Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES), a re-branded update of NetWare with full Linux support, will be available in a public beta testing programme from early November, the company announced on the first day of BrainShare Europe.
CEO and chairman Jack Messman said the closed beta was "highly successful", with more entities participating in the testing than ever before in Novell`s history. Some 48% of testers planned to replace Windows with Linux, citing reasons of cost, openness and stability.
Messman called it "the best of both worlds" - open source technology coupled with a commercial history in the enterprise as well as identity-based services and integrated management. OES includes both the NetWare and Linux operating systems and features a common management interface, Messman added. Services can be deployed on either operating systems or both, "even running in a mixed environment with Windows servers".
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On top of SUSE Linux support, hardware support from major vendors and Linux application support, OES features file and print services with iFolder, Novell Storage Services, NetStorage and iPrint; identity services with eDirectory, clustering availability, ZenWorks (updates and deployments) as well as common management and administration.
OES pricing and general availability will be announced in due course. To register and obtain the OES platform for testing, go to www.novell.com/oes. For more on its capabilities, go to www.novell.com/linux/sles and www.novell.com/netware.
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