The Linux Executive Report from IBM
July 23, 2014
The Linux Executive Report from IBM: July 23, 2014. 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
Available on the IBM Cloud Marketplace, IBM Bluemix now includes more than 50 services for building secure, cloud-based business applications. Its rapid adoption during its open beta period, which began in February, makes Bluemix one of the largest Cloud Foundry deployments in the world in just a few months.
To push the limits of chip technology needed to meet the emerging demands of cloud computing and Big Data systems, IBM is investing $3 billion over the next 5 years in two broad research and early stage development programs that will push IBM's semiconductor innovations from today's breakthroughs into the advanced technology leadership required for the future. Increasingly, cloud and big data applications are placing new challenges on systems, just as the underlying chip technology is facing numerous physical scaling limits.
In his keynote at LinuxCon North America on Friday, August 22, Douglas Balog, General Manager, Power Systems, IBM Systems and Technology Group, will discuss the opportunities that the Linux community can provide to companies - if they build their infrastructure to handle it.
There are powerful forces having a dramatic effect on IT today: cloud, data, and open standards. IBM's new Power Systems servers addresses all three, writes Anirban Chatterjee, Power Systems Product Marketing, IBM, in a blog.
In a new blog, T. R. Bosworth, Offering Manager for Power Virtualization, IBM, writes about the launch of PowerKVM, which represents the first time IBM is offering open hypervisor technology in addition to its proprietary PowerVM on Power:
Vissensa, a U.K.-based managed service provider (MSP), is using the IBM Enterprise Cloud System. Founded in 2008, Vissensa maps technology platforms to the exact business requirements of clients. The IBM Enterprise Cloud System provides Vissensa with the ability to deliver a pre-configured, pre-tested Linux platform which can outperform their existing x86 based cloud infrastructure. This capability is increasingly important to Vissensa customers who are adopting multi-hypervisor operating systems and technologies, and incorporating new technologies such as OpenStack within their solutions to help reduce costs and increase performance.
Inside IBM's Linux Partners
Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5, designed to serve as the foundation for building OpenStack-powered clouds for advanced cloud users, telecommunications companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), and public cloud hosting providers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform delivers an enterprise-class cloud platform built on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-engineered and integrated with Red Hat's OpenStack technologies, offering IT organizations the agility to scale and quickly meet customer demands without compromising on availability, security, or performance.
In a recent blog post about Kubernetes, an open source manager for Docker containers based on Google's years of experience using containers at Internet scale, Google senior vice president Urs H?lzle, shared news that Red Hat, Docker, IBM and others are joining the Kubernetes community. The companies will actively contribute to the project, with each bringing their unique strengths.
Linux and KVM Events
KVM is an industry leading open source hypervisor that provides an ideal platform for data center virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure, and cloud computing.
LinuxCon Europe is the place to learn from the best and the brightest, delivering content from the leading maintainers, developers and project leads in the Linux community and from around the world.
Red Hat Summit brings together thought leaders and executives from across the technology industry to participate in keynotes and sessions on community, innovation, collaboration and customer success. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with Red Hat product teams, hear from expert users at leading customer and partner companies, get hands-on training and learn best practices and strategies for innovation and success.
With sessions that are consistently rated as excellent in the annual attendee survey, and recognized as the highlight of the conference, SUSECon presents content from SUSE employees, customers, partners and other contributors.
Linux and KVM Success Stories
In 2013, Bon Ton Stores invested in upgrading IT, continuing to update and expand its eCommerce sites, and launching a new mobile site supporting delivery of promotions and online purchasing.
Business Connexion (BCX) is a leading integrator of innovative business solutions based on information and communications technology (ICT).
Banca Carige Group (Banca Carige), one of the largest banks in Italy, has built an analytics environment and a new mobile banking service using IBM software on IBM zEnterprise EC12 mainframes, which provide round-the-clock availability and high security.
Although big data promises to dramatically alter the business environment, technology is only a decision enabler.
Porto Alegre, the capital city of Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, has used IT innovation to drive continual improvements to public services.
The Met Office, the United Kingdom's national weather service, works with customers in retail, energy, utility, insurance, transport and aviation industries - and offers services and reporting tailored to those sectors.