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Novell: Novell Delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Enhancements in
Service Pack 2; New Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux
Enterprise to help customers better manage their SUSE Linux Enterprise
software updates
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:21052008
WALTHAM, Mass -- Novell today announced the availability to customers
worldwide of SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2),
containing enhancements in virtualization, management, hardware
enablement and interoperability. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 is
the only Xen-based virtualization solution with full support from
Microsoft for Windows* Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 guests and
live migration of those guests across physical machines. Several
improvements specific to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and SUSE
Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 are also included in SP2. Novell further
unveiled the Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise,
designed to help customers better manage their SUSE Linux Enterprise
software updates.
"This service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 has something for
almost everyone-customers, partners and developers," said Holger
Dyroff, vice president of outbound product management for SUSE Linux
Enterprise at Novell. "The benefits of Linux in the enterprise are
becoming well known, and Novell's focus is on continuing to simplify
the customer's experience, always with an eye to reducing costs.
Reliability, security and interoperability don't need to break the
bank. That's the ongoing value Novell provides with SUSE Linux
Enterprise."
Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise
The Subscription Management Tool (SMT) for SUSE Linux Enterprise helps
customers easily manage their SUSE Linux Enterprise software updates
while maintaining corporate firewall policy and regulatory compliance
requirements. SMT is a package proxy system that is integrated with the
Novell(R) Customer Center and provides key Novell Customer Center
capabilities locally at the customer site. It provides a repository and
registration target that is synchronized with the Novell Customer
Center, thus maintaining all the capabilities of the Novell Customer
Center while allowing a more secure centralized deployment.
SMT allows customers to easily distribute updates for all SUSE Linux
Enterprise devices (server, desktop or point-of-service terminal) that
are running Service Pack 2 or subsequent releases. By downloading these
updates only once and distributing them throughout the enterprise, the
customer is able to set more restrictive firewall policies and, where
applicable, avoid significant network usage stemming from repeated
downloads of the same updates by each device. SMT is fully supported
and available as a download to customers with an active SUSE Linux
Enterprise product subscription.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Enhancements
Delivering Xen* version 3.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
includes several virtualization advances, including support for fully
virtualized Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 and the live
migration of those Windows Server guests across physical machines. SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server is the only third-party virtualization solution
offering full support directly from Microsoft for Windows Server
guests. In addition, extensive updates to the YaST management toolset
encompass first-boot enhancements and network module support for new
devices.
Srinivasa Rao Addepalli, CTO and chief architect of Intoto Inc. and a
participant in the SP2 beta program, said,"SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server has been the choice of customers for security applications in
the virtualized environment. To secure virtual systems, Intoto has been
providing UTM and MultiService Business Gateway solutions using Xen
running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, and we have been pleased
with the increase in performance and manageability of the SP2 release.
With the addition of fully virtualized Windows Server 2008 guest
support, the SP2 release facilitates creation of a true virtualization
system."
Advances in high availability and storage management such as updates to
Heartbeat 2 and OCFS2 are also included in SP2. Network management
improvements include support for IPv6. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SP2 has been designed to meet the U.S. government's requirements for
IPv6 and is currently in the certification process. Enhanced hardware
enablement includes new network, storage and other drivers along with
support for IBM* cryptographic hardware.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Enhancements
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2 provides improved interoperability
with Microsoft* Windows and Office via local NTFS file system support,
improved integration with Microsoft Active Directory* and an upgrade to
OpenOffice.org 2.4 Novell Edition. The OpenOffice.org productivity
suite features key enhancements to VBA macro support within Calc and
embedded audio and video within Impress, as well as a technical preview
of the Office Open XML (OOXML) translator. Other enhancements include
plug-and-play support for wireless broadband (UMTS, 3G), improvements
to Network Manager, and support for new hardware technologies from
Novell partners.
Nick Piccone, network engineer for University Community Hospital and an
SP2 beta tester, said, "The improved interoperability with Microsoft
Windows and Office combined with the networking and hardware enablement
enhancements that come with this release have demonstrated the level of
productivity and reliability we have come to expect from SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop."
Updates to SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is specifically engineered to reduce
the latency and increase the predictability of time-sensitive mission
critical applications. Service Pack 2 further improves the performance
and predictability of time-sensitive applications running on SUSE Linux
Enterprise Real Time through support for adaptive locking, OpenFabrics
Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.3 and the Precise Timing Protocol.
OFED 1.3 enables the implementation of unified high-speed interconnects
based on InfiniBand and 10-Gigabit Ethernet. With SP2, Novell becomes
the first Linux* distributor to support OFED 1.3.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK)
The SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK also provides new capabilities in SP2,
giving developers and technical enthusiasts even more ways to create
powerful new software on and with SUSE Linux Enterprise. It includes
updates to several tools that enable the creation of installation media
and appliances: KIWI, YaST2 Product Creator, YaST2 Add-on Creator and
YaST2 Image Creator.
Availability
Service Pack 2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop 10 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SDK are now
available. SP2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 and the
Subscription Management Tool for SUSE Linux Enterprise will be
available within 90 days. As announced in March at Novell
BrainShare(R), the next generation of SUSE Linux Enterprise-version
11-is due to arrive in the first half of 2009 and is slated to
deliver major advancements in mission-critical data center
technologies, UNIX* migration, virtualization, interoperability, green
computing and desktop Linux. More information on SUSE Linux Enterprise
can be found at 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 and SUSE are registered trademarks and BrainShare is a
registered service mark 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, Press Contact, Novell
Tel: +1 801 861 2931
e-mail: kbarney@novell.com
WWW: http://www.novell.com
Amy Anderson, Press Contact, SHIFT Communications
Tel: +1 617 779 1825
e-mail: aanderson@shiftcomm.com
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