Dell Joins Novell for Linux Appliances

“What do IBM, VMware, SAP and Dell have in common? They’re all
using Novell to build Linux appliances.

“Dell officially announced this week that it is joining the SUSE
Appliance Program, financial terms of the partnership are not being
publicly disclosed. The SUSE Linux Appliance Program is an
extension of the SUSE Studio appliance technology and enables
vendors to build and manage their own Linux software
appliances.

“”Dell and Novell have had an alliance for over 16 years, and
this is an expansion to that relationship,” Josh Dorfman, director
of strategic alliances at Novell, told InternetNews.com. “Dell has
been actively looking at the appliance market opportunity, and SUSE
Studio helps them easily develop appliance solutions.”

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