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This increased demand is exemplified by the People's Insurance Company of China Group (PICC), The Dairy Farm Company Ltd. (Dairy Farm) and Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd. (Dawning), which have agreed to receive Microsoft certificates for three-year support subscriptions for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell(R).
"It's very encouraging to see that our business and technical
collaboration continues to resonate with customers around the globe," said
"We recognize that our customers want to use Microsoft products in heterogeneous environments, and therefore we are pleased to offer this option to meet customer needs in one of the leading global markets," said Ya-Qin Zang, Microsoft corporate vice president and chairman of Microsoft China. "We are very pleased with the initial response in the Chinese market to our joint offerings for IP peace of mind and technology interoperability in such areas as virtualization and high-performance computing."
Expanded Investment
Microsoft and Novell's collaboration in
In addition, Novell and Microsoft's collaboration will focus on efforts to
convert unsupported Linux users to SUSE Linux Enterprise support, in
Demand in
Companies in
"We are very pleased with the original approach by Microsoft and Novell to
address our concerns about deploying and managing a complex high-performance
computing infrastructure across two platforms. It is essential for our future
competitiveness and success that we can simplify with such solutions and look
forward to further utilizing the standards-based systems management
technologies being developed by both companies," said
"The Microsoft-Novell collaboration helps to solve interoperability
problems and creates a more harmonious IT ecosystem. We are confident that
Microsoft and Novell would be able to provide the right level of support when
we go ahead," said
The Microsoft-Novell Agreement
As part of the five-year Microsoft-Novell agreement, announced
A recently released study by IDC, "Worldwide Linux Operating Environments 2008-2012 Forecast: Taking Linux to the Next Level,"(1) reported that SUSE Linux Enterprise-paid server operating environment (SOE) subscriptions increased by 38.6 percent from 2006 to 2007 and that Novell's share of the paid SOE market increased from 26.1 percent in 2006 to 29 percent in 2007. IDC stated in the report, "That surge, thanks to the company's alliance and interoperability efforts with Microsoft, led to a highly successful year for Novell in 2007." Novell's 2006-2007 growth was the highest of any paid or unpaid SOE distribution tracked by this study.
More information about the Microsoft and Novell agreement, including other customer announcements, can be found at http://www.moreinterop.com.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
(1) IDC, "Worldwide Linux Operating Environments 2008-2012 Forecast: Taking Linux to the Next Level," Doc # 211562, April 2008 Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. *Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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