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Microsoft, Novell Augment Alliance
By
ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, Aug 21, 2008 1342 hrs IST
Microsoft Corp. has agreed to purchase US$ 100 million subscription certificates for Novell's Linux products. Both these parties announced their alliance in November 2006. As part of the initial 5-year partnership agreement, Microsoft purchased US$ 240 million of Novell certificates to sell to customers.
Now, the recent development aims at delivering interoperability and intellectual property (IP) for organizations operating mixed-source IT environments.
The investment focuses on enhanced programs from Novell to provide tools, support, training and resources to the customers. The investments will take effect from November 2008, and between now and then Microsoft and Novell will solicit customer input and identify aspects of the support programs. The deal allows customers to redeem their certificates for expanded technical support from Novell.
"The collaboration between Microsoft and Novell has been built on our desire to meet our customers' real-life IT requirements as well as give our partners greater breadth in their solution offerings. Customers have told us they want to be able to run Windows Server and Linux together seamlessly, but in many cases, they need help with the transition to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from other Linux environments. Our increased investment in the relationship with Novell is intended to give our customers and partners the best possible Windows-Linux interoperability solution, while also extending their existing Windows Server investments and helping to give them IP peace of mind," said Kevin Turner, COO, Microsoft.
Ron Hovsepian, president and CEO, Novell, said, "The strategic partnership between our companies continues to attract customers by building a bridge between proprietary and open source software. The interoperability delivered by Microsoft and Novell has resulted in very high demand for SUSE Linux Enterprise from customers and channel partners."
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