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cloudchasers 15 - The Critical Role of Linux in Cloud Computing: Is the Future of the Cloud Open? Creating standards for cloud computing is key to its future evolution and broader adoption. What is the role of Linux in the cloud? What economic or technological advantages (if any) do open standards-based clouds have? Where else is open source software gaining traction in the cloud, and will customers choose to run a mix of open and 'private-source' software? How does the history of the evolution of Linux relate to the future of the cloud?
IBM LinuxLine - July 21, 2010 Issue

IBM Expands Cloud Computing Capabilities with New Cloud Competence Center in Germany A new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany, will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally. "The opening of this center places IBM in a strong position to meet the growing demand for cloud solutions and services in the market," states Michael Diemer, general manager, Global Technology Services, IBM Germany. "Meeting the highest standards of technological innovation and data security - which is vital to clients in sensitive areas such as insurance, banking and the public sector - the new facility joins our Cloud Delivery Center in IBM Raleigh, North Carolina as part of our globally integrated cloud delivery network. It will offer local and international clients world-class secure and cost effective cloud capabilities to meet their fast-changing business needs."
IBM LinuxLine - July 21, 2010 Issue

VietinBank Selects an IBM System z and Linux to Support Growing Business in Key Emerging Market Vietnam Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), one of the largest banking institutions in Vietnam, has selected an IBM System z10 mainframe to support the expansion of its banking businesses, which grew by over 35% last year. VietinBank worked with IBM Business Partner FPT Information System to implement the IBM System z10 Business Class (z10 BC) mainframe server running the Novell SUSE Linux and IBM z/VM operating systems.
IBM LinuxLine - July 21, 2010 Issue

IBM Expands Cloud Computing Capabilities with New Cloud Competence Center in Germany A new IBM Cloud Computing Competence Center in Ehningen, Germany, will provide a broad range of cloud solutions and services to clients locally and internationally. "The opening of this center places IBM in a strong position to meet the growing demand for cloud solutions and services in the market," states Michael Diemer, general manager, Global Technology Services, IBM Germany. "Meeting the highest standards of technological innovation and data security - which is vital to clients in sensitive areas such as insurance, banking and the public sector - the new facility joins our Cloud Delivery Center in IBM Raleigh, North Carolina, as part of our globally integrated cloud delivery network. It will offer local and international clients world-class secure and cost effective cloud capabilities to meet their fast-changing business needs."
Linux Executive Report from IBM - July 21, 2010 Issue

Industry Leader Q&A with IBM's Dr. Michael Karasick Dr. Michael Karasick is vice president of technical and business strategy, IBM Software Group. In this role, he engages with partners and customers as well as IBM's internal staff to help change and improve IBM's product lines and communicate IBM's technical strategy and roadmap. He talked with The Linux Executive Report from IBM about considerations when taking a cloud approach and why open standards and interoperability are necessary for application and data portability. "Everybody thinks that the cloud is profoundly different from today in a technical point of view and it is frankly not," Karasick observes.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - July 21, 2010 Issue

Industry Leader Q&A with IBM's Dr. Michael Karasick Dr. Michael Karasick is vice president of technical and business strategy, IBM Software Group. In this role, he engages with partners and customers as well as IBM's internal staff to help change and improve IBM's product lines and communicate IBM's technical strategy and roadmap. He talked with The IBM LinuxLine about considerations when taking a cloud approach and why open standards and interoperability are necessary for application and data portability. "Everybody thinks that the cloud is profoundly different from today in a technical point of view and it is frankly not," Karasick observes.
IBM LinuxLine - July 21, 2010 Issue

Red Hat Unveils Cloud Infrastructure Solutions; IBM Joins Red Hat’s Certified Cloud Provider Program Red Hat has unveiled Red Hat Cloud Foundations, which is intended to deliver solutions for planning, building and managing infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service private and public clouds.
IBM LinuxLine - July 7, 2010 Issue

IBM’s Dr. Kristof Kloeckner Delivers Keynote on Transformative Power of Cloud Computing at Red Hat Summit At the Red Hat Summit in Boston, Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, vice president, Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives, Systems and Software, and CTO, Cloud Computing, at IBM, delivered a keynote address on current cloud computing initiatives and the future of cloud computing in the software industry.
IBM LinuxLine - July 7, 2010 Issue

