Novell’s Virtualization and Hypervisor Strategy

By Dawn M. Foster (91 posts) on March 5, 2010 at 8:00 am

After the recent joint announcement between Novell and Citrix for collaboration on enterprise-class virtualization and cloud computing, Michael Applebaum took some time to discuss Novell’s virtualization and hypervisor strategy on the Novell blogs.

For the most part, Novell's virtualization strategy hasn't really changed. According to Michael, "Novell is pursuing a heterogeneous, multi-platform hypervisor and guest OS approach that gives our customers maximum choice, flexibility and value." SUSE Linux enterprise is optimized for several Xen implementations, KVM, VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V. They also have a flexible virtualization pricing strategy for SUSE Linux along with cooperative relationships and support agreements with VMWare, Microsoft and Citrix to provide integrated support options for customers. In addition to these relationships with vendors, Novell contributes improvements back into the Xen and KVM projects.

Michael goes on to say that "Novell’s commitment to interoperability, customer choice and value are fully apparent in our virtualization strategy, partnerships and offerings." You can read the rest of Michael's post to learn more about Novell's virtualization strategy.

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