The Linux Executive Report from IBM
June 11, 2014
The Linux Executive Report from IBM: June 11, 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
Less than a year after announcing a $1 billion commitment to Linux on Power, IBM has delivered new Power Systems running Linux. The new scale out Power Systems are built from the ground up to harness big data with the new IBM POWER8 processor, a sliver of silicon that measures just one square inch, which is embedded with more than 4 billion microscopic transistors and more than 11 miles of high-speed copper wiring.
To support the growth of System z Linux and cloud solutions, IBM has launched the world's first dedicated System z Linux and Cloud Center of Competency in Beijing. The center will enable customers to take advantage of Linux and cloud computing solutions on the mainframe, and help accelerate adoption of Linux on System z technologies in China.
IBM PowerKVM is now generally available, providing an open virtualization choice for IBM scale-out Linux systems based on the POWER8 technology. The solution includes the Linux open source technology of Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization, and is designed to complement the performance, scalability and security qualities of Linux. This provides an open extendable solution for running VMs on Linux scale-out servers that enables cloud deployments, scale-out processing, and big data solutions reducing complexity and cost.
Helping companies migrate to software defined environments, IBM announced at the recent OpenStack Summit that it is expanding its support of open technologies by providing advanced OpenStack integration and cloud virtualization and management capabilities across the entire IBM server portfolio with IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack.
Red Hat has announced the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In a new blog post, Adam Jollans, Program Director - Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy, IBM Systems & Technology Group, highlighted why RHEL 7 is significant for Red Hat, IBM, and most importantly customers.
Inside Linux at IBM
In a recent guest blog post on linux.com, Jim Wasko, Director of IBM's Linux Technology Center, explains the significance of IBM's announcement about a Power Systems version of KVM, PowerKVM, on IBM's next generation Power Systems servers tuned for Linux.
The IBM Mainframe recently turned 50 but despite hitting the half-century mark, it is showing no sign of slowing down.
Inside IBM's Linux Partners
The Enterprise End User Summit is an exclusive invitation-only event that brings together high performance end users with the highest level Linux community developers.
The Linux Foundation has released its first-ever "Collaborative Development Trends Report," which shares the results of a survey of close to 700 software developers and business managers about their participation and investments in collaborative development practices.
LinuxCon 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 Forum provides attendees with the opportunity to speak with Red Hat's EMEA support staff and hear keynotes from top executives about their vision of the future.
The 11th annual Red Hat Summit will take place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, June 23-26, 2015. 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.
Red Hat has expanded its alliance with SAP AG to make it easier for customers to adopt and run the SAP Data Management portfolio, including the SAP HANA platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (SAP ASE), SAP IQ software, and the SAP SQL Anywhere suite on Red Hat's open source solutions.
The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Starter System for System z is now available to mainframe customers to simplify SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for System z installation and startup.
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.