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May - 2009 - issue > Company Spotlight

A Novel(l) Way to Succeed

Jaya Smitha Menon
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Jaya Smitha Menon
“It is a very defining and exciting period”, says Sandeep Menon, Country Manager, Novell India. He sounds quite optimistic and confident, though the economic recession is looming large over the IT Industry. According to him the industry is churning the cauldron towards Open Source. Recently, open source and open standards have begun looking a lot more appealing to CIO’s. Why pay more for commodity information technology services such as operating systems, Web servers, and relational database management systems? Choosing open source components and the right combination of service, support, and consulting from the preferred vendor save costs, and the money saved can be spent on unique business priorities.

These days Menon is busy strengthening his strategy and approach to cash in on this opportunity. He is driving Novell’s two-pronged enterprise Linux and IT management software strategy by focusing on meeting customer demand and delivering value through Novell’s innovative technology and a strong chain of customers and partners.

As a strong player in enterprise-class infrastructure software and services, offering flexible solutions that combine open source and commercial technologies based on open standards, Novell delivers well engineered, most interoperable Linux platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that help customers around the world reduce cost, complexity, and risk. With its infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one.

The company recently announced its latest offering in SUSE Linux - the Enterprise Version 11. This was a crucial release since it addressed the major concern of the customers, namely certifications. Enterprise Version 11 underwent a strong certification process before release, and is chiefly aimed at rationalizing complexities in datacenters, and to be the Linux operating system of choice in mission-critical applications globally. In short, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 offers high availability, better energy efficiency, and support for virtualization and cloud computing. The company is introducing the Enterprise Version 11 to the market around three themes: Ubiquity, Interoperability, and Mission-critical Computing.

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