Why Pay for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The Benefits of a SUSE Linux Enterprise Subscription

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: More Innovation. More Interoperability.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server isn’t the only paid Linux distribution. But it is the only Linux distribution supported by both Novell and Microsoft.

Choosing a Linux platform is serious business. Once you’ve considered the benefits of SUSE Linux Enterprise: its impressive performance, stability, security, interoperability and cost savings, we think you’ll see why HSBC, BMW and Wal-Mart chose SUSE Linux Enterprise. And why you should, too.

SUSE Linux Enterprise: The Most Interoperable Open Source Platform with Windows on the Market Today

Whether you’re looking for a Linux virtualization solution that works with Microsoft Windows or a Linux solution with built-in security and management tools, SUSE Linux Enterprise provides a complete open source platform with everything you need to run your mission-critical applications.

Interoperability

First Linux distribution for the enterprise data center recommended by Microsoft

Built-in Virtualization

First Linux distribution to ship with a built-in Xen hypervisor

Powerful Management Tools

Integration with Novell ZENworks Orchestration Toolset and Microsoft System Center

Unmatched support from Novell and Microsoft

More than 900 trained & certified Linux technicians
Service Level Agreements met for 99+% of incidents
65% of all incidents responded to within 5 minutes

Best-in-class Security, Performance and Reliability

Novell AppArmor® application layer security
Scalability to 10TB of physical memory and 1024 CPUs
Built-in high availability cluster solutions

Unpaid, Self-supported Linux: Risky Business

Addressing Risks of Self-Supported Software
Linux is an open source operating system. You can download the Linux code free of charge. But, you’re on your own when and if there’s a problem. So the question is: which mission critical applications can you afford to put at risk? If the answer is “none”, then the choice is clear: minimize the risk by choosing a rock-solid Linux distribution.

What Do You Get?
When you choose SUSE Linux Enterprise, you get a comprehensive support program that addresses the most common risks that concern today’s IT Professionals. Through our partnership with you, Novell offers support and maintenance for one low subscription price. That means you get patches, security updates and new updates of Linux as part of your subscription fee. You also get online, on-site, and phone support, when and where you need it. And for customers who are unsure or have questions about intellectual property (IP) issues between the respective platforms from Microsoft and Novell, the vendors - through a broad intellectual property agreement - have addressed these issues on your behalf.

With this comprehensive support plan in place, you know that your company’s revenue producing applications and systems are running as they should be, leaving you free to focus on what matters most – serving your own customers.