Date: 26/04/2012

9000 software applications certified on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

SUSE has announced that more than 9,000 software applications are fully certified on the latest versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

According to SUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10 and 11 have the most certified software applications of any Linux distribution. A comparison of SUSE.com and RedHat.com shows that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server offers 33% more certified applications than the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The number of certified SUSE Linux Enterprise Server applications has grown by more than 85% over the past two years, to more than 9,200. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server can provide the support to deploy variety of applications and workloads on different hardware and across virtual and cloud infrastructures.

"IBM has been a strong supporter of the Linux community and the open source development model for over 12 years," said Jean Staten Healy, director of worldwide Linux and open virtualization at IBM. "As the number one contributor of applications to SUSE's ISV catalog, we are pleased to work with SUSE to deliver a wide variety of high quality, applications to our joint customers."

SUSE continues to drive the Linux application ecosystem offering ISVs full access to the tools, training and support needed to build and certify any application designed for SUSE Linux Enterprise in standard, cloud or appliance configurations.

"We remain committed to building a strong ISV community superior to any other Linux vendor," said Michael Miller, vice president of global alliances and marketing, SUSE. "By listening to and meeting the needs of our partners, we're in turn able to help those who choose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server achieve greater flexibility and control over their data center."