Novell Delivers Comprehensive Bundled Linux Solution for Mid-sized Enterprises

Novell Delivers Comprehensive Bundled Linux Solution for Mid-sized
Enterprises

 

Bundling of support and training provides one stop shopping for mid-size
companies to leverage the power of Linux and the support of Novell

 

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Jan. 30, 2006 -- Novell today announced it will bundle
support and training offerings with its market leading SUSE(R) Linux
Enterprise Server, making it easier than ever for small and medium-sized
businesses to now leverage the power of Linux.* With this new offering,
Novell(R) solution provider partners, the company's primary channel to
the mid-market, can now deliver a comprehensive Linux solution,
including 24x7 support and online assistance, to their customers. Unlike
other Linux distributors, Novell is the only company to provide free
training as part of a complete solution. With this offering, customers
can get the best engineered Linux in the market as well as the training
needed to effectively implement and maintain their environment. Backed
by one of the largest Linux technical support teams in the industry,
customers gain all the core services they need to leverage Linux in a
simple, supported package. 

 

 "We are seeing a growing interest in Linux by small and medium size
businesses," said Jodi Honore, vice president, vendor management, Ingram
Micro Inc. "With an offering that is easy to explain, deliver and
support, solution providers, previously apprehensive of taking on a new
operating system, can now build their Linux practice and gain new
customers."

 

Small and medium sized businesses look to local-based solution providers
for IT advice and support. With open source, solution providers have the
opportunity to increase their value to these organizations, By providing
an integrated Linux technology, support and training offering, Novell
gives its channel partners a solution that is easy to explain, deliver
and support for their customers. 

 

"There has been significant focus on the public sector's use and
adoption of Linux and open source - and this is understandable if you
think of the high potential," said Tom Ekevall Larsen, president & chief
executive officer, Scribona AB, a Novell partner in Europe. "Novell is
now raising the bar for the mid-market and giving its partners a really
powerful tool with this integrated Linux solution that includes a full
package of media, technical support and training. This provides
companies like ours with everything we need to help our customers to be
even more successful with their Linux strategies."

 

"Our partners are telling us that their mid-market customers want to
deploy open source, but that they need a packaged Linux solution more
tailored to their needs," said Ron Hovsepian, president and chief
operating officer for Novell. "This new offering delivers a compelling,
easy to deploy solution that gives small and medium sized businesses a
boost by providing the technology, skills and support they need to drive
real business value from open source."

 

This offering is available to new customers, effective immediately. For
more information, please visit www.novell.com/linuxserverandservices.

 

About Novell

Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers Software for the Open
Enterprise(TM). With more than 50,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell
helps customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology
environments by leveraging best-of-breed, open standards-based software.
With over 20 years of experience, more than 5,000 employees, 5,000
partners and support centers around the world, Novell helps customers
gain control over their IT operating environment while reducing cost.
More information about Novell can be found at http://www.novell.com
<http://www.novell.com/>> .

 

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Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks and Software for the Open
Enterprise is a trademark of Novell, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. *Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other
third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

Press contact:

Bruce Lowry

Novell

415-383-8408

blowry@novell.com