Novell today announced that global electronics giant Casio Computer (Casio) is using SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server from Novell® with integrated Xen* virtualization software to reduce the cost of consolidating servers while improving flexibility compared with alternative, proprietary virtualization software. Casio is using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and the paravirtualized drivers in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack to consolidate Windows* and Linux* servers in order to improve productivity by standardizing communication tools and to promote better IT control and cost efficiency. Server virtualization gives Casio the ability to reduce software and hardware costs through highly efficient consolidation, said Norihito Kuniyoshi, managing director of Casio Information Service Co., Ltd., the subsidiary in charge of managing Casio's IT. Based on our initial results, we estimate the software cost of Xen and SUSE Linux Enterprise for virtualizing Windows systems is just 10 percent of competitor solutions. The difference is even greater if you consider that other solutions require more expensive hardware. Also, the security offered by the alliance between Novell and Microsoft was a factor in our decision.
