Novell announced the first service pack (SP1) for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. It featured significant enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability and system management. Service Pack 1 enhancements include: Enhanced virtualization support and management Updated high-availability storage infrastructure Support for new processor technologies such as Quad-Core Intel Xeon and Novell announced the first service pack (SP1) for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. It featured significant enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability and system management. Service Pack 1 enhancements include: Enhanced virtualization support and management Updated high-availability storage infrastructure Support for new processor technologies such as Quad-Core Intel Xeon and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors Enhanced security features Audit subsystem enrichment Support for Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 Expanded support for OpenOffice.org Desktop virtualization technology preview Advances in enterprise integration capabilitiesNovell also announced the commercial availability of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack. The package includes paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers to allow unmodified Windows and Linux guest operating systems to run with near-native performance in virtual environments created with Xen in SUSE Linux. Featured in the pack are drivers for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003, and it is scheduled to ship in July. And released later this summer will be drivers for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.Holger Dyroff, Novell vice president of SUSE Linux Enterprise product management, said, “The enhancements in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 and the capabilities of the Virtual Machine Driver Pack are a direct result of customer feedback and Novell’s commitment to meeting their needs. In many cases, we have been collaborating directly with customers to develop these new software features. As enterprise adoption of Linux grows, so does Linux development and innovation.”A one-year subscription to the driver pack will cost $299 per physical server for up to four virtual machines or $699 per physical server for unlimited virtual machines. Xen drivers for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are available now as part of the SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution. Software Development