Sunday, February 5th, 2012 3:11 pm

Windows Azure: Novell, Microsoft team up

Waltham (ip-192.com): Novell has joined the Microsoft Windows Azure Technology Adoption Program to address cloud security challenges through the Novell Cloud Security Service. Novell says that it will work with Microsoft on pre-release, non-commercial, internal testing and validation of Novell Cloud Security Service on Windows Azure with a goal to deliver a consistent access, security [...]

Cloud management: Novell supports Baracus

Waltham (ip-192.com): The open source project Baracus, a multiplatform cloud management tool, is now supported by Novell, Inc. At its core, Baracus is a network based boot manager, power controller and provisioning engine designed to manage highly scalable system deployments. It provides complete audit and logging of all events for entire data centers, clusters, or [...]

Linux: OpenSUSE 11.3 released

Waltham (ip-192.com): After eight milestone releases and two release candidates, the latest version 11.3 of Novell openSUSE Linux (download is available here) arrives with several new features and technical improvements. The distribution is build around kernel 2.6.34 and ships with Xorg 7.5. Computers powered by NVIDIA-graphic cards will benefit from the new open source Nouveau [...]

Novell: Up for sale?

Waltham (ip-192.com): Novell has put itself up for sale, several news outlets report. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Waltham, Massachusetts based company can count on up to 20 bidders, most of them private equity firms. An unsolicited takeover bid by Elliot Associates to buy Novell for $5.75 per share in cash was turned [...]