Following a beta period that began last September, SLE11 now offers enhancements to its common Linux framework so workloads can be easily deployed across the enterprise from desktop to data centre. One analyst thinks SLE11 could help “close the gap” between Novell and Red Hat in the North American server operating system market

Waltham, Mass.-based Novell Inc.’s release of SUSE Linux Enterprise(SLE)11 has a number of enhancements designed to help companies, during dire economic times, to cost-effectively run mission-critical applications in a mixed IT environment, regardless of the hardware or virtual platform, or cloud computing infrastructure.

SLE11 provides a common Linux framework across the enterprise, from the desktop to the data centre, “so organizations can deploy workloads wherever and however they choose,” said Ross Chevalier, Toronto-based Novell Canada Ltd.’s president and chief technology officer.

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