http://moreinterop.com/community/blogs/interoperability/default.aspxenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)http://moreinterop.com/community/blogs/interoperability/archive/2007/10/18/microsoft-174-and-novell-174-are-collaborating-to-help-you-reduce-costs-and-complexity-in-your-mixed-it-environment.aspxWed, 17 Oct 2007 23:04:00 GMT9f19af52-0312-4331-957b-3346286e3d55:5admin1http://moreinterop.com/community/blogs/interoperability/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=5http://moreinterop.com/community/blogs/interoperability/archive/2007/10/18/microsoft-174-and-novell-174-are-collaborating-to-help-you-reduce-costs-and-complexity-in-your-mixed-it-environment.aspx#commentsThe best and brightest Microsoft and Novell engineers are now working shoulder to shoulder in a mixed-IT environment. Located in Cambridge, the 2,500 square-foot lab and workspace is home to a combined team of the best and brightest Microsoft and Novell engineers focused on making Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise work better together. The lab team is currently working on bilateral virtualization to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell virtualization technologies. Additional work will include standards-based systems management, identity federation and compatibility of office document formats.<br /><br />Tom Hanrahan, director of Linux interoperability at Microsoft and Suzanne Forsberg, Novell senior manager for software engineering for the partnership, are in charge of the Lab, which houses more than 80 servers of varying architectures, as well as a storage area network. Microsoft and Novell are committed to&nbsp; developing and testing our joint technologies by replicating&nbsp; current IT environments and interoperability challenges facing enterprise customers today.<br /><img src="http://moreinterop.com/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5" width="1" height="1">Interopability