Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Novell has released both server and desktop versions of the awaited SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 open source enterprise operating system, claiming it to be the best-engineered, lowest-cost and most-interoperable platform for enterprise computing, from the desktop to the data center.
However, home users who may have been hoping that the Linux desktop has
finally arrived will probably be disappointed. The products are aimed
squarely at enterprise users as opposed to consumers.
On the server side, one of the big features of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
is the incorporation of the open source Xen virtualization hypervisor
software, which allows a server to run multiple guest operating systems
in virtual machines. IBM has simultaneously announced support for Xen
in its Intel and AMD Opteron processor-based server and blade systems,
and has publicly come out strongly as a backer of the Novell Linux
platform.
Novell is banking on its latest SUSE Linux release to inject a much
needed boost to its sales in the server space, where it lags behind
clear market leader Red Hat. Xen, which provides virtualization
capabilities comparable with market leader VMware, is currently a point
of differentiation with Red Hat, which is not expected to incorporate
the product for another six months.
Novell has also released SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, which it
claims is more user friendly than past Suse Linux versions, with new
features including the Xgl graphical user interface, integrated search
and what is claimed to be a fully Microsoft Office compatible office
productivity suite through Novell's implementation of OpenOffice.org
2.0.
The new release comes not too long after new CEO Ron Hovsepian has
taken over from discarded predecessor Jack Messman. The board has
reportedly given Hovsepian the tough assignment of turning the
company's fortunes around and getting its sales back on track. Rumour
has it that he has just six months to deliver.
Hovsepian, a sales specialist, has said that his primary task is to
stop the leakage of Netware customers to Microsoft. He also believes
that Novell can differentiate itself from Red Hat by presenting itself
as an end-to-end enterprise solutions provider as opposed to an edge
server play.
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