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Novell: Novell Announces SUSE Appliance Program - Novell also
announces beta availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS;
enterprise-caliber 'Just enough Operating System' will be foundation of
Novell's appliance strategy
(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:16042008
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Novell today announced the creation of the SUSE(R)
Appliance Program to enable independent software vendors (ISVs) to
create appliances combining their applications with the SUSE Linux
Enterprise platform in one integrated package for end-customer
deployment. Novell also announced the beta release of SUSE Linux
Enterprise JeOS, a minimized version of the award-winning SUSE Linux
Enterprise platform that ISVs can use as a platform for creating
appliances. As a result, ISVs will realize simplified application
deployment and support while dramatically reducing development costs
and easing deployment of applications by end customers.
"IDC believes software appliances will play an important role in the
future of application deployments," said Al Gillen, research vice
president, System Software, at IDC. "Software appliances empower ISVs
to deliver a fully configured, optimized software stack that
incorporates the operating system, lower-level infrastructure products
and applications in a unified, easily managed package. This emerging
form factor ensures seamless interaction between the operating system
and the application, and directly leverages the virtual infrastructure
that customers are putting in place today. We expect the endorsement of
major operating systems vendors such as Novell will help accelerate
both the awareness and the adoption of software appliances."
The SUSE Appliance Program will enable ISVs to bundle their
applications with customized versions of the SUSE Linux Enterprise
platform and to deliver the bundle as a software appliance, which can
be run natively on x86-based hardware, or as a virtual appliance, which
includes a paravirtualized kernel designed to deliver optimal
performance in a virtualized environment. Virtual appliances built in
the SUSE Appliance Program will run on customers' choice of hypervisor,
including Xen*, VMware* ESX and Microsoft* Hyper-V, as both a
paravirtualized and fully virtualized guest.
Through the SUSE Appliance Program, Novell will collaborate with ISVs
to develop the technology necessary to deliver applications in
appliance format. IDC estimates the appliance market will be nearly
$700 million in 2011. In the coming months, Novell will release several
new components of the SUSE Appliance Program, including a new automated
tool to build appliances.
Nat Friedman, chief technology and strategy officer for open source at
Novell, said, "Virtualization and the appliance model are simplifying
the task of distributing applications to end customers. We've heard
from multiple ISVs that they want to deploy their application in an
appliance. Our SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS release is a perfect platform
for creating and distributing ISV applications. With today's
announcement of the beta release of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS and an
accompanying early adopter program, we are inviting ISVs to try SUSE
Linux Enterprise JeOS and help us build the perfect platform and
practices for appliance deployment."
Just enough Operating System
SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS-or "just enough operating system"-is a
minimized edition of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server which ISVs can use as
a starting point for developing appliances. SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS
is built from the same codebase as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and
applications certified to run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will
carry that certification onto the JeOS platform, as well. As a result,
ISVs can more easily support the complete appliance for their
enterprise customers.
In addition, Novell announced today it will officially participate in
the LimeJeOS project, which is an existing community-led project
building a minimized version of the openSUSE(R) Linux* distribution.
The term JeOS refers to a customized operating system that precisely
fits the needs of a particular application. The application's OS
requirements can be determined manually or with an analytical tool.
JeOS includes only the pieces of an operating system required to
support a particular application and any other third-party components
contained in the appliance. This makes the appliance more efficient,
smaller, more secure and higher performing than an application running
under a full, general-purpose operating system.
A key component of the SUSE Appliance Program, the beta release of SUSE
Linux Enterprise JeOS is available in several virtual image formats,
including VMware VMDK, Xen and as a raw hard disk image. A Microsoft
VHD format of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS is planned for release later
this year after Microsoft releases Hyper-V.
ISV support
Novell has started an early adopter program for ISVs who are already
working with SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS.
George Mooseiner, CEO of SEP, said, "The SUSE Appliance Program offers
the innovation and flexibility we need to develop and bundle our SEP
sesam Backup & Disaster Recovery applications in either physical or
virtual environments. The ability to do so with the virtualization
capabilities of SUSE Linux Enterprise addresses what customers require
in simplifying application deployments and reducing overall costs."
Vijay Prasanna Pullur, CTO of Pramati Technologies, said, "The SUSE
Appliance Program offers Pramati the flexibility we need to develop and
bundle our middleware/application stack in either physical or virtual
environments. The ability to do so with a customized operating system
that precisely fits the needs of a particular application allows us to
simplify customer application deployments and reduce costs."
Availability
A beta version of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS is available for download
at www.novell.com/linux/appliance. Details about becoming an early
adopter in the SUSE Appliance Program can also be found at that site.
The production version of SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS is scheduled for
release later this year. LimeJeOS is available at
www.opensuse.org/limejeos.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the best-engineered, most interoperable
platform for mission-critical computing from the desktop to the data
center. For more information on SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings from
Novell(R), visit www.novell.com/linux.
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.
Novell, openSUSE and SUSE are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. in
the United States and other countries. *Linux is a registered trademark
of Linus Torvalds. All other third-party trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
CONTACT: Kevan Barney, Novell
Tel: +1 801 861 2931
e-mail: kbarney@novell.com
WWW: http://www.novell.com
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Tel: +1 617 779 1825
e-mail: aanderson@shiftcomm.com
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