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Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise
The software that enables you to centrally control Linux software configurations for both servers and workstations, including the ability to manage users and organize groups of machines for installations and updates; Integrate with leading software update systems such as SUSE YaST and Red Hat Network; roll back software packages to pre-update versions if unintended problems are caused by the update; and automatically resolve software package requirements before updating to ensure that all dependencies are met.
See also ZENworks Linux Management.
XML
An open standard for describing and defining data elements on a Web page and business-to-business documents. It uses a tag structure similar to HTML, but XML allows tags to be defined by the developer of the page. Thus, virtually any data items can be identified, allowing Web pages to function like database records.
XML Proxy Service
In Desktop Management and Server Management, a Java servlet used to proxy XMLRPC requests to other private networks across a non-secured connection.
See also XMLRPC.
XMLRPC
Extensible Markup Language Remote Procedure Call.
In Server Management, software used by Server Policies and Tiered Electronic Distribution for inter-server communications.
See also Server Policies; Tiered Electronic Distribution; XML Proxy Service.
XTier
An authentication framework that resides on the ZENworks Desktop Management Middle Tier server. XTier is utilized by several of Novell's Web-based applications to provide secure authentication to corporate servers across an Internet connection.
See also ZENworks Middle Tier Server.