SUSE company recently announced that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and openSUSE can now run in Windows Azure virtual machines. In addition, through SuSE Studio, customers can quickly develop cloud-ready applications and automatically publish to Windows Azure, eliminating inefficient manual processing.
With SuSE Studio's Click Deployment capabilities, SUSE can more easily extend the application based on SuSE Linux Enterprise server to Windows Azure. SuSE will also include the latest security patches, bug fixes, and new features, as well as automatic maintenance that keeps the SuSE Linux Enterprise server up to date, enabling customers to get the best performance efficiently and cost-effectively.
As an enterprise-class release, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Windows Azure will have a wide range of SUSE company support. In addition, it has the tools to easily and quickly build, deploy, and maintain those full, portable, linux-based application stacks, so customers can quickly expand and adapt to their needs. During the preview, Microsoft will offer preferential timing rates for virtual machines, depending on the size of the instance, ranging from $0.13 per hour to $0.64 per hour.
"The importance of addressing interoperability issues is increasing as companies step up their adoption of Windows Azure and cloud computing." Microsoft hopes to work with vendors and communities to provide cloud solutions to customers based on their specific circumstances and needs. "said Sandy Gupta, general manager of Microsoft's Open Solutions Group. "Through ongoing technical interoperability research with SUSE companies, we look forward to delivering core value from data centers to the cloud for customers running critical business, mixed IT environments." ”
Microsoft joins the elite group of cloud providers working with SuSE
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server provides high reliability, interoperability, and performance to help customers easily benefit from the public cloud. In the Enterprise Linux operating system, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server has the broadest industry support, with more than 1800 independent software vendors developed more than 9,200 certification applications, customers in the cloud environment, the choice is growing.
Through the SuSE Cloud program, SuSE makes it easy for cloud vendors to provide differentiated services to help customers speed up the purchase process. Many of today's world's leading cloud providers offer SuSE Linux Enterprise servers to help IT organizations deliver critical business IT services efficiently and cost-effectively in a cloud environment. In addition to Microsoft, cloud providers that have joined the SuSE Cloud program project include 1&1, Amazon Web Services, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Intel, Tencent, SHI, SGI, Verizon and Vodacom Business.
"By providing SuSE Linux Enterprise in the cloud Server,suse companies help companies improve flexibility and resource utilization while reducing risk." "Michael Miller, vice president of global Marketing and Alliance, SUSE Inc. "SuSE has the most certified applications, and through its alliance with Microsoft, we are pleased to offer these certification applications and robust solutions for both customers, such as using SuSE Studio, which can be paid on a timed basis to Windows Development and deployment of critical business Linux workloads in Azure. ”