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Microsoft claims customer mandate for Novell Linux deal
Posted on Tuesday, December 12 2006 @ 07:34:58 EST by linuxwiz |
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Microsoft today claimed that there is "strong customer support" for its
recent alliance with Novell.
The Redmond giant said that a survey of IT decision makers it commissioned
from market research firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates shows
overwhelming support for the deal. Nearly all respondents were said to want to
improve Windows/Linux interoperability and have tools that make it easier to
manage mixed Windows and Linux environments.
Penn, Schoen & Berland conducted 201 interviews Nov. 17-20 with IT
executives, managers or staff whose primary job is in a formalised IT
department, or who perform IT functions in a non-IT department, but who have
significant technology purchasing authority. Organizations had to have at least
500 PCs to participate in the survey.
Ninety-five per cent of respondents were said to approve of the collaboration
between Novell and Microsoft. Some 87 per cent said that customers benefit if
leading Linux distributors and Microsoft worked more closely with one another.
In addition four out of five believe their organisation would consider doing
more business with Linux dealers if Linux providers establish an alliance with
Microsoft.
Interoperability was identified as the area where respondents want the most
focus. Some 97 per cent said they wanted platform providers to improve
interoperability of their systems and provide tools that make it easier for the
end user to navigate both Linux and Windows environments.
"Microsoft and Novell entered into this agreement to make it easier for
customers to deploy Windows Server and Linux together," said Susan Heystee, vice
president of Global Strategic Alliances at Novell. "The results of this
independent research show the majority of approval numbers over 80 and 90 per
cent."
Susan Hauser, general manager of customer advocacy at Microsoft, added: "
Customers who have mixed-source environments want their platform providers to
work better together to tackle the complexity and cost of integration. Through
our work with Novell, we're doing just that."
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