1. How to make money with SUSE
Sales Exchange
Marijn de Vos
Territory Manager Benelux
mdevos@suse.com

2. Some facts
• Linux is the fastest growing OS
• Computable and Automatisering Gids published
Gartner number:
– In 2010 the global market for Operating Systems was about
30,4 billion dollars
– A growth of 7,8 percent compared to 2009
• 25% of the Dutch companies (>50 employees) have a
Linux strategy
• SUSE grows 32% each year
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3. Some facts
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4. Some facts
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5. Some facts
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6. Some facts
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7. Comprehensive Portfolio
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8. Broad Ecosystem
Solution Training Technology Certified SUSE
Providers Partners Partners Linux
(VADs/VARs) (ISVs/IHVs) Enterprise
and System products
Integrators
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9. Open Source Community Leadership
OPEN
VIRTUALIZATION
ALLIANCE
kernel.org
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10. SUSE has focus on
• Enterprise Computing
– Core business
– Mission Critical workloads, high availability, high performance
computing and real-time computing all relate to this theme.
• Cloud & Cloud Infrastructure
– Running as a guest with key cloud service providers
– Providing an all OS cloud infrastructure stack
• Integrated systems
– mass-storage, health care and telco devices
– GE Healthcare, Ericsson, NCR
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11. Enterprise Computing
• Unique Alliances
– Microsoft
– VMware
– SAP
• Market leader in Germany
• Mainframe market leader
• Easy subscription model
• No vendor-lock
• Partner channel only strategy
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12. Unique Alliance: Microsoft
• Started in 2006
• Five focus points
– Active Directory (Server)
– Identity Management (Cloud)
– Virtualization
– Management
– Linux (support)
• Expanded Support Offering
• Supported by Microsoft
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13. Unique Alliance: VMware
• Started in 2010
• OEM agreement
• At no cost SLES for VMware available through
VMware
• Upgrade in support available
• Only for virtual systems
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14. Unique Alliance: SAP
• Certified since 1999
• Recommended by SAP and a reference platform for
development
• Specific version for SAP available since 2008
• 70% of all SAP installations on Linux run SUSE
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15. Subscription model
BASIC STANDARD PRIORITY
30 days installation and
Support Terms of Service 1 or 3 year subscriptions 1 or 3 year subscriptions
configuration support
Hours of Access 12x5 12x5 24x7
Number of Service
Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Requests
1 hour for Severity 1
Response Time N/A 4 hours
4 hours for all others
Service Request Phone for Severity 1 Phone for Severity 1
Online
Registration Online for all others Online for all others
Support Engineer Access Electronic Email, Chat and Phone Email, Chat and Phone
Access to Patches &
1 year 1 year 1 year
Fixes
One Year 290 EURO 660 EURO 1.240 EURO
Three Years 780 EURO 1.790 EURO 3.360 EURO
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16. Subscription model
• A customer is allowed to mix between Standard and
Priority subscriptions
• Does not look at number of CPU
• Does not look at number of virtual servers
• One contract end date
• Special Price Request are possible
• Renewal process through the channel
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17. Partner Channel
• More then 200 resellers in the Benelux
• 17 partners in the Benelux area are silver, gold or
platinum certified for Novell Data Center
Specialization
• Per June 1st a separate SUSE channel
– Silver
– Gold
– Platinum
• Two distributors (Dupaco and Tech Data)
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18. SUSE activities
• Every quarter a TechExchange
– July 4th Belgium
– July 5th Netherlands
• Every quarter a SalesExchange with partners
– Today!
• Every half year a SUSE Business Builder
– Planned for November
• Every year a worldwide congres: SUSECon
– September 18th – 21st – Orlando, Florida
– SKU is available to purchase and/or resell
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19. SUSE activities
• SUSE Benelux organization has been set-up
• Only a focus for SUSE
• 25% revenue growth target in FY13
• Marketing ideas can be funded
…Simply creates more business
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20. More focus means….
More business
www.suse.com
Thank you.
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22. Corporate Headquarters +49 911 740 53 0 (Worldwide) Join us on:
Maxfeldstrasse 5 www.suse.com www.opensuse.org
90409 Nuremberg
Germany
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