Novell recently announced availability of its latest version of Linux operating system. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 is the highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system that powers your physical and virtual workloads. It features the fastest Linux update stack and diskless server capabilities. It provides Green IT innovations and performance optimizations to run…
Completion of Novell’s SLES version 11 is in high gear. SLES 11 should provide some new system management capabilities and improved power management, including control groups that allow more granular handling of CPU, memory, storage and network resources. Users should benefit from Novell’s collaboration with Microsoft to run Windows virtualized on SUSE Linux Enterprise and…
Novell today announced that Dell will preload the SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client operating system onto its new OptiPlex FX160 platform. With IDC reporting that the Linux thin client market will grow substantially in the next few years, Securelinx believes that a Thin Client option will be considered more and more by organisations in Ireland…
Red Hat announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Release Notes note over 150 updates and upgrades, but here are a few key highlights: Virtualization enhancements: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 supports larger x86-64 systems. The number of supported physical CPUs is increased to 126, while…
PlateSpin is preparing the second generation of fully integrated hardware appliances for consolidated workload protection and recovery. PlateSpin Forge offers any organization the ability to extend fast, reliable disaster recovery protection to every important server workload simply and affordably, without duplicate hardware or redundant software licenses. It eliminates the high cost hurdles of hardware clustering…
Red Hat released the second update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. As with earlier minor releases, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 comes with a broad set of bug fixes, updated hardware support capabilities, quality improvements, and a set of new software features that have been backported from upstream open source projects to the Enterprise Linux 5 code base.
May 2008 — Novell today announced the availability to customers worldwide of SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2), containing enhancements in virtualization, management, hardware enablement and interoperability. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 is the only Xen-based virtualization solution with full support from Microsoft for Windows* Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 guests…
The maturation of virtualisation solutions in the x86 and UNIX realm has opened the door to an endless array of choices. More choices offer organisations greater flexibility, but they can also introduce confusion and complexity. Every virtualisation technology operates in a slightly different manner. This is compounded by the fact that every IT environment is…
By implementing Novell ZENworks Asset Management, Sesame Workshop reduced inventory administration time by 70 percent and can better comply with auditing requests and leasing contracts. The company moved its Web infrastructure to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for a cost 85 percent less than that of a proprietary UNIX* and Windows solution. Consolidating Web servers by…
“A key factor in our decision was the consistent, long-term relationship between Novell and SAP,” said Michael Gebauer, solution architect for Siemens IT Solutions and Services. “SAP applications run seamlessly on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and we get excellent technical support from Novell.” Read the whole press release from Novell
