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Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) today announced a collaboration that expands choice for customers through increased virtualization interoperability and new assessment tools to help pinpoint the economically most advantageous approach to virtualization.

In a significant development in the convergence of communications and computing, Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms. This will create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.

Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered mobile computer.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will purchase the Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear LLC, which enable developers using the Eclipse IDE or operating on multiple operating systems, including Unix, Linux and Mac OS X, to build applications with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today opened a Linux innovation center in the capital city of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Nokia today marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing, the open source, Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.

SUSE Appliance Program enables ISVs to shorten their sales cycle and extend applications to the cloud

Today LaCie announced the general availability of the LaCie 12big Rack product range – an enterprise class 2U rack-mounted portfolio, targeted at corporate IT users and video professionals.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is offering millions of companies and consumers the chance to save hundreds of dollars on each of their Microsoft Office licenses by providing support for Microsoft Office 2007 with the newest version of Lotus Symphony, IBM's free of charge productivity software suite.

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new services and programs to help more companies lower costs and reduce inefficiency by migrating from Sun and HP servers to IBM's System z, particularly on the Linux platform.

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Novell Works with Intel to Advance Mobile Computing; Commits to Moblin-Based Product for Intel® Atom™ Platforms

IBM today announced a broad portfolio of offerings designed to help midsize companies tap into the power of today’s interconnected, instrumented and increasingly intelligent world. Leading the way are the new BladeCenter Express servers incorporating the latest IBM POWER6 microprocessors, the new IBM Comprehensive Data Protection Solution, and LotusLive Meetings, the newest addition to the LotusLive family of offerings.

Next-generation SUSE Linux Enterprise platform delivers cost-effective, mission-critical computing across the enterprise, including physical, virtual, appliance and cloud deployments

HP and Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced an expanded multi-year partnership agreement that enables HP to distribute and provide software technical support for Sun’s Solaris 10 Operating System on the HP ProLiant server and blade system platforms.

LG Electronics (LG) and Intel Corporation today announced collaboration around mobile Internet devices (MIDs) based on Intel’s next-generation MID hardware platform, codenamed “Moorestown,” and Linux-based Moblin v2.0 software platform. The LG device is expected to be one of the first Moorestown designs to market.

Novell today announced that Dell will preload SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client, the market's leading enterprise-quality Linux thin client operating system, onto Dell's new OptiPlex FX160 thin client device.