SUSE Enterprise Linux Server on Windows Azure

1. SUSE Enterprise Linux Server on Windows Azure www.suse.com/suse-linux-enterprise-server-on-azure 30 May 2012

2. IntroducingSUSE Enterprise Linux Server on Azure www.suse.com/suse-linux-enterprise-server-on-azure

3. Just Some of the Press Coverage “It comes as no surprise then that SUSE seems to have the most mature offering for its Linux on Azure… Steven Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet “For Suse, Azure users will be able to deploy these Linux instances with just one click. Also, using Suse Studio, users can develop cloud-ready applications and automatically launch them on Windows Azure, virtually eliminating inefficient manual processes.” Rene Millman, Cloud Pro “In Suse's case, Azure users will be able to provision the latest edition of either the Suse Linux Enterprise Server or OpenSuse. "To set up an instance, they just pick the Suse enterprise image and provision it like they would on any other cloud service," said Doug Jarvis, Suse product marketing manager for Cloud. Suse can automatically update these virtual distributions with security patches, bug fixes and new features.”Joab Jackson, PC World

4. First Experiences… Michelangelo van Dam, certified Zendengineer & Founder of PHP Benelux: I decided to put Windows Azure to the test and set up a Linux VM using the OpenSuSE distribution. Within 2 minutes I had it up and running (chosen a console-based install), installed a couple of essential packages and within 15 minutes I had the system ready for multi-user testing of PHP core.I've been involved in many PHP TestFests (events focused on testing and improving the PHP core language) and never was able to set it all up within 120 minutes. This was a real pleasant experience for me and the PHP core developers that sat at my table and followed my setup.Making a long story short: Windows Azure rocks for PHP and I will be investigating all options this new platform has to offer for PHP development and share these experiences through my blog and other references.Thanks to the whole Windows Azure team and SUSE to make this great product an awesome service!!!

5. Why SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Alliance Solutions: Server Mission-Critical Interoperability Perfect Guest Industry Support The most interoperable Linux for powering physical, virtual, and cloudmission-critical workloads Optimized to deliver superior performance as a guest OS on leading cloud-ready hypervisors Broad industry support, with the mostcertified ISV applications and the most hardware certifications.

6. Why SUSE? Enterprise Class SUSE sets the bar for Enterprise Linux Solutions LEADING PROVIDER GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL FORTUNE 100 GOLD STANDARD AWARD WINNING 15000+ 2 OUT OF 3 Customers worldwide Companies who use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Technical support and customer service RETAIL AUTOMOTIVE AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE NEARLY NEARLY NEARLY U.S. Fortune 100 general merchandisers, specialty retailers, food stores, and drugstores who use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ALL 80% 70% World’s major automobile manufacturers who use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server U.S. Fortune 500 aerospace and defense companies who use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

7. Why SUSE? Engineering Excellence SAP KERNEL DEVELOPMENT 20+YEARS TOP 3 70%+ ofLINUX ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Instances of SAP applications running on Linux run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Where employees consistently rank among contributors to Linux kernel. SUSE employs 400 Linux developers. BROAD PLATFORM COVERAGE MAINFRAMES ARCHITECTURES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server runs on five architectures, from x86 to mainframe 5 80%+ SLES was the first enterprise Linux distribution Instances of Linux running on mainframes run on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MICROSOFT RECOMMENDED UNIFIED SUPPORT The only Linux recommended by Microsoft is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Available for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Linux 50%+ HPC on Linux uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

8. Why SUSE? Broad Ecosystem SOLUTION PROVIDERS& SYSTEM INTEGRATORS CERTIFIED HARDWARE 13500+ 3200 Value-added dealers and resellers PARTNER ECOSYSTEM Hardware systems certified and supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise—more than any other Linux distribution 5000+ MEMBERS CERTIFIED APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS Independent software and hardware vendors 1300 8500+ ISV certifications—more than twice as many as Red Hat INTEROPERABILITY Part of company-wide mission CERTIFIED PRODUCTS TRAINING PARTNERS 2000+ 600 SUSE Linux Enterprise products certified

9. Why SUSE? Attachmate and SUSE FAQ WHAT HAPPENS TO SUSE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY? Certain IP has been sold to CPTN Holdings, LLC. Customers and partners will continue to have the right to use this IP. WHAT HAPPENS TO CONTRACTS? SUSE contractual commitments to customers and partners remain unchanged. WHAT ABOUT OPERATIONS? The Attachmate Group operates Novell and SUSE as separate business units alongside other units, including Attachmate and NetIQ. WHO IS ATTACHMATE? A privately held enterprise software holding company. Principal holdings include Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell, and SUSE.