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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications is the only operating system optimized for SAP software solutions which helps organizations reduce risk, cost and complexity in the most efficient way

Running the number-one Linux platform for SAP applications has given thousands of customers exciting benefits. This has been possible due to the strong and proven relationship that exists between SUSE ® and SAP where tightly integrated products as well as comprehensive operating system service and support options has allowed organizations to integrate, secure and manage information assets and thus reduce the complexities and costs in their business operations.

SUSE® AND SAP CLOUD

More and more SAP customers, from small companies to enterprises, are beginning to use the cloud for parts of their IT infrastructures. SAP is responding to this trend with complete line of cloud-based business and collaboration products. In addition, SAP customers can now deploy their SAP solutions on Amazon EC2 in production and non-production environments. Amazon EC2 running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a proven platform for development, test and production of SAP workloads and provides an easily manageable cloud environment for SAP customers.

“Our relationship with SUSE demonstrates the power of co-innovation and is a strong example of how SAP’s ecosystem of industry-focused and community-powered partners delivers value to our customers.”

INGO BRENCKMANN

Program Manager, Data and Analytic Engines, SAP

SUSE® AND SAP STREAMWORK

® ENTERPRISE EDITION

The enterprise version of SAP Streamworks bridges the gap between people’s demands for easy-to-use, quickly available software and access to enterprise information, and IT’s challenges in delivering enterprise data to cloud applications securely. SAP chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as the operating system platform for this collaborative, decision-making solution that brings people and information together. SUSE Linux Enterprise is optimized for physical and virtualized SAP applications and, in combination with the SUSE Studio, is the platform of choice for SAP appliances. More information on:

www.sapstreamwork.com/ enterprise

SUSE ® AND SAP HANA

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server was selected for use with SAP HANA, a flexible, multipurpose, data-sourceagnostic, in-memory appliance that combines SAP software components optimized on most major hardware platforms. With SUSE Linux Enterprise Server supporting SAP HANA, SAP customers can further maximize the value of implementing leading-edge technology in Linux environments. Leading SAP hardware partners selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications. More information on: www.suse.com/ promo/saphana.html

SUSE® HIGH-AVAILABILITY SOLUTIONS FOR SAP CUSTOMERS

Many critical business environments require the highest-possible SAP application availability. SAP comes with some basic redundancy mechanisms out of the box. However, for full high availability, SAP relies on third-party high-availability cluster solutions designed to cover all components in the SAP solution stack. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications includes high-availability components that provide an integrated clustering solution for physical and virtual Linux deployments, enabling customers to implement highly available Linux clusters and eliminating single points of failure. More information on: www.suse.com/ products/sles-for-sap/ With more than 3,500 empowered customers worldwide, the SAP Solution Manager provides for seamless, integrated enterprise 24-hour support from SUSE® and SAP. Today, over 70 percent of SAP’s Linux customers use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

ITC, ABP, Café Coffee Day and Mahindra Retail are some of the large enterprises who use SUSE® for SAP in India.

SUSE® is one of the 4 Business Units of The Attachmate Group, the others being Novell, NetIQ and Attachmate. Backed by more than twelve years of technology and engineering collaboration, it is the first validated open source high-availability solution and is the winner of SAP Pinnacle Awards 2008 for Technology Co-Innovation. For more information, visit www.suse.com/products/slesfor-sap, follow us on Twitter@susesapalliance or contact us at: sapalliance@suse.com

For more details: The Attachmate Group, ‘ Laurel’, Block ‘D’, 65/2, Bagmane Tech Park, C.V. Raman Nagar, Byrasandra Post, Bangalore (Karnataka); Phone: 80-40022300