SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 to focus on innovation in mission-critical data center technologies, UNIX migration capabilities, virtualization, interoperability, green computing and desktop Linux
Novell today announced its development plans for the next generation of its enterprise Linux* platform, SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11. The best-engineered and most interoperable platform for mission-critical computing, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will be designed to form the heart of the modern IT organization, providing a foundation for mission-critical workloads across the enterprise by leveraging new technologies for server virtualization, consolidation and appliances, as well as innovative client computing breakthroughs. As a result, customers will be able to experience unique new levels of flexibility, efficiency and agility, regardless of whether they deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise directly on the hardware or as a virtual machine guest. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will be a key component in Novell's efforts to harmoniously integrate mixed-IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one.
“The tremendous adoption of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 in the market has brought the benefits of enterprise Linux to thousands of organizations around the world,” said Roger Levy, senior vice president and general manager of Open Platform Solutions for Novell®. “We have listened closely to our customers, to our partners and to our colleagues in the open source community as we designed the next generation of Linux operating systems – SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. This release will redefine the standard for mission-critical, interoperable enterprise computing. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will provide organizations with an agile, open, cost-effective infrastructure.”
As a complete desktop-to-data center platform, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 is planned to offer a variety of products designed for use across the enterprise, from edge and infrastructure servers, to highly available data center and real-time servers, to desktops in thick- and thin-client modes and technical workstations. In addition, Novell plans to make SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 available as an appliance, supported by a new toolset designed to quickly and painlessly build specialized images. A new embedded version of SUSE Linux Enterprise is also planned so independent hardware vendors (IHVs) can embed virtualization and operating systems directly in their hardware. Novell also plans to deliver optimized versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise for specific independent software vendor (ISV) stacks. Moreover, planned investments in new desktop virtualization technology will decouple end users' computing environments from the underlying hardware and allow them to work anywhere, anytime.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will focus on market-leading innovation in the following areas:
Jeff Smith, IBM vice president of Software for Open Source and Linux, said, “As a long-time Novell partner, IBM is pleased to support Novell's vision of the next-generation Linux platform. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 will run across the full range of IBM software and systems, providing our customers with flexible Linux-based solutions that drive their business. We look forward to working with Novell to deliver optimized solutions based on proven hardware and middleware that drives real results. These solutions take advantage of new capabilities that will make SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 an even stronger complement to our System z, p and x server lines as well as our WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Rational and Lotus software lines.”
Ram Peddibhotla, Intel Corporation director of Open Source Technology Center, said, “Intel continues to set the pace for performance, power saving and virtualization technologies by implementing support in the Linux kernel and open source projects. Intel and Novell have been working closely to integrate and optimize many of our contributions into SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. We expect the combination of Intel platforms and SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 to provide a compelling solution to our enterprise customers for use in their energy-efficient data centers.”
Susan Hauser, Microsoft general manager, said, “Microsoft understands that in an increasingly interconnected computing landscape, enabling interoperability between products from different vendors has become more important than ever for economic, innovation and even 'green computing' related reasons. From a service standpoint, customers around the world in every line of business clearly demand interoperability between their different software platforms. It is one of the reasons we signed our ground-breaking partnership with Novell, and why we are excited about the impact this announcement will have on interoperability efforts throughout the ecosystem.”
Norbert Thier, Susquehanna International Group manager of Server Systems, said, “By moving to SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, we obtained a flexible application architecture. Improvements in power management, real-time system monitoring and interoperability will help us drive greater efficiency, responsiveness and flexibility in our business.”
The only Linux platform that has been endorsed by Microsoft, SAP and Capgemini, SUSE Linux Enterprise has seen tremendous market growth over the past six months. Invoicing for the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform grew by 200 percent in fiscal year 2007 in a market that grew only 22 percent annually. New customers included Wal-Mart, Office Depot, Siemens IT Solutions & Services, Casio and HSBC.
For more information on SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings from Novell, visit www.novell.com/linux.
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers infrastructure software for the Open Enterprise. Novell is a leader in desktop to data center operating systems based on Linux and the software required to secure and manage mixed IT environments. Novell helps customers around the world minimize cost, complexity and risk, allowing them to focus on innovation and growth. For more information, visit www.novell.com.
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