 "SUSE Linux Enterprise 12: new features and extensions")
SUSE has announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12. New products based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 feature enhancements that more readily enable system uptime, improve operational efficiency and accelerate innovation.
New operating systems and software extensions based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 include:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for x86_64, IBM Power Systems and IBM System z - server operating systems for delivering business-critical IT services in a variety of physical, virtual and cloud environments. New features like full system rollback, live kernel patching enablement and software modules increase data centre uptime, improve operational efficiency and accelerate the adoption of open source innovation. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 adds the Docker framework, which is now included as an integral part of the operating system.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server takes advantage of IBM POWER8 processor-based hardware optimisations that include support for little-endian Linux applications running on simultaneous multithreaded (SMT8) and PowerKVM environments. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z improves workload performance through instruction set exploitation for the last two generations of IBM System z processors, support for cryptographic accelerators and the related software stack, and enhancements for operational tasks like faster DASD formatting with dasdfmt or multiple point-to-point NETIUCV interfaces between Linux on System z and z/VM instances.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension and Geo Clustering for SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension - clustering software for increasing services availability, physical and virtual, local and global. A new web console, updated OCFS2 and GFS2 file system support, and the latest updates in ReaR for disaster recovery make protecting core business systems quick and easy.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack - for boosting Windows virtual machine performance on Linux hosts. It now supports a wider variety of Windows operating systems, such as Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension - for improving productivity while lowering costs and increasing security. Users can turn servers into full-featured development or administrator workstation environments.
With this release, SUSE also introduces an updated customer portal, SUSE Customer Center, to make it easier for customers to manage their subscriptions, access patches and updates, and communicate with SUSE customer support.