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- Novell comes to Sesame Street
- Novell on Tuesday announced that Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind Sesame Street, is a reference customer using ZENworks Asset Management and Xen virtualization on Suse Linux Enterprise Server. Under the arrangement, Sesame Workshop will use Novell to manage leasing contracts, comply with audit requests and lower hardware...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Open Source, Capital Structures, Servers, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice
- After his last foray into the "Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product" space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft's Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008. Although Hyper-V is still in beta and isn't slated to ship...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Disadvantage, Operating System, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, News, VMWare ESX, Hyper-V, Jason Perlow, Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Open-Xchange: Open-Xchange and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Whitepaper
- The Open-Xchange Server 5 is an Open Source-based, full featured Messaging and Collaboration solution that runs on Linux enterprise distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. This paper describes why there is a demand for running Open-Xchange Server 5 on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10....
- Tags: Virtualization, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Open-Xchange, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open-Xchange Server 5, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2008-01-17
- Dual Boot: Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 and suse linux enterprise server 10
- This paper describes the installation and configuration of a High-Performance Computing HPC cluster for a dual boot of Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 WCCS and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1. Because HPC clusters represent a significant investment of resources, maximizing the benefits of the existing investment can result...
- Tags: Microsoft Cluster Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Microsoft Windows, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Novell Responds to Clarify Announcement Messages
- After I published Novell offers virtual machine driver pack my friends at Novell responded quickly to clear up my confusion about their announcement. Wow, guys, that was fast!Here's the text of their response. A clarification from Holger Dyroff, vp of SUSE Linux product management at Novell...The SUSE Linux...
- Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Novell offers virtual machine driver pack
- Novell offers virtual machine driver packClarification from NovellA clarification from Holger Dyroff, vp of SUSE Linux product management at Novell...The SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack includes two sets of drivers --one set of drivers for Linux systems and another set of drivers for Windows operating systems. All...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, virtual machine, Xen community, Xen, Novell Inc., XenSource Inc., SuSE, Linux, open source, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- Novell offers virtual machine driver pack
- A few days ago, Novell announced that the first service pack (SP1) for SUSEĀ® Linux Enterprise 10 was available to its customers. Here's a pointer to their Website.What's new? Novell mentions enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability and system management. What caught my eye while reading through the announcement...
- Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1: Virtualization Technology Support
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 provides integrated Xen-based virtualization, which can be used to provision, de-provision, install, monitor and manage multiple Virtual Machines VMs on a single physical system. Out of the box, it can create VMs running both modified, highly tuned, paravirtualized operating systems and unmodified operating systems. Xen...
- Tags: Virtualization, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Virtual Machine, SuSE Linux, SuSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-01
- SAP, Novell team up on SUSE support
- SAP and Novell said the two companies will offer joint support for SAP applications that run on SUSE Linux. The announcement, which comes out of SAPs Sapphire conference in Vienna, means that SUSE customers can get SAP support through Novell....
- Tags: ERP, General, SAP, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- Dell signs up for Microsoft-Novell partnership; SUSE Linux or bust
- Dell says its on board with the Microsoft and Novell Linux partnership. As part of the deal, Dell will buy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft. It will also launch a services and marketing program to woo existing Linux users who are not Dell customers to SUSE...
- Tags: Open Source, Novell, Microsoft, Linux, General, Dell
- Blog posts 2007-05-07
- LAMP on SUSE Linux Enterprise
- The LAMP stack of open source software components - Linux; the Apache Web server; MySQL database; and the coder's choice of PHP, Python or Perl - has moved beyond its position as a Web developer's creative toolkit to become a major development platform for the enterprise. Long a cornerstone of...
- Tags: Web, Novell Inc., MySQL, Open-source Software, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Channel Management, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Overview of Novell's views on virtualization
- I enjoyed a lovely conversation with an old acquaintance, Kim Kelly of Novell. We had spoken many times when he was with Red Hat and it was nice to chat for a while. The topic of our conversation was Novells overall strategy for virtualization technology. As with Red Hat, Novell...
- Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software, Managing virtualized environments
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Recommendations for Porting Open Source Software (OSS) to Blue Gene/P
- Migrating applications from a Linux cluster to IBM's Blue Gene/P can be a beneficial effort, but it is not an entirely painless effort. Each of the Open Source Software OSS components that the application is dependent upon requires a separate port - some of which will be easy and others...
- Tags: Open-source Software, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2007-04-04
- Running SAP on suse linux enterprise server 10: High Availability Storage Infrastructure
- This white paper, together with example resource scripts SAP Resource Manager for Heartbeat v2, is designed to help SAP experts implement the high-availability reference model. Before using these guidelines, however, be aware that the technical white paper and the referenced SAP Resource Manager scripts are provided as is, without support....
- Tags: Novell Inc., High Availability, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SAP AG, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-03-13
- Running SAP on Linux With High Availability Storage Infrastructure
- Downtime can be disastrous, especially for mission-critical systems where every second offline costs a person time, money and potentially, customers. This is exactly the solution one gets when it runs SAP NetWeaver technology on High Availability Storage Infrastructure included in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. In nowadays demanding IT environment,...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, High Availability, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SAP AG, Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-03-01
- HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade Linux Installation White Paper: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and suse linux enterprise server
- The BL860c server blade is a full-height server blade designed for the standard BladeSystem c-Class enclosure and slides into any open slot in the enclosure. Once added to the enclosure, the server blade should go to standby power. The server blade is at standby power if the health LED is...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Red Hat Inc., Blade, Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, BL860c Server Blade, HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Maximizing the Performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time for Financial Services Applications on AMD64 Technology
- In the financial services industry, literally millions of dollars can be earned or lost in a few milliseconds. Trades and transactions must execute immediately, accurately, and predictably every time, or opportunities can be missed in the competitive world of financial services. One proven solution is SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time...
- Tags: Performance, Financial Service, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, AMD64, SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- White papers 2007-02-21
- Linux Enumeration of NICs: Version 3
- Linux naming of the hardware network interfaces may not align with BIOS and chassis labeling of the Ethernet ports. This is seen on Dell PowerEdge 1950, 1955, 2900, and 2950 servers when using a Linux 2.6 kernel-based product such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Novell/SuSE Linux Enterprise Server...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Network Interface Card, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Networking, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Real-World Performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
- "Real Time" means different things to different people. For the purposes of this paper, real time is the ability to complete a task within a predetermined length of time - every time that task is performed - regardless of external stimuli. This paper documents the excellent results of several proof-of-concept...
- Tags: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-01-01
- IBM and Novell: The SLES 10 Success Story
- Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES 10 delivers new functionality, improved scalability and increased performance. To enhance IBM solutions on System x, System p, System z, and BladeCenter servers, SLES 10 includes over 180 features requested by IBM. SLES 10 features support new IBM hardware devices and processors, cross platform...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., Open Source, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2006-12-01
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