From: rwarwick@fphcom.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 9:45:44 +0000
To: pressinfo@fphcom.com
Subject: SuSE Linux open new Latin American office

Date:   06/28/2000  09:44 am +0100  (Wednesday)  
From:  Rupert Warwick
To:  pressinfo@fphcom.com
Subject:  SuSE Linux open new Latin American office

Please find below a news piece regarding the opening of the new SuSE Linux office in Venezuela.

For any more information please give me a call.

Regards
Rupert

NUREMBERG, GERMANY and CARACAS, VENEZUELA, 20th June 2000 - 

SuSE, the international technology leader and solution provider in open source
operating system (OS) software, has opened their new Latin America
headquarters office in Caracas, Venezuela. Xavier Marmol, well known to the
Latin American Linux Community, has been chosen to run SuSE's Latin America
presence.

Marmol will expand the SuSE Linux market share as well as promoting an
overall understanding and appreciation of Linux benefits. The SuSE Linux
Caracas office will offer an extensive range of products, services, and
Linux training while actively engaging and supporting a greater network of
SuSE business partners throughout Venezuela and other Latin American
countries.

Xavier Marmol is highly regarded in the Latin American Linux community. He
was previously the Network Administrator at the University of Zulia Academic
Network. As an active Linux advocate since 1995, he successfully implemented
Linux OS for the Universities network of several hundred computers.
As founding President of VELUG (Venezuela Linux User Group) in 1997, he led
the initiative to include VELUG achievements at the Latin American LinuxWeek,
the first Spanish speaking Linux event. Marmol was also the first content
manager of the Spanish LinuxStart.com Web site.

"The Latin American Linux market has a high potential. We noticed a growing
demand for high quality Linux, especially from commercial users. These two
facts made it imperative for us to establish an office there," said Roland
Dyroff, CEO of SuSE Linux AG. "We are proud to have a Linux expert like
Xavier Marmol in our new Venezuelan office, creating a standard for Linux in
Latin America."

About SuSE:
Founded in 1992, SuSE 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 is a privately held company focused
entirely on supporting the Linux community and Open Source development. With
a workforce of over 400 people worldwide, SuSE has offices in Europe, the
US, and Latin America. More than 50,000 business customers use SuSE Linux
worldwide due to its stability and high quality. The office can be contacted
at:

For further information please contact:

Jasmin Ul-Haque
Juh@suse.de
SuSE Linux UK Ltd.
The  Kinetic Centre
Theobald Street
Borehamwood
HERTS
WD6 4PJ
Tel: 020 8387 4088
Fax: 020 8387 4010

Rupert Warwick
Rwarwick@fpf.co.uk
Fox Parrack Fox
Threeways House
40-44 Clipstone Street
LONDON
W1P 7EA
Tel: 020 7436 4336
Fax: 020 7436 4224

Additional information about SuSE can be found at  http://www.suse.de/en/ or
http://www.suse.com 



Rupert Warwick
PR Manager
Fox Parrack Hirsch Communications
Threeways House
40-44 Clipstone Street
London W1P 7EA

Telephone +44 (0)20 7436 4336
Facsimile +44 (0)20 7436 4224

Rwarwick@fphcom.com

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