The Linux Executive Report from IBM
August 10, 2011
The Linux Executive Report from IBM: August 10, 2011. A monthly summary of important trends and market research, case studies and information about IBM's Linux initiatives of interest to senior management.
Linux News
GOSCON and Innovation Nation 2011 will be held jointly in Washington, D.C. on August 23. The government open source conference will take place at the D.C. Convention Center, Washington D.C. Dr. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve System, will present the morning keynote.
Last month, Linux Executive Report presented an interview with Jean Staten Healy, director for Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization. A longtime supporter of Linux and open source technologies, IBM has also become a leading proponent of Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and is a founding member of the recently-formed Open Virtualization Alliance.
LinuxCon North America, the industry's premiere Linux conference, will be held in Vancouver, at the Hyatt Regency August 17-19. This year, the annual technical conference will host the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Linux, in which Linux creator Linus Torvalds will take part. In addition, Torvalds will participate in an interview-style keynote and discuss the technical advancements and challenges related to the Linux kernel with kernel developer and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman.
IBM recently announced the new z114. As the newest member of the IBM System z family, the z114 with Linux offers new levels of freedom and a whole new world of capabilities for a broader set of businesses, delivering the scalability, flexibility, and breakthrough performance you need-at a lower capacity and attractive entry price point for small and mid-sized organizations.
The Open Virtualization Alliance, which was announced in May by technology leaders IBM, Red Hat, SUSE, BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, and Intel, continues to gain momentum, with over 100 member companies already signed up.
Inside Linux at IBM
Virtualization combined with Integrated Service Management helps you use your resources effectively, manage your infrastructures efficiently, and gain the flexibility to meet ever-changing business demands. The Virtualization@IBM blog is an open exchange of ideas relating to virtualization across the entire infrastructure. Articles written by IBM's virtualization experts serve as conversation starters. Topics can range from the latest technologies for server consolidation and tools for simplified systems management and monitoring to open virtualization with KVM, automating IT systems to respond to changing business conditions and cloud-based solutions for the "virtual" enterprise.
A migration to x86-Linux must address three core issues - hardware, operating systems, and workloads, according to the paper. In all three of these areas, IBM System x and BladeCenter platforms running Red Hat Enterprise Linux offer compelling value.
Inside IBM's Linux Partners
SUSE has announced the availability of SUSE Studio Version 1.2. The latest update to the award-winning development platform is intended to help customers more easily build, update and manage application images across x86, public cloud and IBM System z deployments, reducing the overhead associated with managing a heterogeneous IT environment.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the ideal end-to-end solution for running critical business on IBM zEnterprise System. IBM zEnterprise System includes zEnterprise 196, IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager, and IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX). SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, a WorkloadIQ product from Novell, is the market share leader for Linux on IBM System z, and has been the platform of choice for mission-critical computing.
SUSE Linux Enterprise is the ideal end-to-end solution for running critical business on IBM zEnterprise System.