SUSE Linux Enterprise: The Platform for the Open Enterprise
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 is the serious choice for business. It is the only enterprise-grade Linux platform offering a complete solution for your mission-critical needs-from the desktop to the data center. When security, cost and reliability matter, companies choose SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell.
SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell
You asked for an enterprise platform that is rock-solid and enterprise-grade; one that easily plugs into your existing infrastructure; and one that's secure, simple to manage and easy to use.
Our answer? SUSE Linux Enterprise, the Platform for the Open Enterprise™. SUSE Linux Enterprise is the best-engineered, lowest-cost and most interoperable platform for enterprise computing. From the desktop to the data center, SUSE Linux Enterprise offers you a complete Linux solution for the mission-critical applications that drive your business. The platform includes:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server—The best operating system to host mission-critical workloads in your data center.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop—A general-purpose business desktop designed for use across your enterprise.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time—A deterministic solution for time-critical applications.
- Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise—The lowest-cost, easiest to deploy, integrated stack for file/print and Web application/database serving.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client—The flexible and easy way to manage solutions for any client computing deployment
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service—A high performance foundation, empowering retailers to leverage the low cost of Linux and open source software.
- Open Enterprise Server—A business platform that gives you the best networking, communications, and collaboration services in the industry.
- Novell Customer Center—An online interface where you can get technical support, product updates and subscription renewals for all your SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is sold in a simple and cost-effective subscription model that fits your budget. The platform takes advantage of technology advances in hardware so you can do more with less, while streamlined systems management helps you reduce IT costs.
The Best-engineered Linux for Your Desktop and Data Center
"Novell's Linux platform, combined with their Linux management offerings and enterprise-level support, were key differentiators for us."
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the only enterprise-class Linux platform on the market today. It's a solution you can rely on because it's been through months of regression testing-including test cases with applications like Oracle and SAP, and hardware tests on all the major architectures.
Novell uses a unique development and testing methodology—AutoBuild—that ensures that all our commercial Linux software code meets the highest technical standards for reliability and integrity. With AutoBuild, Novell can compile SUSE Linux Enterprise across all major hardware architectures at once-in less time than it takes other Linux distributions to compile on just one architecture. That means SUSE Linux Enterprise is more thoroughly tested and optimized, with fewer bugs and security flaws, than any other Linux operating system. With better code quality, you gain a more efficient IT infrastructure in running SUSE Linux Enterprise on your mainframes, grids, clusters, workstations and desktops.
Substantially Lower Costs
"Linux desktops [provide] all the functionality students need in an open environment at extremely low cost."
SUSE Linux Enterprise will change the way you think about buying software. No longer tied to costly licenses, you buy what matters: a subscription for the updates and services that help you run your business. A SUSE Linux Enterprise subscription costs up to 70 percent less than proprietary operating-system platforms. For instance, SUSE Linux Enterprise runs on hardware platforms powered by the newest Intel and AMD processors, which can be deployed at a fraction of the cost of equivalent UNIX systems. Compared to Windows, Linux is more reliable, secure and stable, increasing overall IT efficiency while reducing total cost of ownership. However you deploy it, SUSE Linux Enterprise maximizes your return on investment.
A Good Mix: The Most Interoperable Platform on the Market Today
At Novell, we understand that your enterprise has a mix of operating systems and hardware. SUSE Linux Enterprise has been designed with that heterogeneous environment in mind. It integrates with the widest range of IT infrastructures-including Mac, UNIX, Windows and other Linux systems-so it's easy to incorporate with your current investments. SUSE Linux Enterprise plugs into your existing directory infrastructures, including Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory™ and any other LDAP-based directory. With its broad use of open standards, SUSE Linux Enterprise lets you share information across any IT system, so you can easily communicate between business divisions or business partners.
Built-in Security for Your Peace of Mind
SUSE Linux Enterprise includes AppArmor™, the powerful open source application-level security solution that delivers ironclad protection for your business. Integrated into the code base from the desktop to the data center, AppArmor safeguards your infrastructure against attackers who try to find and exploit application flaws. AppArmor gives you the tools to protect your critical infrastructure without huge investments in time, resources or training.
Powerful Management Tools
Today's IT environment is complex. To keep business flowing smoothly, you need a platform with robust management tools. When it comes to Linux, no other platform is as easy to deploy, configure and maintain as SUSE Linux Enterprise. It includes a market-leading set of integrated systems-management features, including the award-winning YaST graphic set-up and configuration tool. You also get AutoYast, a tool that can rapidly deploy a custom configuration across multiple machines.
Plus, every SUSE Linux Enterprise product includes a subscription to Novell Customer Center. This convenient online interface consolidates all your business and technical interactions with Novell, giving you one place to download updates, review business data and oversee your infrastructure. If you prefer to have an onsite solution manage your Linux servers and desktops, Novell Customer Center integrates with Novell ZENworks® Linux Management, so you can patch and update all of your Linux machines behind the safety of your firewall.
World-class Support and Services
SUSE Linux Enterprise is backed by world-class Novell technical support. Novell is the only Linux vendor to receive Support Center Practice (SCP) Certification, an internationally recognized standard developed by the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA) and a consortium of IT companies. In addition, an independent marketing research survey by Lighthouse Research confirms now—Novell leads in overall quality of Linux-based technical support. The award-winning Novell support team has global reach, with more than 800 trained Linux engineers ready to provide 24x7x365 customer support. With Novell service offerings, you get flexible support options that deliver the resources you need.
Novell has training partners across the globe, all of whom are ready to offer you the latest training on SUSE Linux Enterprise, whether you're a Linux beginner or a Linux expert. Novell Consulting has more than 1,900 professionals worldwide, featuring specialization in enterprise platform services, data-center technologies and open source development. They make it easy to quickly deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise anywhere in your organization. Novell Consulting also offers several Fast Track programs for SUSE Linux Enterprise, including migration services from Windows NT, UNIX and Red Hat.
Finally, Novell has a broad technology partner network with more than 1,300 members, all of whom can help you deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise no matter the size of your organization.
Novell: A Trusted Partner
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is a true enterprise-class operating system. The reliability and performance are outstanding."
If you're going to implement Linux in your office or data center, you need a vendor that understands your entire business-from IT infrastructure to your industry-specific challenges. Novell is a technology leader and a billion-dollar global company with more than 100 offices around the world and more than 20-year history of delivering enterprise-class software. Novell has the experience and the award-winning customer service to make you successful.
From the desktop to the data center, only SUSE Linux Enterprise offers a complete open source Linux platform for the mission-critical applications that drive your business.
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