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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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ANALYST REPORTS

Novell OOXML/ODF Format Translator Meets an Important Need Download PDF (1mb)

Open Season On RedHat-JBoss – Microsoft, Novell and Oracle Change the Game Download PDF (500kb)

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.