Novell
Novell delivers infrastructure software for the Open Enterprise. Novell is a leader in enterprise-wide operating systems based on Linux and open source and provides the enterprise management services required to operate mixed IT environments. Novell helps customers minimize cost, complexity and risk, allowing them to focus on innovation and growth. For more information, visit www.novell.com/linux.
Deploying SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 in your organization brings many benefits. With enhanced protection and ease of integration and maintenance, your organization enjoys reduced costs and improved productivity.
Enhanced Protection
You get peace of mind when you use SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 in your organization. Disregarding the fact that the there is far fewer malware targeted at the Linux platform, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 guards your valuable data with AppArmor. Thanks to AppArmor, critical system level functions are protected from unauthorised software. Your system is also defended against attacks at the network level with a firewall that comes built-in with the operating system. This translates to lesser downtime for your systems.
Ease of Integration & Maintenance
Security policies are easily configured with AppArmor. What used to take days to configure with other security applications now take hours with AppArmor. Other key services are also easily configured with the YaST configuration tool. These tools make system administration tasks so much easier.
It is easy to integrate SUSE Linux Enterprise into a Windows environment. This is backed by Novell's years of experience with designing applications to work in heterogeneous environments. eDirectory and the Novell Client application are among the representative products backing this claim.
Reduced Costs
With SUSE Linux Enterprise, you get lesser downtime and easy maintenance. That translates to lower maintenance costs. Additionally with every desktop purchase, you get an excellent office suite for free. Every workstation installed with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop means a saving of hundreds of dollars each.
The Xen virtual machine that comes with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 lets you virtualize multiple instances of the server OS without paying extra. In other words, you can improve the utilization rates of your servers without forking out more money.
Improved Productivity
Built on the stable open source Linux kernel, SUSE Linux Enterprise offers the same form of stability unmatched by other operating systems. Lesser downtime implies more uptime for productive work.
It also offers an user-friendly interface with its 3D desktop that allows more efficient desktop management. To aid in office productivity, OpenOffice.org (Novell Edition), bundled with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, provides users with an easy to use word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and database application, that comes with a one-click PDF export feature.
