"As more customers select SUSE Linux Enterprise for their high-bandwidth and low-latency computing needs, we're seeing increased adoption of InfiniBand - particularly in financial services and manufacturing", stated Moiz Kohari, vice president of engineering for Novell. "It was important for Novell to provide a complete support offering to these customers, and we selected Voltaire based on its leadership in delivering end-to-end InfiniBand support."

Novell's customers using SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and InfiniBand technology will be provided full support through Novell, utilizing Voltaire resources for Level 3 support. This joint arrangement provides comprehensive, one-stop support for both the operating system and InfiniBand capabilities, allowing customers to take advantage of improved performance and the highest levels of availability. Voltaire will provide the Level 3 support regardless of the type of InfiniBand hardware used by the customer.

According to an IDC White Paper sponsored by the Linux Foundation, Linux ecosystem spending on software, hardware and services totaled $21 billion in 2007 and is projected to grow to $49 billion in 2011, thanks in part to the continued growth of the installed base of Linux server operating systems into enterprise deployments.