Darren Davis, Author at SUSE Communities

March 16, 2015 12:01 pm

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Build a SUSE OpenStack Cloud 4 lab on AWS or GCE with Ravello Systems

SUSE Cloud 4 is powered by OpenStack, the leading community driven, open source, cloud infrastructure project, and packaged with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3. The product is fully integrated with SUSE maintenance and support infrastructure. It is an ideal solution for customers looking to deploy a cloud with enterprise levels of stability and support. […]

By: Darren Davis

September 24, 2014 8:59 am

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Microsoft's Linux on Azure Test Automation benefits the SUSE ISV

SUSE has collaborated with Microsoft for years now to make SUSE Linux Enterprise interoperate in a Microsoft environment. Some examples are: Linux Integration components which enable SUSE Linux Enterprise to run seamlessly as a guest on Microsoft Hyper-V Support for Microsoft Hyper-V as a supported hypervisor for SUSE Cloud SUSE Manager Management Pack for […]

Tags: SUSE ISV

Categories: Cloud Computing, Enterprise Linux, Free Tools, SLES on Azure, SUSE in the Cloud, SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Technical Solutions

By: Darren Davis

March 14, 2014 10:27 am

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SUSE continues to achieve key Big Data ISV Partner certifications

Big Data is one of the primary growth areas for Linux in the Enterprise, and SUSE has been the cornerstone operating system of several large Big Data solutions such as SAP HANA and Teradata. With our 22-year legacy in Enterprise Linux and leadership in performance-intensive environments such as High Performance Computing and Linux on […]

Tags: Big Data, ISV, Partners

Categories: Alliance Partners, Announcements, Expert Views, Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

By: Darren Davis

February 13, 2014 11:23 am

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IBM Power Development Cloud benefits the SUSE ISV

IBM just recently announced their new Power Development Cloud. This recent announcement is just one example of the many tools provided by IBM PartnerWorld and SUSE PartnerNet that benefits the SUSE ISV partner. While IBM’s Power Development Cloud is an excellent opportunity to get access to IBM’s wonderful Power System many of the […]

Tags: Developer, IBM, ISV, SLES, System z

Categories: Alliance Partners, Announcements, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Linux, Expert Views, Free Tools, News, Server, SUSE in the Cloud, SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

By: Darren Davis

March 7, 2012 10:34 pm

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SLE 11 SP2 and the ISV Partner Community

The release of SLE 11 SP2 has happened and consistent with SUSE policy, ISV partners do not need to re-certify their SLE 11 SP1 user-space applications in order to support SLE 11 SP2. But also consistent with our policy, we invited our SUSE ISV partners to download SP2 Release Candidates, test their applications, and provide […]

Tags: ISVs, Partners

Categories: Alliance Partners, Expert Views, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

By: Darren Davis

August 10, 2011 9:53 am

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IBM SWG uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the base for their software running in the Amazon EC2

The IBM Software Group ( http://www.ibm.com/software ) has always been a key ISV partner for SUSE; indeed, most of the IBM applications are available, certified, and supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Desktop. However, the SUSE-IBM relationship is at a different level than plain certification of applications. Most recently, the close collaboration […]

Categories: Cloud Computing, Expert Views, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

By: Darren Davis

July 18, 2011 1:41 pm

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Oracle Support Documents Underline Reasons to Choose SLES 11 for Oracle Installations

Oracle Support recently released two documents describing Oracle's support policy with respect to ASMLib and OCFS2 on RHEL 6: Oracle Doc ID 1089399.1: ”For RHEL 6, Oracle will only provide ASMLib software and updates via Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). Oracle will no longer provide ASMLib packages for Red Hat kernels.” Oracle Doc […]

Tags: OCFS2, Oracle, Partners

Categories: Expert Views, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

By: Darren Davis

February 16, 2011 10:32 am

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Getting Started with the SUSE Appliance Toolkit

The SUSE Appliance Toolkit gives an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) the ability to quickly and easily develop their own software or virtual machine appliances based on SUSE Linux Enterprise. Read about the SUSE Appliance Program here: http://www.novell.com/partners/isv/appliance/ The Novell Media Gallery has several good demonstrations of the components of the SUSE Appliance Toolkit: […]

Tags: SUSE Appliance Toolkit

Categories: Appliances, SUSE Studio, Technical Solutions