SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas

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Before we start our journey to Linux land there is one question you need to ask yourself: why do YOU want to switch from Windows to Linux? What do you expect Linux to achieve? You don’t want to spend the time and effort learning about Linux just to realize that changing your operating system to Linux does not solve the problem you have or does not deliver the benefits you expected.

I will list 9 of the most common reasons to switch from Windows to Linux and try to explain in which cases the switch to Linux has a good chance of delivering the expected benefits.

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A most nasty application of the “ship with crap or trialware and offer the upgrade” gambit, Microsoft should just make a version of XP available for free or very low cost if they want to drop the price of Netbooks shipped with Windows…  Shame Shame…

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To follow their thinking to its logical conclusion, what should then happen is that the consumer gets fed up with the lemon they have purchased, and will then give Microsoft even more money to “upgrade” to a non-crippled version of Windows 7.

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Moonlight, the open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight, is how Silverlight web content can be consumed by Linux users.  v2.0 Preview has just been released.

Here’s a nice overview article in InfoWorld, and Miguel’s original blog post.

Sample from Miguel’s blog post…

Watch the three part interview here — or alternatively here, here, and here

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Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is releasing the second service pack update for Office 2007. The collection of minor updates is available for download.

The service pack includes a collection of stability and performance updates as well as support for more file formats including Open Document Format (ODF) and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Microsoft had said last May that it would add support for the additional file formats.

The company had said to expect the service pack to arrive sometime between February and April.

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From the whitepaper:

SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11 from Novell delivers interoperability and mission-critical support for the complete computing environment, to help you reduce cost, complexity and risk. This version delivers significant advances and has been especially designed for:

• Interoperability—The most interoperable Linux turns boundaries into bridges to help make your IT work as one. You can increase Linux interoperability with Windows and UNIX to simplify your environment and better leverage your existing investments.
• Mission-critical computing—The Linux built for mission-critical computing delivers the power and reliability you need to migrate from UNIX and build a resilient infrastructure. Powerful high availability clustering provides enterprise reliability with the affordability of open source.
• Ubiquity—SUSE Linux Enterprise powers your complete environment. You can run the desktop to data center platform built on a common code base. Deploy physical and virtual servers with the greatest of ease and outstanding performance, and run key applications from the leading ISVs.

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A pretty funny video that mentions a fairly old product, ManageWise. For those who find they need a similar tool updated for today’s world, try out Zenworks Configuration Management (ZCM).

Go on over to the NovellVideo Youtube Channel to view our other fun and informative videos, and as always,

Have a Lot of Fun.

RossB

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 has shipped and is now available!! http://www.novell.com/linux

Overview:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the highly reliable, scalable and secure server operating system that powers your physical and virtual workloads. Featuring the fastest Linux update stack, diskless server capabilities, Green IT innovations that lower your power consumption, and performance optimizations to run as a virtual guest on VMware, Xen and Hyper-V, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server sets the standard for enterprise-class server computing.

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop delivers dozens of essential applications and seamless interoperability with your existing systems, while providing an easy-to-use and highly secure desktop experience. With application and multimedia enhancements, Green IT innovations that reduce desktop power usage, and maximum interoperability with Microsoft Office and Exchange, it will help you lower costs and increase productivity.

Full press release: http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-ships-suse-linux-enterprise-11/

Key Themes:

• World-class Partner Ecosystem
• Advanced Linux Management
• Ubiquity: Linux how you want it, where you want it
• Interoperability: Leverage existing IT investments
• Mission-Critical Computing: Designed to support your most important business needs

Learn more at our live events  –  http://www.novell.com/evolutiontour

Register today for the Data Center Evolution Seminar!

Coming to a city near you, this seminar will provide valuable information on trends and solutions to help you cost-effectively evolve your data center.

At this free half-day seminar, you will learn how to build, manage and measure your data center using the latest solutions from Novell, HP, Intel and others.

Note:  HP & Novell will give away one HP Mini-Note 2140 at each tour stop. Register and be entered to win!
(You must be present to win.)

What you’ll learn:

Build an Agile Data Center featuring SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11: Learn how to reduce the TCO of your data center, while improving server reliability, performance and interoperability. Learn why data center managers are implementing SUSE Linux Enterprise as their OS of choice. Learn how to increase agility with SUSE Linux Enterprise 11—the latest version of the most reliable Linux platform for mission-critical computing.

Manage Your Data Center featuring PlateSpin® Workload Management: If you need to implement a reliable Disaster Recovery and Server Consolidation solution or simplify the ongoing management of server workloads across a mixed IT environment—PlateSpin Workload Management is the answer. Come learn how PlateSpin Workload Management solutions from Novell can help you profile, migrate, protect and manage server workloads on physical machines and virtual hosts over the network between multiple hypervisors and computing platforms.

Measure Your Agile Data Center featuring Novell Business Service Management: Come see how you to minimize the risk of IT outages in your data center while more effectively managing business impact when outages occur. You’ll learn how Novell Business Service Management solutions dynamically link your business-related services to the underlying IT infrastructure, so you can rapidly understand, prioritize and fix IT issues, giving you the power to be more agile and better align IT to your business.

Demos you won’t want to miss:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: Linux Workload Failover
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen: Live Migration of Virtual Machines Across Heterogeneous Systems
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension: Publishing ASP.NET Websites to SUSE Linux Enterprise Mono Extension from Visual Studio
• PlateSpin Recon: Discover Resources, Collect Utilization Data, Develop Consolidation Scenerios
• PlateSpin Migrate: Migrate Selected Workload, Test Workloads in New Environment, Sync Changes and Go Live
• PlateSpin Protect (Forge): Discover Workloads for Protection, Replicate Workloads to Secondary Environment, Test Secondary Workloads and Protection Plans
• Managed Objects

Other benefits from attending this free half-day seminar:

• Meet with technical experts who will answer your questions
• Learn IT management best-practices from industry leaders—including HP, Intel and others
• Experience live demo-based solution sessions
• Network with industry peers
• Exclusive access to virtual technical sessions and Data Center Evolution tour content
• Receive the latest evaluation software
• Valuable ideas and resources to help you get more out of what you have while reducing operating cost and complexity.
• Enter to win great prizes—including an HP 2140 Mini-Note—at each event

Join us at the Data Center Evolution Tour, where you’ll get valuable tips and insights you can use today to generate immediate value in your organization.

Register Today and you’ll be in the pool to win a HP Netbook.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 delivers interoperability and mission-critical support for your complete computing environment—desktop to data center, physical and virtual. Get your Sneak Preview today and see how it can help you reduce cost, complexity and risk.

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