Tag: Amazon EC2

Recently I was returning from an international business trip, and got a pleasant surprise when I got off of the plane at New York’s JFK airport. There was an airline agent waiting to give me an “Express Connection” pass. Now if you’ve never been to JFK, let me tell you it is one big, busy […]

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SUSE Manager 3.1 Server and SUSE Manager 3.1 Proxy images are now available in Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and Microsoft Azure. SUSE Manager 3.1 is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 and comes with a bunch of new features and usability improvements. See the Release Notes for details. As with previous SUSE […]

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SUSE Manager 3.0 Server and SUSE Manager 3.0 Proxy images are now available in Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, and in Microsoft Azure. But of course I cannot just leave it at this announcement as that would make for a rather short and boring blog post. Thus, lets dive into the details, just a little […]

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If grep -l smt-ec2.susecloud.net /etc/zypp/repos.d/* on all your running on demand instances in Amazon EC2 returns something you can be done reading, thanks for visiting. The information that follows does not effect you in any way. However, if you still have on demand instances that produce no output when the above grep is used then […]

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For those that check the general catalog in Amazon EC2 every now and then or the VMDepot in Microsoft Azure you may have already discovered that SUSE Manager Server version 2.1 images have been released. For everyone else tadah, SUSE Manager Server 2.1 is now available as a Bring Your Own Subscription (BYOS) image in […]

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By Dobrin Dobrev The purpose of this page is to point out some tools for package and system management specific to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and openSUSE. This page is linked from the images which run SUSE in a cloud provider environment so some prior Linux experience is assumed. Install Additional Software SUSE Linux Enterprise […]

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We all agree that efficient software deployment is key to maximize the availability of IT solutions and the response to business needs. Successful software deployment can save expenses, increase agility and increasing staff productivities. Software appliances provide a method to more rapidly and efficiently build and deliver applications stacks. In concept, a software appliance is […]

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I’m pleased to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is now providing support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as part of its Premium Support offering. AWS customers using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) can experience seamless support through experts at Amazon backed by SUSE. This is great news for […]

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We are proud to announce one-click deployment to Amazon EC2 directly from SUSE Studio. Kevin Foster, Senior Solution Manager for Cloud and Client Computing, explains how Novell has made it simple to create, test, and deploy your application image or appliance to EC2, providing a complete end-to-end solution for building and deploying cloud images.

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by Kevin Foster, Solution Marketing Manager

Every time you turnaround, someone is talking about “the cloud” and its power. Analyst firms are forecasting billions of dollars being spent on cloud computing and pundits are predicting the cloud will redefine the current standards for computing. But do most people really know what any of that means? More importantly, do they know specifically how to maximize the cloud for profit.

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