Marking a major step in its expansion in North America, Emu Software, makers of the NetDirector Open Source Configuration Management system have announced a key partnership with Savoir-Faire Linux, a leading Linux migration consultant in Canada.

"I am very excited about our partnership with Savoir-Faire Linux" said Allen Fisher, Emu's VP of Sales. "With their strong track record as customer's trusted advisor leveraging Linux and Open Source solutions to meet business challenges, Savoir-Faire Linux exemplifies the kind of partner Emu Software wants to work with."

As part of the relationship, Savoir-Faire Linux will provide French language translation of Emu Software's NetDirector Configuration Management System. "This aspect of our partnership with Savoir-Faire Linux exemplifies a key benefit to business technology users of the Open Source model," said Greg Wallace, Emu's Chief Marketing Officer. "Emu actively supports our partners in customizing NetDirector to meet their clients' needs. With Savoir-Faire, the first step of customization is the French language translation. Future steps will likely include Savoir-Faire developing NetDirector modules to manage customer's unique applications running on Linux. Through this kind of two-way partnership, NetDirector will very quickly be extended as a configuration management system to meet more and more customer's requirements."

"Taking part in the development of NetDirector is the best way for us to deploy and customize it to the specific needs of canadian and quebecer companies and public administrations," remarked Savoir-Faire's Partnership Manager Maxime Chambreuil. "With NetDirector, Emu Software provides IT departments with the appropriate Open Source administration solution to launch massive deployments of Linux servers and manage their configurations. With Savoir-Faire's Open Source expertise and Emu Software's strong NetDirector solution, canadian businesses will be guaranteed to make their move to Linux a big success."