The SUSE Partner Program

How About Some Vitamin P for Your Business? P for Partner Program. New from SUSE LINUX.

The market is in motion. Entire sectors are looking for modern service providers. Especially the demand for professional Linux services is on the rise, providing a growing market potential for highly qualified service providers in this segment.

However, there is also a growing number of competitors who do not want to miss this chance either. To stand your ground in this harsh environment, you need a strong partner at your side. Make your company fit for tomorrow with the new SUSE Partner Program - Vitamin P.

Users increasingly expect high-quality support from their IT partners. Prudent companies realize how vital mission-critical applications are. However, they often lack the resources and expertise needed for securing the ongoing operation of their systems. Therefore, they are willing to invest in competent support.

This is where you come in. As a professional IT service provider or hardware/software vendor, you can achieve close, long-term customer bonding and strengthen your position in the expanding field of value-added IT services and products.

The future is especially promising for Linux, the world's fastest-growing operating system.

Meanwhile, more than 15 million private and professional users benefit from the stability and transparency of Linux. Linux provides maximum reliability and availability, together with significant cost benefits for your customers.

What is more: the growth rate of the market segment for Linux servers is almost four times higher than that of the overall server market (study: IDC, 2001). For 2004, Gartner prognosticates sales of US$ 429 million in the Linux services market in Europe alone.

UnitedLinux stands out as an international Linux standard. Within the scope of a joint effort, leading Linux distributors have decided to develop this standard and make it available around the globe. As the system integrator of the UnitedLinux initiative, SUSE LINUX AG contributes substantially to the development and distribution of UnitedLinux - another reason why SUSE Partners are in the lead in the Linux market.

We thought that you might be interested. So we decided to introduce you to this market by means of a practical offer: the SUSE Partner Program.

Experience more with the Webcast for the Partner Program!

For more information, download the Partner Program brochure (PDF) and see how your customers can benefit from Linux.

Exploit all Advantages of this Program

A partnership with SUSE LINUX reinforces your position. As an authorized SUSE Partner, you have a lot of advantages - advantages that cannot be measured in any currency. Interestingly, most of the advantages are derived from the mere status as a SUSE Partner!

Your advantages:

• Strategic partnership with SUSE LINUX AG, the leading Linux provider
• Direct access to the most attractive IT growth market
• Development of your Linux competence in the fields of technology, business, training, and support
• Status as authorized SUSE Partner
• Exclusive insider knowledge of planned Linux developments
• Possibility to influence the further development of Linux
• Increased customer satisfaction
• Long-term customer bonding
• More revenue

As an authorized SUSE Premium Partner or SUSE Advanced Partner, you benefit from all the advantages of the SUSE Leverage Program:

In recognition of your accomplishments, you will receive support from SUSE LINUX AG. By means of your activities, you can qualify for premiums from the fields of marketing, support, pre-sales, and consulting, material prizes, and more.

If you like to become a training partner, please click here.