Novell Announces Broad Support for VMware Ready Virtual Appliances
September 15 2008 - 4:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
Redistribution agreement offers SUSE Linux Enterprise through
VMware's Virtual Appliance Marketplace LAS VEGAS, Sept. 15
/PRNewswire/ -- VMworld 2008 -- Novell today announced broad
support for the VMware* Ready Program and for VMware Studio, with
SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise now verified as VMware Ready and as a
fully supported guest operating system. In addition, Novell
announced that it has entered into a redistribution agreement with
VMware that will allow independent software vendors (ISVs) to
download, configure, and distribute evaluation versions of SUSE
Linux Enterprise through the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.
Together, the announcements ensure that customers who build virtual
appliances with VMware Studio and SUSE Linux Enterprise will be
able to take full advantage of the VMware platform and achieve
simplified deployment, easier management, and stronger security.
Virtual appliances are pre-built software, comprised of Just enough
Operating System (JeOS) and applications in a pre-configured
package, designed to run in a virtual machine. They are updated,
maintained and managed as a unit. Customers can easily install and
deploy these pre-integrated solution stacks. SUSE Linux Enterprise
and VMware Studio provide customers with a virtual appliance
solution that is fully tested and is optimized, reliable, and
ready-to-run in a virtual environment. Novell is making it easier
for ISVs to quickly build evaluation and full-version appliances,
with free tools to build and test appliances, flexible pricing and
licensing models, and award-winning technical support. "VMware
Studio and the VMware Ready Program enable software developers to
enhance user experience and simplify software deployment while
maintaining quality assurance for our customers by clearly
communicating that their virtual appliances have been verified as
VMware Ready," said Dan Chu, vice president of emerging products
and solutions at VMware. "Novell is a strategic addition to the
program, and SUSE Linux Enterprise provides our customers with an
enterprise-grade Linux that includes robust support for virtualized
applications." The VMware Ready Program is designed to provide
developers and customers with the following: -- Virtual appliances
that have been tested and verified as VMware Ready, are safe to run
in a production environment and are optimized to run on the VMware
Infrastructure platform. -- VMware Ready Virtual Appliances are
maintained according to best practices and deliver an excellent
customer experience. -- The VMware Ready logo is a symbol of trust
-- assuring customers that VMware Ready Virtual Appliances are of
high quality. "We have always believed that the key to the adoption
of software appliances is simplicity," said Roger Levy, senior vice
president and general manager, open platform solutions at Novell.
"The easier it is to build an appliance, the sooner ISVs can get
the appliance into the market. The free distribution of SUSE Linux
Enterprise for evaluation of software appliances is a significant
step forward in the growth of this market." 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 costs,
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/. Novell and SUSE are
registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. *All third-party trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Novell, Inc. CONTACT: Ian
Bruce of Novell, +1-781-464-8034, ; or Amy Anderson of SHIFT
Communications, +1-617-779-1825, , for Novell, Inc. Web site:
http://www.novell.com/
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