LinuxPlanet: Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Slate, Strategy, Against Skepticism By Some | Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Slate, Strategy, Against Skepticism By Some

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 20, 2007

“At its annual BrainShare users conference today, Novell rolled
out a slate of new SUSE Linux products and talked up a new,
two-fold corporate strategy devised in the wake of its
controversial pact with Microsoft–but not without skepticism, and
even vehement opposition, among some who traveled to Salt Lake City
this week.

“On the one hand, Novell plans to deliver ‘enterprise-wide
Linux, [from the] desktop to the data center,’ according to Ron
Hovsepian, the company’s president and CEO.

“But at the same time, Novell will also provide ‘enterprise-wide
management of heterogeneous and mixed-source environments,’
Hovsepian said, during the general session at BrainShare…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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