Veritas, SUSE Linux in data centre alliance
Veritas, SUSE Linux in data centre alliance
Storage software provider Veritas and Linux software and services provider SUSE Linux have entered into an engineering and marketing partnership for the development, certification, support and sale of Veritas storage management software on the SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server platform.
Veritas, which is currently conducting a beta program for its SUSE Linux productswith customers in finance, banking, healthcare, government and technicalcomputing, is planning to offer its core File System, Volume Manager and Cluster Server software products on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in Q1 of 2004.
"IDC is seeing a transition in the Linux market where customers are increasingly looking to Linux as a solution for database and application deployment. The introduction of enterprise-oriented Linux distributions supports this shift," said Al Gillen, research director, system software at IDC. "With Linux as one of two operating systems expected to grow in new license shipments and installed base through 2007, Veritas' support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will enable SUSE Linux customers to create softwareconfigurations that increasingly approach Unix functionality."
IBM and MySQL have announced support of the partnership, citing key benefits for customers who want to leverage Linux solutions to help reduce operational IT costs and simplify the management of complex storage environments.
Carol Carson, Director, IBM eServer xSeries Linux, said: "We are pleased to see Veritas' enthusiastic support for open source software, especially for these Veritas products that are available for the first time on SUSE, as this will provide additional choices for customers who are moving their infrastructures to IBM eServer xSeries."
"Our partnership with SUSE is in direct response to customer demand for a SUSE-Veritas solution," said Mark Bregman, executive vice president, product operations, Veritas. "Customers have made clear that they desire full, enterprise-class storage management solutions on Linux to help them face the pressures of lowering costs and meeting higher service levels."
"We believe that this collaboration will vastly accelerate open source adoption in the data centre," said Uwe Heine, chief alliance officer, SUSE Linux. "Veritas products offer the tools SUSE customers are looking for to help bring the security, cost savings and stability of Linux to their enterprise storage environment."
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