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It’s working for companies like WalMart, BMW, Siemens, and HSBC, giving them the ability to run Windows and Linux together — with complete confidence. It’s also at work in our joint Interoperability Lab where Microsoft and Novell engineers are developing virtualization, identity management, and systems management solutions that reduce the complexity and increase the ROI of your mixed-IT environments. To find out how we can put Interoperability to work for you, click here.
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VIRTUALIZATION
The ability to achieve interoperability with your Windows and Linux virtualization solutions — bidirectional virtualization — is now a reality.
STANDARDS-BASED SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
You are one step closer to having the ability to manage your Windows and Linux environments with the management tool of your choice.
IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
Microsoft and Novell are working together to give you the ability to grant identity-based access to what’s needed, whether users run on Windows or Linux.
DOCUMENT FORMAT COMPATIBILITY
Your ability to share office documents has a direct impact on productivity. Microsoft and Novell are working to make document translation a non-issue.
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HSBC Taps Microsoft and Novell Agreement to Reduce Linux Cost and Complexity
Global bank selects SUSE Linux Enterprise as its standard Linux distribution, citing interoperability with Microsoft Windows and Active Directory.
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Matthew O'Neill of HSBC Global IT Operations speaks about why the bank partnered with Microsoft-Novell to take advantage of operating system interoperability.
HSBC Video
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Dell Joins Microsoft and Novell Collaboration
Dell responds to customer demand for greater interoperability and intellectual property assurance between Windows and Linux.
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced that Dell Inc. is the first major systems provider to join the business collaboration that was formed by Microsoft and Novell in response to customer demand for greater interoperability and intellectual property (IP) assurance. As part of the agreement, Dell will purchase SUSE® Linux* Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft and establish a services and marketing program to migrate existing Linux users who are not Dell Linux customers to SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers.
NEWS & PRESS
Novell to Expand Linux Management Solutions with Microsoft
LAS VEGAS (Microsoft Management Summit 2008) - 29 Apr 2008
Novell today announced it is working with Microsoft to develop advanced Linux' management solutions that will allow customers to simplify the management of mixed IT environments. Building on their existing technical collaboration agreement, Microsoft and Novell will work with industry standards and open source components to standardize management capabilities. The joint effort, which leverages Novell's...
ANALYST REPORTS
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Novell OOXML/ODF Format Translator Meets an Important Need Download PDF (1mb)
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Open Season On RedHat-JBoss – Microsoft, Novell and Oracle Change the Game Download PDF (500kb)
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Microsoft/Novell: A Roadmap Where There Could Have Been None Download PDF (780kb)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Many events are currently being planned that will help you benefit from Novell and Microsoft’s continued collaboration. So, be sure to check back often.

Microsoft 2008 Launch Wave

  • 15-16 Apr 2008 – Tokyo
  • TBD May 2008 – Osaka

Virtualization Summits
Interoperability for Virtualization: Reducing the Complexity

  • 15 Apr 2008 – Washington, DC
  • 17 Apr 2008 – Atlanta
  • 22 Apr 2008 – Boston
  • 6 May 2008 – Costa Mesa, O.C.
  • 7 May 2008 – San Francisco

Industry Events

  • Novell Brainshare
  • 16-21 Mar 2008
DOWNLOADS
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Mastering virtualization interoperability in the data center.
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Sam Ramji of Microsoft and Justin Steinman of Novell answer questions about our partnership
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Ron Hovsepian and Steve Ballmer announce a new collaborative relationship between Novell and Microsoft.
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Novell's Jeff Jaffe and Microsoft's Craig Mundie discuss our collaboration at BrainShare 2007.
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ANALYST REPORTS
Gartner:
Novell OOXML/ODF Format Translator Meets an Important Need

Download (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Forrester:
Open Season On RedHat-JBoss – Microsoft, Novell and Oracle Change the Game
Download (PDF, 500 KB)
IDC:
Microsoft/Novell: A Roadmap Where There Could Have Been None
Download (PDF, 780 KB)