Around 560,000 German students plus thousands of staff
at 33 German universities will now be supported byLinux systemsfromNovell.
The Federal State of North Rhine Westphalia has selected Novell
to support the critical IT infrastructure systems at the
universities in its region.
The system includes the Suse
Linux Enterprise Desktop platform. The move is designed to give
the colleges a cheaper sytem whilst also giving them a more
flexible IT architecture when compared to other proprietary
software.
The college software also includes the use of Suse Linux
Enterprise Server, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell Identity
Manager and Novell Zenworks.
Novell already has similar state-wide agreements with
universities in the Federal States of Thuringia and Bavaria.