IBM EXPANDS SUPPORT FOR LINUX.IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) strengthened its commitment to Linux by announcing several new hardware and software offerings and a broad set of initiatives to help its developer and reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. Partners develop and install Linux solutions for customers worldwide. These initiatives include: * ThinkPad notebooks pre-configured with Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. OpenLinux; * SuSE Linux A Linux distribution from the SuSE Linux division of Novell. Both consumer and enterprise versions are available, and the distribution includes several user interfaces. SuSE Linux comes with the Yet Another Setup Tool (YaST), which is used to install, configure and maintain the OS, as supports for IBM RS/6000 servers; * new and enhanced versions of the popular WebSphere Application Server for Linux, and a special offering for small businesses with key e-business software available at significant cost savings; * a set of partner initiatives to support development of Linux applications and provide Linux training, education and certification for IBM's 90,000 resllers, and solution providers. IBM also announced that it has the Linux operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. up-and-running on its next generation POWER 4 microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program. , due out next year. "Marketplace momentum for Linux is growing because of its universal appeal which brings with it the potential for huge innovation across the industry, much as we saw with the Internet five years ago," says Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president technology and strategy, IBM Enterprise Systems Group. "With these offerings, IBM is affirming its support for Linux and enlisting the support of its partners to increase Linux penetration among businesses of all sizes." Counted among IBM's partners are more than 45,000 independent software vendors (ISVs) and some 45,000 resellers and solution providers who will benefit directly from the IBM offerings. IBM is making an incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. investment of several million dollars in a variety of Linux support programs for developers, while offering resellers and solution providers a broad array of Linux education and training that will lead to certification and help them sell Linux solutions to customers. Linux is the industry's fastest-growing operating system. |
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