Red Hat Integrates Server and Desktop Virtualization Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2. In addition to providing the first release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, the 2.2 release provides new scalability capabilities, migration tools and features to expand the performance and security of the solution.
IBM LinuxLine - July 7, 2010 Issue

LPI Certification Exams Exceed 250,000 Worldwide The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), a Linux certification organization, announced that it delivered over 258,000 exams and 85,000 certifications worldwide. LPI's industry standard certifications are delivered in thousands of locations worldwide and in multiple languages, with the support of employers, vendors, and trainers.
IBM LinuxLine - July 7, 2010 Issue

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta 2 Now Available Red Hat last week released the second beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The first beta was released in April, and incorporated a range of new and upgraded features. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta 2 provides an updated installer, additional new technologies and resolutions to many of the issues that were reported in the initial beta. Red Hat is asking customers and partners who are testing the initial beta to install and continue their testing with beta 2.
IBM LinuxLine - July 7, 2010 Issue

Red Hat Unveils Cloud Infrastructure Solutions; IBM Joins Red Hat's Certified Cloud Provider Program Red Hat has unveiled Red Hat Cloud Foundations, which is intended to deliver solutions for planning, building and managing infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service private and public clouds. Cloud Foundations: Edition One, available immediately, provides "everything that a customer needs to successfully plan, deploy and manage a private cloud and it is the first in a family of Cloud Foundations that Red Hat will expand along with its partners to provide a complete set of cloud services," said Scott Crenshaw, vice president and general manager, Cloud Business Unit, at a press conference during the recent Red Hat Summit in Boston.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - July 7, 2010 Issue

IBM's Dr. Kristof Kloeckner Delivers Keynote on Transformative Power of Cloud Computing at Red Hat Summit At the Red Hat Summit in Boston, Dr. Kristof Kloeckner, vice president, Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives, Systems and Software, and CTO, Cloud Computing, at IBM, delivered a keynote address on current cloud computing initiatives and the future of cloud computing in the software industry.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - July 7, 2010 Issue

Openness Stressed at OpenForum Europe Summit 2010 Openness was the theme of the OpenForum Europe Summit 2010 earlier this month in Brussels. Speakers included Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice president for the Digital Agenda, and Dr. Michael Karasick, vice president of technical and business strategy, IBM Software Group, as well as Don Deutsch, vice president, Standards Strategy and Architecture, Oracle, Prof. Yochai Benkler of Harvard University, and Prof. Nigel Shadbolt of University of Southampton.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 23, 2010 Issue

Eclipse Survey Shows Linux is Emerging Towards the Preferred OS for the Developer Desktop According to the "The Open Source Developer Report," which became available from the Eclipse Foundation this month, there is a clear trend toward Linux increasingly becoming the operating system of choice on developers' desktops.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 23, 2010 Issue

VMware Selects Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as Standard OS for Virtual Appliance Offerings VMware and Novell have expanded their strategic partnership with an original equipment manufacturer agreement through which VMware will distribute and support the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. Under the agreement, VMware also intends to standardize its virtual appliance-based product offerings on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 23, 2010 Issue

New Company, Linaro, Founded to Promote Development for Linux-Based Devices ARM, IBM, and four additional vendors have founded a new not-for-profit company, Linaro, committed to providing new resources and industry alignment for open source software developers using Linux on sophisticated semiconductor System-on-Chips (SoCs). Linaro's work will help developers and manufacturers provide consumers with more choice, more responsive devices and more diverse applications on Linux-based systems.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 9, 2010 Issue

Smart Business Development & Test on the IBM Cloud Goes Live IBM has successfully leveraged its experience managing the world's largest computing environments to offer IBM Smart Business Development and Test on the IBM Cloud. This offering, which is now available in the U.S. and Canada, is specifically designed to meet the security and reliability needs of enterprise-class clients. The offering will be available in additional geographies later this year.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 9, 2010 Issue

Linux Dominates on New Top500 List of Supercomputers In the newest version of the semiannual Top500 list, Linux continues to dominate as the operating system of choice for the world's most advanced supercomputers. According to the latest list, compiled by compiled by Hans Meuer of the University of Mannheim, Germany; Erich Strohmaier and Horst Simon of NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, more than 90% of the Top500 fastest supercomputers run some version of Linux.
Linux Executive Report from IBM - June 9, 2010 Issue

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