Novell plans to announce Tuesday that HP will begin loading Suse Linux 10 on its desktops, joining Dell and Lenovo as partners who pre-install the open-source operating system.
The news comes just a few weeks after Novell announced server and desktop revenue had grown 65 percent over the past year. The company does not break down the revenue -- which hit $30 million in its fiscal first quarter -- by desktop and server, but CEO Ron Hovsepian says the desktop is "on a good track toward doubling its revenue."
"We like where the desktop is going, we like the direction," he adds.
The Dell deal likely will add some momentum to that direction.
Novell plans to make the announcement at its annual Brainshare conference.
The news comes just a day after the company began detailing the underpinnings of its Suse Linux 11 desktop and server. The operating system is slated to roll out in 2009, according to Justin Steinman, directory of product marketing for Linux and open platform solutions at Novell.
The server will become a foundation element of the company's new Fossa vision around service-based IT infrastructure. The company laid out 11 key themes, including an appliance option, a standalone virtualization platform, deep support for Windows Server 2008, and "green" features.
The Suse Linux server is earmarked as a foundation element for Novell's Fossa architecture, an service-oriented architecture-like, service-based infrastructure.
Novell plans to add to Suse Linux data center technologies and will include new features designed to support appliance developers. Novell also plans to add high-availability capabilities, support of advanced interconnections like Infiniband, and features for low-latency computing.
In addition, green features will be added to help reduce energy consumption using virtualization. Novell also will add new power management capabilities for chips and disk drives.
Novell says it will upgrade its Xen virtualization technology to support multiple formats and support stand-alone and embedded versions of the virtualization platform.
The company also plans to focus on bettering its story on Unix migrations by meeting or beating performance benchmarks posted by Solaris and adding migration toolsets. On the Windows front, Novell will focus on optimization, adding advanced support for Windows Server 2008 virtual guest operating systems, systems management and rich Internet application support.
On the desktop, Novell will focus on usability features, collaboration and security.
This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind Data Replication technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples. Learn the new paradigm in disaster tolerance—protect data anywhere.
Download now »
Server virtualization is a popular option for dealing with mounting datacenter costs. Another equally promising approach is the use of an Application Delivery Controller. Citrix NetScaler provides a low-cost way for organizations to reduce their server count and accrue cost savings from a reduction in space, cooling, power and personnel.
Download now »
The emergence of WLANs has created a new breed of security threats to enterprise networks.
Included in HP ProCurve WLAN solutions is security technology that alleviates threats from WLANs through:
* Monitoring wireless activity inside and out of the enterprise
* Classifying WLAN transmissions into harmful and harmless
* Preventing transmissions that pose a security threat to the enterprise network
* Locating participating devices for physical remediation
Effectively address data protection challenges, implementing solutions that help store and protect business–critical data while cutting costs and improving efficiency and reliability.
Download now »
Sign up to receive Platforms Resource Alerts
1 Recommendation
