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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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.
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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Novell Joins Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program
WALTHAM, Mass. - 10 Jun 2008
WALTHAM, Mass. - 10 Jun 2008
Novell® today announced it has joined Microsoft’s Server Virtualization Validation Program. As a result of Novell's participation in this program, customers will be able to confidently run Windows Server 2008 as a virtualized guest on top of the Xen hypervisor in SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 and receive cooperative support from either company. Novell is currently running the tests required by the...
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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.
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With an introduction by David Kirkpatrick of Fortune Magazine, keynote speaker Guy Kawasaki explains the Art of Innovation on the first anniversary of the Microsoft and Novell collaboration.
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Sam Ramji of Microsoft and Justin Steinman of Novell answer questions about our partnership.
Ron Hovsepian and Steve Ballmer announce a new collaborative relationship between Novell and Microsoft.
Novell's Jeff Jaffe and Microsoft's Craig Mundie discuss our collaboration at BrainShare 2007.
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