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SUSE partners with Dell for open, private cloud infra

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BANGALORE, INDIA: SUSE announced the availability of private cloud infrastructure solution, that combines Dell hardware and services with SUSE software.

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The Dell SUSE Cloud Solution, running on Dell PowerEdge servers and powered by OpenStack, helps organizations deploy and manage open source private clouds. It is backed by Dell and SUSE worldwide support organizations.

The joint solution uses SUSE Cloud as its cloud management reference platform, which is packaged for enterprise environments and integrated with SUSE maintenance and lifecycle management processes.

Tight integration between OpenStack and Crowbar, an open-source project initiated by Dell, simplifies deployment, management and administration of physical cloud infrastructure, as per a release.

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"Dell has been enabling enterprises with cloud solutions that are easy to deploy and manage, and can scale up or down with their business needs," said Forrest Norrod, vice president and general manager, Dell Server Solutions. "As a part of our ongoing commitment to build solutions on open standards, we are proud to have partnered with SUSE, one of Dell's Emerging Solutions Ecosystem Partners, to create an enterprise-ready private cloud solution that provides the support many customers require."

For over eight years, SUSE and Dell have collaborated closely to develop innovations that deliver the performance, interoperability and reliability enterprises needed to run mission-critical Linux environments.

"SUSE and Dell are both deeply committed to the OpenStack foundation, and we share the goal of creating an easy-to-deploy and manage cloud infrastructure for the enterprise," said Michael Miller, vice president of global alliances and marketing, SUSE. "We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Dell because it helps make this goal a reality for our mutual customers. Through our technology and business collaboration with Dell we are bringing a complete enterprise-class solution to market backed by industry leading support and services."

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