Today, SuSE Linux announced a new strategic partnership with SGI. The terms of the agreement include, SGI's equity investment in SuSE Linux Corporation the cooperative development, deployment and support of the Linux operating system and infrastructure code. The companies' customers benefit from the high-end enterprise applications derived from this partnership.
``SGI is pleased to partner with SuSE and thereby extend its already deep commitment to the Open Source community,'' said Robert Bishop, chairman and CEO, SGI. ``Through our combined efforts, we can significantly advance the applications of Linux for our customers.''
Earlier this year, the companies successfully introduced Linux FailSafe, a scalable and modular high-availability solution based on IRIS FailSafe. Linux FailSafe offers advanced clustering capabilities to Linux and signifies an important step in the maturation of Linux into a platform of choice for enterprise-class, high availability applications. SGI and SuSE jointly participated in the highly regarded IA-64 Linux effort.
``The technical precision of SuSE Linux provides the stability and reliability that is crucial to the continuing deployment of Linux throughout the enterprise,'' said Dirk Hohndel, CTO, SuSE Linux AG. ``Our partnership with SGI broadens the availability of Open Source solutions to more and more enterprise computing environments.''
``SGI is pleased to partner with SuSE and thereby extend its already deep commitment to the Open Source community,'' said Robert Bishop, chairman and CEO, SGI. ``Through our combined efforts, we can significantly advance the applications of Linux for our customers.''
Earlier this year, the companies successfully introduced Linux FailSafe, a scalable and modular high-availability solution based on IRIS FailSafe. Linux FailSafe offers advanced clustering capabilities to Linux and signifies an important step in the maturation of Linux into a platform of choice for enterprise-class, high availability applications. SGI and SuSE jointly participated in the highly regarded IA-64 Linux effort.
``The technical precision of SuSE Linux provides the stability and reliability that is crucial to the continuing deployment of Linux throughout the enterprise,'' said Dirk Hohndel, CTO, SuSE Linux AG. ``Our partnership with SGI broadens the availability of Open Source solutions to more and more enterprise computing environments.''
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