SUSE Linux's Deployment in mySAP.com Environments is a Significant
Milestone for the Linux Community to Play in the SAP League
Oakland, California 09/30/2002 Today, SUSE Linux, the
international Open Source technology leader and solutions provider, and
SAP AG (NYSE ADR: SAP), the world's leading provider of e-business
solutions, announced a global technology partnership. SUSE is the first
Linux enterprise operating system to enable SAP clients worldwide to run
SAP's leading e-business applications on Linux and the first Linux
provider to become "SAP Global Technology Partner".
"Meeting the rigorous standards of SAP and being one of its Global
Technology Partners is a significant milestone for SuSE. SUSE creates
solutions in which hardware, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and
applications are perfectly tuned," said Boris Nalbach, CTO of SUSE Linux.
"SUSE large enterprise customers like Siemens Business Services who run
several mySAP Web Application Servers on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
benefit from this partnership with SAP. We are proud to announce that we
brought SUSE Linux into the league with SAP as a global technology
partner," added Holger Dyroff, General Manager Americas.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the 32-bit architecture, x86 hardware
platform was awarded the status "generally available for mySAP.com" last
year. This partnership enables companies all over the world to use
mySAP.com on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server while taking advantage of
services and support from SAP. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the ideal
choice for SAP users for being extremely effective as an application
server and also as an operating system for the database server and the SAP
solutions. Additionally, since May 2002, mySAP.com has been available on
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM eServer zSeries. This is the first
certified offer of a scalable and reliable e-business collaborative 64bit
solution that can run in an LPAR (logical partition) or on z/VM (virtual
machine). Additionally, engineers of both companies are working together
to integrate mySAP.com into the 64-bit Itanium Processor Family (IPF).
Working with SAP
Global Technology Partners provide SAP and its customers with a wide range
of products to support mySAP.com technology. They are leading global
vendors of hardware, database, storage system, network, and mobile
computing technology, e.g. Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft,
Oracle, Sun and others.
Key terms of the agreement include close technical cooperation between the
two companies, enabling the seamless integration of mySAP.com on SuSE
Linux Enterprise Server. With their commitment to SAP and SUSE Linux
customers, both companies continue to strengthen the position of Linux as
the strategic operating system for mySAP.com customers.
About SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server comes with an unprecedented full-service
offer and unmatchable quality. The yearly release cycle of SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server ensures its customers long-term investment security and
helps them plan more effectively. In addition to the yearly release, SuSE
delivers patches and system improvements continuously without disrupting
its clients' planning cycles. These maintenance services ensure the
operating system is persistently secure, up to date and stable.
Another feature of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is that all system
versions derive from one software build and one set of source code. This
consolidated approach has enabled SUSE to offer SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server on various hardware architectures as well as consistent language
support across all business-relevant languages such as English, French,
German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish. To meet the different
needs of various customers in the enterprise segment, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server supports all certified databases for mySAP.com, such as
IBM DB2 Universal Database, Informix, Oracle and the SAP database.
For further information on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and mySAP.com,
please visit http://www.suse.com/sap
About Novell
Novell, Inc. is a leading provider of information solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell® Nsure™), Web application development (Novell exteNd™) and cross-platform networking services (Novell Nterprise™), all supported by strategic consulting and professional services (Novell NgageSM). Active in the open source community with its Ximian and SUSE Linux brands, Novell is firmly committed to open source and offers comprehensive Linux products and services for the enterprise, from the desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net - a world without information boundaries - helps customers realize the value of their information securely and economically. For more information, call Novell's Customer Response Center at (888) 321-4CRC (4272) or visit http://www.novell.com. Press should visit http://www.novell.com/pressroom.
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