IBM partners with Novell on Xen virtualisation tech

BANGALORE: IBM on Wednesday announced that its "extensive" portfolio of middleware and systems platforms will support Novell's new SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 offerings.

"The new SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings incorporate the open source Xen virtualisation software to help business increase server utilisation and lower management costs", a company statement said.

IBM will support Xen technology as part of the virtualisation Engine portfolio on the company's Intel and Opteron processor based server and blade systems.

Additionally, IBM has plans to support SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 from Novell across its entire hardware and software portfolio and provide services support.

Xen is an open source virtualisation software that allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on the same physical server, allowing customers to consolidate their current workloads onto a single server.

"This combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and Xen offers clients the most innovative open technology solution in the market today for running virtualised IT environments," said Alok Ohrie, Director, Systems and Technology Group - IBM India.