Novell Announces New Program to Aid Transition to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
November 11 2008 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Offering provides award-winning support and tools to aid customers
moving from an existing Linux distribution to SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell
today announced the availability of a new subscription and support
program designed to aid customers making the transition from their
existing third-party Linux* distribution to SUSE(R) Linux
Enterprise Server. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Subscription
with Expanded Support program includes a three-year subscription to
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server that provides technical support for a
customer's existing Linux deployments for up to two years while
they make the transition to SUSE Linux Enterprise. The new program
is in response to growing customer demand for help as they make the
strategic decision to transition their data center Linux
infrastructure from existing third-party distributions, such as Red
Hat* Enterprise Linux and CentOS, to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Many times, customers who want to move between platforms are
constrained by factors such as IT resource limitations, application
migration scheduling and training costs, which means they need time
to make an orderly transition. In response to these challenges,
Novell is providing technical support for a customer's existing
Linux environment and is also delivering training and tools to
ensure the transition to the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform is
smooth and successful. "As the Linux market matures, we are
increasingly being approached by customers who want to move to SUSE
Linux Enterprise, attracted by Novell's award-winning support,
superb interoperability in mixed-source environments, and by our
support for mission critical applications," said Justin Steinman,
vice president of Solution and Product Marketing at Novell. "This
new program makes it even easier for these customers to make the
move to Novell." "We made the transition to Novell and to SUSE
Linux Enterprise because the total cost of ownership was much lower
when compared to our existing Red Hat installation," said George
Rapp, senior vice president of Information Systems at Stonebridge
Bank. "We're also very impressed by the interoperability Novell
offers for diverse environments like our data center, and the
management tools that ship with SUSE Linux Enterprise make setup,
management and on-going maintenance very easy." The new program is
available immediately. Please contact Novell sales for more
information. About SUSE Linux Enterprise The next-generation
platform for the open enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise is the
best-engineered and most interoperable platform for
mission-critical computing, from the desktop to the data center. In
a customer study conducted by independent research firm Lighthouse
Research, Novell gained top ratings for overall support, and
significantly outpaced Red Hat and Oracle Linux on both timeliness
of phone support and support of mixed platforms, open source and
proprietary software. The full report, with methodology and
detailed results, is available at
http://www.novell.com/linux/support-survey.html. For more
information on SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings from Novell, visit
http://www.novell.com/linux. For more information about SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, visit http://www.novell.com/products/server.
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/.
Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. in the
U.S. 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 Erica Burns of
PAN Communications, +1-978-474-1900, , for Novell, Inc. Web site:
http://www.novell.com/
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