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Ballmer fires off Linux patent warning shot
News The cross-selling partnership means Microsoft will recommend Suse Linux for customers who want a mixed Microsoft/open source environment. These coupons entitle them to support and maintenance for Novell's... [21 Feb 2007]
Microsoft, Novell talk up technicalities
News In the area of virtualisation, Novell and Microsoft said Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 will be able to run on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 when a service pack is released in the second quarter of this year. [13 Feb 2007]
Sun touts 'Logical' Solaris update
News Xen is incorporated into Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server and will be in Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 6, due on 28 February. Sun Microsystems has updated its Solaris operating system with a feature that lets its... [16 Jan 2007]
Red Hat lines up next Linux shipment
News Red Hat's chief competitor, Novell, began shipping Xen in its Suse Linux Enterprise Server months ago but, so far, the company hasn't threatened Red Hat's commercial Linux dominance. Red Hat plans to ship the next... [02 Jan 2007]
Banking giants back Microsoft-Novell deal
News In three separate deals Microsoft will provide Suse Linux Enterprise subscription certificates to AIG Technologies, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, allowing them to take advantage of the Microsoft-Novell agreement. [21 Dec 2006]
Red Hat does second enterprise Linux beta
News Rhel v5 will compete against Novell's Suse enterprise server offering. Red Hat has released the second beta of its upcoming enterprise Linux offering. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Rhel v5), the final version of which is... [21 Nov 2006]
Microsoft to pay Novell $308m for Suse deal
News Microsoft will pay Novell $240m for 350,000 coupons - 70,000 per year - entitling customers to support and maintenance for Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server, said Novell chief executive Ron Hovsepian. [08 Nov 2006]
Intel offers software for blog-loving SMEs
News The software will be run on Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Server and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Intel has announced a collaboration software suite that it will offer to small and... [08 Nov 2006]
Microsoft, Novell join hands for OS harmony
News The companies said they will collaborate on development of specific technologies, for example to help Microsoft's Windows work with Novell's Suse Linux, which is based on open source code. Novell will offer a version of... [03 Nov 2006]
Munich finally flicks the Linux switch
News Munich was first tempted to open source after an evaluation by IBM and SuSE - the latter eventually losing out in the tender process. SuSE is headquartered in Germany, and many German organisations have... [26 Sep 2006]
Welsh council embraces open source
News The council, which already uses a scaled-down Suse Linux email solution developed by Nunn, chose to continue using open source in part because of its adaptability. A Welsh county council has brokered a deal to provide... [05 Sep 2006]
SOA part of PeopleSoft tools upgrade from Oracle
News The updated PeopleTools will expand its support to SQL Server 2005, Linux on IBM zSeries for PeopleTools Application Engine and PeopleTools Process Scheduler, and Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9. Oracle on Monday launched... [18 Jul 2006]
'This town is big enough for Linux and Microsoft'
News The issue of forking between the two main Linux distributions, Red Hat and Novell's Suse, was also touched on with Dawson claiming the two companies will expend a lot of effort differentiating themselves. [23 Jun 2006]
German tax office opens door to Suse Linux
News A tax authority in Germany is migrating 12,000 desktops to Suse Linux and the open source KDE desktop. The quality of German language support was also decisive - Suse has strong German support and the... [12 Jun 2006]
Microsoft is "as aggressive as hell", says Red Hat chief
News Just ask Novell, which more or less reinvented itself thanks to the open source fairy-dust provided by its acquisition of the Suse Linux distribution. Three or four years ago, open source providers enjoyed plenty of... [01 Jun 2006]