(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In the latest collaboration with virtualization solutions provider VMware (www.vmware.com), Intelligent workload management provider Novell (www.novell.com) has announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware.
According to Novel’s announcement this week at the VMworld 2010 summit, the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is first step in the companies’ expanded partnership announced in June of 2010. The agreement enabled VMware to distribute and support the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system, and paved the way for VMware to standardize its virtual appliance-based product offerings on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Featuring SUSE Linux Enterprise Server’s reliability, interoperability and high performance, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware gives users the ability to port their workloads across clouds. This represents a major step toward truly seamless cloud computing, as well as choice and flexibility for VMware vSphere customers.
“This unique partnership gives VMware and Novell customers a simplified and lower-cost way to virtualize and manage their IT environments, from the datacentre to fully virtualized datacentres,” Novell global alliances senior vice president and general manager Joe Wagner said in a statement. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is the logical choice for VMware customers deploying and managing Linux within their enterprise. This agreement is also a strong validation of Novell’s strategy to lead in the intelligent workload management market.”
Raghu Raghuram, senior vice president and general manager of VMware’s virtualization and cloud platforms, notes that SUSE Linux capabilities complement VMware vSphere, which offers the functionality, performance and reliability required to virtualize demanding applications.
“With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware, we provide customers a proven enterprise Linux operating platform with subscription to patches and updates at no additional cost, improving their ability to complete the transformation of their data center into a private cloud while further increasing their return on investment,” he stated.
Providing the open source benefits of Linux along with important enterprise features and the scalability to run unlimited virtual machines, SUSE has been a popular addition for many cloud service providers.
Earlier this year, on-demand virtual data center services provider SoftLayer Technologies (www.softlayer.com) added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to its portfolio of server operating systems, giving all customers the option of using the enterprise-grade distribution at no additional cost.
Last month, cloud provider Amazon Web Services (aws.amazon.com) began offering customers the ability to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on its Elastic Compute Cloud (known as Amazon EC2), offering hourly based pricing and support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11.
