How to make money with SUSE Dupaco Café Marijn de Vos Territory Manager Benelux [email protected] Some facts 2 •  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 Some facts 3 Some facts 4 Some facts 5 Operating System market analysis Gartner and IDC Whitepaper Worldwide Server Operating Environments New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Upgrade/Maintenance Revenue 2009 6 2010 2011 Revenu ($M) Share (%) Growth (%) Revenu ($M) Share (%) Growth (%) Revenu ($M) Share (%) Growth (%) Microsoft Windows 3,578.2 46.6 -4.0 4,770.0 53.7 33.3 5,271.1 55.6 10.5 Combine d Linux 649.6 8.5 15.3 762.7 8.6 17.4 909.9 9.6 19.3 Combine d Unix 1,560.7 20.3 -15.9 1,497.9 16.9 -4.0 1,386.9 14.6 -7.4 Mainfr, OS/400, other 1,884.8 24.6 -11.5 1,853.3 20.9 -1.7 1,916.1 20.2 3.4 Comprehensive Portfolio 7 Broad Ecosystem Solution Providers (VADs/VARs) and System Integrators 8 Training Partners Technology Partners (ISVs/IHVs) Certified SUSE Linux Enterprise products SUSE Support Services •  150+ Support Staff, 3 support centers & field offices around the globe •  Local support representatives in most major cities •  Actively supported 3,226 different customers in the last 12 months •  Managed to resolution 23,900 support incidents in the last 12 months (~500 Service Requests for Expanded Support) •  Award-winning support •  Lighthouse survey shows 65% of calls are resolved within five minutes & customer satisfaction rates are high! ( https://www.novell.com/docrep/2010/10/linux_technical_support_report.pdf) 9 Open Source Community Leadership OPEN VIRTUALIZATION ALLIANCE kernel.org 10 SUSE has focus on •  •  •  11 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 Enterprise Computing •  12 Unique Alliances –  Microsoft –  VMware –  SAP •  Market leader in Germany •  Mainframe market leader •  Easy subscription model •  No vendor-lock •  Partner channel only strategy Unique Alliance: Microsoft 13 •  Started in 2006 •  Five focus points –  Active Directory (Server) –  Identity Management (Cloud) –  Virtualization –  Management –  Linux (support) •  Expanded Support Offering •  Supported by Microsoft Unique Alliance: VMware 14 •  Started in 2010 •  OEM agreement •  At no cost SLES for VMware available through VMware •  Upgrade in support available •  Only for virtual systems Unique Alliance: SAP 15 •  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 Subscription model Subscription model 17 •  Difference between physical and virtual machines •  “Per Socket” model •  Unlimited virtual machines •  5-year SKU directly from pricelist •  Ask your reseller/customer four questions 1.  Virtual or Physical 2.  How many CPU’s 3.  Which SLA 4.  How many years Partner Channel •  More then 200 resellers in the Benelux •  17 partners in the Benelux area are silver, gold or platinum certified •  a separate SUSE channel •  18 –  Silver –  Gold –  Platinum Two distributors (Dupaco and Tech Data) SUSE activities •  19 Two TechExchanges a year –  Belgium –  Netherlands •  Every half year a SUSE Business Builder •  Every year a worldwide congres: SUSECon –  November 12th – 15th – Orlando, Florida –  SKU is available to purchase and/or resell •  Partner Update •  Roundtable events for C-Level SUSE activities •  SUSE Benelux organization has been set-up •  Only a focus for SUSE •  34% revenue growth target in FY14 •  Marketing ideas can be funded …simply creates more business 20 More focus means…. 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