Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab

Microsoft Corp. and Novell
today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell
Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of
Microsoft and Novell's groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the
opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work
together to create a joint development facility at which Microsoft and
Novell technical experts will design and test new software solutions
and work with customers and the community to build and support
technologies that allow Microsoft Windows Server and SUSE Linux
Enterprise to work well together.

"The Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab is officially open
for business," said Tom Hanrahan, director of Linux interoperability at
Microsoft. "We are pleased to be working with Novell on this joint
interoperability effort and are eager to roll up our sleeves and
continue the challenging technical work required to make Windows Server
and SUSE Linux Enterprise interoperability a reality for our
customers."

"Today's lab opening is another indicator of the high priority that
Novell and Microsoft are giving this collaboration," said Suzanne
Forsberg, Interoperability Lab manager for Novell. "This kind of
technical interoperability work requires disciplined effort and
dedicated resources, and that's what this lab is built around.
Enterprise customers are demanding exactly the kinds of interoperable
solutions that will be the focus of this lab's work and output."

Located in Cambridge, the 2,500-square-foot lab and workspace will
be home to a combined team of the best and brightest Microsoft and
Novell engineers focused on making Windows Server and SUSE Linux
Enterprise work better together. The first priority for the lab team
will be to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell
virtualization technologies. Additional work will include
standards-based systems management, identity federation and
compatibility of office document formats.

The lab houses more than 80 servers of varying architectures as well
as a storage area network. Microsoft and Novell are committed to
including other vendors and technologies as the lab continues to grow
to create a heterogeneous lab environment that reflects the current IT
environments and interoperability challenges facing enterprise
customers today.

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