Novell, a leader in the infrastructure software for the Open Enterprise, earlier announced that the BMW Group is employing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell® with integrated Xen* virtualization software to implement virtualized workloads in its data center, thus reducing hardware expenses and simplifying deployment.
Following extensive testing by BMW IT Research Center staff in North America and Germany, the automaker is now ready to deploy virtualized information center solutions utilizing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLED) 10 and Xen hypervisor on Intel x86 dual-core servers with Intel Virtualization Technology. BMW joins a number of automakers like Audi, which is also running Novell's SUSE Linux operating program. With the technology around, it won't be hard for the automaker to track the developments of BMW muffler and other auto parts as nicely as the updates in the day-to-day online business.
According to BMW, Xen virtualization technology built into SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 will permit the organization to improve flexibility in managing server life cycles. BMW will also gain operational and cost advantages in other areas, in addition to having a flatter support structure by means of the integrated operating program and virtualization layer. Hardware resources can be a lot more efficiently employed by way of server consolidation, and BMW is able to cluster virtual servers and migrate them live from one physical server to one more as needed. The company is also at present evaluating Novell ZENworks Orchestrator as a way to manage the resulting virtual data center systems.
"The BMW Group is taking benefit of what the market is just discovering, that Xen open source virtualization software program fully integrated in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a viable alternative to proprietary virtualization solutions, offering high performance at a lower price," said Roger Levy, vice president and general manager of Open Platform Solutions for Novell. "Integration ensures all pieces of the solution work well together, and as is the case with open source software program, it eliminates vendor lock-in and enhances customer selection." The automaker added the Xen virtualization technology will permit the corporation to improve flexibility in managing server life cycles.
According to customers, SUSE Linux Enterprise, the next-generation platform for the open enterprise, is the greatest-engineered, lowest-cost and most interoperable platform for enterprise computing, from the desktop to the data center. As a reality, far more and additional companies are making use of the technologies to improve leverage. Capgemini, for 1, has also entered into a partnership with Novell. The latter will deliver new solutions to enterprise clients employing a combination of open source and proprietary software.
Under terms of the agreement, Capgemini will boost its open source consulting practice with Novell capabilities, particularly centered on the deployment of IT solutions utilizing SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell along with mixed-source applications and management tools. What's far more, clients can deploy a Linux platform across their whole desktop-to-data center infrastructures with additional confidence that only a global consulting leader could supply.
"We are pleased to enter into this partnership with Novell," said Paul Hermelin, Capgemini CEO. "Every single day we hear from even more customers that open source is becoming a critical component of their IT strategy as they seek option and value. Capgemini prides itself on its capability to aid customers identify and deploy mission-crucial technologies that will help them enhance their IT infrastructure effectiveness, and this partnership with Novell is vital to fulfilling these wants. Novell, via its SUSE Linux Enterprise platform and ZENworks management suite, is a key vendor providing a total answer."
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