In Bangalore: Citrix Systems and Novell have entered into a partnership to offer new assessment tools. The tools will enable enterprises to achieve efficiencies in the space of virtualisation and cloud computing space.
Through this new partnership, Novell has certified SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as a "Perfect Guest" running on Citrix XenServer and both companies will provide joint technical support to customers.
As a result of this agreement, over 4,500 enterprise applications certified as Novell Ready for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are now Citrix Ready community-verified when running in a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server guest virtual machine on XenServer, the joint statement said.
It further adds that the partnership will enable customers and cloud providers gain the added value of the free XenServer as an enterprise-class virtualization platform for Linux and Windows environments, providing them with an expanded set of technologies and processes to run and manage heterogeneous data centers.
"Our partnership with Citrix gives our many joint customers and partners a better way to manage their virtual infrastructures, Joe Wagner, senior vice president and general manager of Global Alliances, Novell said.
"We are providing a deeper and better integrated set of enterprise-class solutions that provide the tools to make intelligent decisions on data center virtualization, and the world-class infrastructure to run high-performance virtual environments," he further commented.
The collaboration between Citrix and Novell is strongly supported by leading technology vendors across the IT community such as HP.
"Customers require a seamless transition between virtual and physical environments to lower their risk of system downtime," Scott Farrand, vice president, Infrastructure Software and Blades, HP said.
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