The Linux Executive Report from IBM
December 19, 2013
The Linux Executive Report from IBM: December 19, 2013. A monthly summary of important trends and market research, case studies and information about IBM's Linux initiatives of interest to senior management.
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is an open source hypervisor that provides enterprise-class performance, scalability and security.
For the third year in a row, IBM has been selected by readers of the Linux Journal as the winner of the "Best Linux Server Vendor" in the Readers' Choice Awards.
IBM inventors have developed new cloud storage software that provides a simple interface for clients to dynamically migrate data across multiple clouds, while keeping it confidential and secure.
IBM is helping to enhance the operational infrastructure for the jewelry sector in India by offering a combination of solutions tailor-made for the jewelry manufacturers' and retailers' specifications.
In an exclusive interview, with ZDNet's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Jim Wasko, the IBM Linux Technology Center Director, talks about IBM's plans to add KVM support to its Power architecture.
On the surface, IBM's plans to extend support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology to the Power Systems portfolio of server products sound simple enough.
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Based in Zagreb, Croatia, Altus Information Technologies provides cloud computing and data center services for a variety of clients in many different industries. The company was founded in 2011 as a subsidiary of Markoja d.o.o. and specializes in helping its clients find the right mix of IT infrastructure services to meet their needs—and their budgets. Altus IT needed a flexible, scalable, cloud-computing infrastructure to help broaden its offerings for corporate customers, while also increasing efficiency within its own data center.
Founded in 1991, Brodos AG is one of the leading distributors of telecommunications hardware, software and services in Germany. The company maintains some 5,000 retail outlets, employs around 370 people, and in 2010 achieved revenues of approximately $330 million. However, as Brodos won new customers, the company found that existing IT systems proved unable to scale to meet its workload. This threatened to impact the company's ability to maximize new business opportunities. Brodos consolidated to IBM BladeCenter HS23 servers with Intel Xeon processors, running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with KVM, and an IBM Storwize V7000 Unified disk system. Brodos can scale up the IBM solution quickly and easily to provide for new customers.
Formed in 2010 as the result of a merger between EDB and ErgoGroup, EVRY is one of the largest IT services companies in the Nordic region, providing consulting, infrastructure and implementation services to more than 14,000 public and private sector clients. EVRY wanted to maintain its position as a leading provider of managed services to large financial services companies in Norway but realized that processing resources in its mainframe environment were running low.
To provide reliable, secure management of its customers' pension information, German Pension Fund Baden-Württemberg operates an extensive pension management system on an IBM System z9 server, running the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system.
A new video on YouTube spotlights North Carolina State University, one of the largest technical colleges in the Southeast. NCSU uses the PowerLinux platform to manage big data and IBM Content Analytic Studio on the cloud to develop a smarter computing environment that uses the appropriate technologies based on the questions they are trying to answer.
IBM hosts Linux on System z Executive Council meetings in locations across the United States to provide education on Linux on System z. Check back frequently for information about educational opportunities coming to a city near you. Information is also available about Live Virtual Classes for z/VM and Linux.
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Pneuhage Group, a tire services company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany, wanted to gain real-time insights into sales and inventory data to optimize product availability.
Established at the end of 2012, Zetark is a specialist provider of cloud-based storage and infrastructure-as-a-service solutions. Zetark was founded to offer hosted data storage services to local and regional businesses of all sizes. As a start-up business, Zetark needed to create a scalable IT infrastructure rapidly and at low cost. Zetark chose IBM PureFlex System with Red Hat Linux, open source KVM virtualization technology, and FileTek StorHouse software to power its new strategic platform for enterprise cloud storage services.
IBM is active on all forms of social media, providing an easy way for customers and partners to stay up to date with the latest Linux and KVM information.
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The Open Virtualization Alliance has kicked off a new series of articles profiling developers who are active in the open ecosystems contributing to KVM. This month, the OVA spotlights Red Hat software engineer Eduardo Habkost, who first became interested in Linux and open source in college.
With thousands of attendees, including Red Hat customers, partners, technology industry visionaries, and open source community members, Red Hat Summit is a premier open source event, bringing together a global audience to discus innovations that are shaping the next generation of IT infrastructure.