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Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:04:04 +0200
From: Michaela Geuthner 
To: letters@lwn.net
Subject:  "Arkeia and SuSE Announce Expanded North American Partnership"


Arkeia and SuSE Announce Expanded North American Partnership

Carlsbad, CA, USA - May 24, 2000 - Knox Software, a Southern Calif.-based
supplier of network backup software, announced today that it has expanded
its relationship with SuSE Inc., one of the world's leading Linux business
application distributors. Building upon an existing successful European
relationship in which SuSE resells and supports Arkeia, Knox's flagship
network backup application, the two companies have agreed to pursue joint
sales and marketing activities in support of the growth of Arkeia on SuSE
Linux in North America. 

As a result of the expanded strategic partnership between the two
companies, SuSE has been authorized as an Arkeia reseller in North
America. SuSE will also distribute a personal shareware version and a
30-day evaluation of the professional version of Arkeia 4.2 as part of the
SuSE Linux 6.4, a recently shipped distribution of the popular open source
operating system offering improved installation and advanced server
features. Further, SuSE and Knox will cooperate on compatibility and
benchmark testing of SuSE Linux and Arkeia together with the hardware and
software offerings of other vendors. 

``With its in-house development strengths, SuSE is an important resource
for the Linux community,'' said Randy Thorburn, national sales manager for
Knox Software. ``SuSE is a valued partner in our mission to bring the ease
of use, flexibility, and cost effectiveness of Arkeia and Linux together to
the enterprise IT market, and we're excited to move to a new level of
cooperation and partnership.'' 

``Professional-caliber applications like Arkeia are leading the explosive
growth of Linux-based server appliances inside large enterprises and among
ISPs,'' said Volker Wiegand, CEO of SuSE Inc.  ``Our strategic relationship
with Knox Software will help us grow awareness of the quality and strength
of SuSE Linux in North America among those types of customers.''  

About Knox Software

Noted for its early and comprehensive support for the Linux open source
operating system, Knox Software is a leading provider of enterprise network
backup solutions. Founded in 1996, the company's mission is to provide
fast, reliable, easy-to-use and affordable network backup solutions for
heterogeneous networks. Its flagship product, Arkeia, is used by thousands
of ISPs, small companies and large organizations worldwide to protect their
data, the most critical organizational asset. Knox Software is privately
held and has offices in Carlsbad, California and Paris, France.  For
further information about Knox Software, please visit Knox's web site at
http://www.arkeia.com or contact Knox at phone: +1 (760) 602-8590.
Arkeia is a registered trademark. All other trademarks and trade names
referenced herein are properties of their respective owners. 

About SuSE

Founded in 1992, SuSE Linux is the international technology leader and
solution provider in open source operating system (OS) software, setting new
standards for quality and ease of use. Its award-winning SuSE Linux 6.3 and
the newly released 6.4 include thousands of third party Linux applications
supported by extensive professional consulting and support services,
excellent documentation, comprehensive hardware support, and an encyclopedic
set of Linux tools. Designed for Web and enterprise server environments and
efficient as a home and office platform, SuSE's distribution, surrounding
features, effective configuration and intelligent design result in the most
complete Linux solution available today.

SuSE Linux AG, headquartered in Germany, and SuSE Inc., based in Oakland,
CA, are privately held companies focused entirely on supporting the Linux
community, Open Source development and the GNU General Public License. With
a workforce of over 380 people worldwide, SuSE has offices in Germany, the
UK, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Venezuela, India and in the US. More than
50,000 business customers use SuSE Linux worldwide due to its stability and
high quality.

SuSE received the "Show Favorites" award at LinuxWorld Expo 2000 in New York
in February 2000 and March 1999. Further awards: Reader's Choice Awards:
Linux Journal, 1/99; PC Professional 4/99; Computer Bild 6/99; PC Intern
4/99; PC Magazin 4/99, PC Answers 8/99. SuSE contributes considerably to
Linux development projects such as the Linux kernel, glibc, XFree86TM, KDE,
ISDN4Linux, ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) and USB (Universal
Serial Bus). Additional information about SuSE can be found at
http://www.suse.com.

For further information about SuSE please contact:

USA:					Worldwide:

SuSE Inc.				SuSE GmbH 			
Peigi Cleminshaw 			Michaela Geuthner
580 Second St., Suite 210    	  	Schanzaeckerstr. 10
Oakland, CA 94607 			90443 Nuernberg 
T: (510) 628-3380, x5008		T: +49 (0)911-74053196	
F: (510) 628-3381			F: +49 (0)911-7417755
e-mail: peigi@suse.com		e-mail: mg@suse.de