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On October 13, 2009, Novell and SAP® announced the expansion of their existing global partnership to include the delivery of integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions. The companies will cooperate on product integration, joint go-to-market activities and alignment of strategic direction related to GRC solutions. This cooperation includes integration of SAP BusinessObjects™ GRC solutions with Novell security and identity products, as well as joint marketing and selling of the integrated solutions to joint customers. The combination of GRC offerings from SAP and Novell—currently available and planned—will bridge the gap between business processes and IT security and controls. Together, SAP and Novell deliver to customers' agility, transparency and accountability with a combined GRC offering that is unmatched in its support of end-to-end business processes and IT environments, providing quick time to value with certified integration and targeted solution offerings. The result is reduced risk, lower costs and improved business performance. See Novell FAQ.

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SAP and Novell Expand Global Partnership to Help Customers Deliver Confident Business and IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Programs
Novell and SAP announce the expansion of their existing global partnership, specifically focused on the delivery of integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions. The companies will cooperate on integration of products, joint marketing activities, and alignment of strategic direction related to GRC solutions. The combination of GRC offerings from SAP and Novell will bridge the gap between business processes and IT controls, enabling customers to use the cross-enterprise solutions for strategic advantage, unprecedented efficiencies and reduced costs.

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Novell Delivers First SAP-Certified Configuration Management Database Solution—myCMDB and CMDB360 Combine to Strengthen SAP IT Service Management

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Novell at SAP TechEd 2009:
Maximize Your Impact - Ensure Security and Compliance Across the Enterprise Learn how SAP BusinessObjects GRC and Novell are building bridges between SAP, the IT Infrastructure and other strategic applications to streamline security and regulatory compliance efforts, reduce redundancies and improve the return on investment of systems in the enterprise.
Learn why SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell is the #1 and preferred Linux for SAP mission critical applications.

To visit us at SAP TechE'09 in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 13-16 register here.

To visit us at SAP TechEd'09 in Vienna, Austria, Oct. 27-29, register here.

To visit us at SAP TechEd'09 in Bangalore, India, Nov. 18-20, register here.

Novell at GRC 20009 Conference in Prague, Nov. 18-20
The Event for Organizations that rely on SAP and SAP BusinessObjects solutions for government, risk and compliance
Maximize Your Impact–Ensure Security and Compliance Across the Enterprise Learn about Novell's Compliance Management Plaftform extension for SAP environments–The leading SAP BusinessObjects Access Control certified identity and security management solution.

To visit us at the GRC 2009 Conference in Prague, register here.

Novell has received an SAP Pinnacle Award
Novell has received an SAP Pinnacle Award in the category "Technology: Co-Innovation for Core Business," recognizing Novell as an SAP partner who has made significant contributions to SAP's customer-focused ecosystem. Novell was honored specifically for work with SAP on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Priority Support for SAP as well as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server high availability and virtualization for SAP. Read the press release.