served basis and subject to line management authorisation
• Subject to availability, additional course places can be purchased at a NHS discounted rate of £150.00 per day per delegate.

Target Audience

The NHS / Novell Training programme has been designed to support the NHS Trusts who are signing up to the Novell / NHS Connecting for Health solutions. Priority for course attendance will be given to Trusts who have gained approval for the solution or who are in the process of applying for approval.

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