IBM Linux Line
May 11, 2011
A concise monthly report of news and insight of interest to IT managers responsible for Linux deployments and the hands-on Linux community.
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Inna Kuznetsova, vice president, marketing and sales, Systems Software & ISVs, IBM, delivered a keynote at the Red Hat Summit. IBM was a premier sponsor of the event which took place in Boston last week. The year 2011 is special for IBM because "it is our centennial," marking 100 years of innovation and progress, said Kuznetsova, who offered a brief overview of the some of the iconic moments of IBM's years of technological leadership while emphasizing that IBM's journey of innovation and leadership is continuing.
Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in computing today, helping organizations save money by sharing IT resources and providing the enabling platform for cloud computing. As with every new technology, however, there is always the risk of proprietary lock-in to single-vendor platforms and consequent loss of flexibility and choice for end users.
The updated LTSS program includes worldwide support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM System z. As a provider for Linux on the mainframe, Novell is making further investments in this market to help customers obtain more value from their mainframe deployments. LTSS for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z reduces risk by ensuring that the configurations for mission-critical workloads running on the mainframe can be maintained over an extended period of time without change.
At the Red Hat Summit, Red Hat and IBM announced that they are working together to make products and solutions based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology the open virtualization choice for the enterprise. Together, the companies are driving adoption of the open source virtualization technology through joint development projects and enablement of the KVM ecosystem.
Inside Linux at IBM
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Server virtualization has quickly become a trusted, mainstream solution aboard x86 servers. KVM, which stands for Kernel-based Virtual Machine, is the newest hypervisor to enter the virtualization market, and it joins a market that already has no fewer than four other major solutions in place.
Linux running on IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter provides an open, reliable and secure IT environment that can scale as workloads demand. Solution briefs from IBM highlight the advantages.
Inside IBM's Linux Partners
Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, will deliver a keynote titled, "Open Virtualization: Ready for Business" at the Red Hat Partner EMEA Partner Summit which will take place June 5-8 in Dublin, Ireland.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the ideal end-to-end solution for running critical business on IBM zEnterprise System.