Novell has unveiled SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1. The service pack brings with it ‘enhanced virtualization’ and ‘high availability’ but also better support and easier maintenance for customers, Novell claims. Here’s a closer look at the effort.

Novell Inc. on June 18 released its first service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. This service pack, also known as SP1, features significant enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability, and system management.

Novell is close to launching Service Pack 1 for SUSE Linux 11 on the desktop and server.

With the announcement of the upcoming summer release of Service Pack 1 (SP1), Novell will officially support the KVM virtualisation solution in version 11 of its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Novell has announced the launch of the first service pack for version 11 of SUSE Linux Enterprise at this year's Brainshare EMEA conference, taking place in Amsterdam from the 18th to the 21st of May,

Novell has launched a new Web service called SUSE Studio that simplifies the process of building Linux-based software appliances. It provides a convenient interface for creating custom versions of Novell's SUSE Linux distribution with specialized configurations. The service is part of Novell's broader SUSE Appliance Program initiative.

Novell continues to push beyond the SUSE Linux market. Among the major moves: The company is beta testing Novell Cloud Security Service, which is scheduled for general availability in May or June 2010. Here are the implications.

Novell is aimless without SUSE (GNU/Linux), but GNU/Linux is not Novell's property. Novell's latest results make a solid case for abandonment and a restart of S.u.S.E. under a different name

"Novell has announced that it will release an update to its SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time, SLERT, extensions in July, based on the recently launched SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 1."