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Microsoft, Novell add detail to technology partnership
Microsoft and Novell today announced more details about their joint development of products in the virtualization, directory and identity management and document format areas.
The joint technology will focus on developing a virtualization package for Linux and Windows servers that lets customers run SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 as a guest operating system on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1 and on the next version of Microsoft Windows Server, codenamed Longhorn. It will also let customers run Longhorm as a guest operating system on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, using the Xen virtualization technology. These virtualization capabilities will be released throughout this year.
The companies are also working on a standards-based method for managing their mixed Windows and SuSe physical and virtual server environment. The method will use an open source version of the Web Services for Management (WS-Management) specification that Novell is proposing, Novell ZENworks Orchestrator and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, which will incorporate WS-Management this year.
In addition, Microsoft and Novell will work toward interoperability between Microsoft’s Active Directory and Novell’s eDirectory, enabling IT professionals to use either directory to manage access control in mixed Microsoft/Novell environments.
The companies also are cooperating on an open source project to create a translator for documents and other front-office applications between the OpenDocument format and Microsoft’s default file format for Microsoft Office. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the Open XML/ODF Translator for Office products. Novell is planning to release an Open XML/ODF Translator for its version of OpenOffice later this month.
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