Redistribution agreement offers SUSE Linux Enterprise through VMware's Virtual Appliance Marketplace LAS VEGAS, Sept. 15
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.
SOURCE Novell, Inc.
