Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software, moderated a panel discussion at Innovation Nation Forum, which was co-located with GOSCON (the Government Open Source Conference) last month in Washington, D.C.
Posted September 14, 2011
LinuxCon North America 2011 took place last month in Vancouver, Canada. IBM, a platinum sponsor of the event, offered several presentations and break-out sessions. In a keynote presentation, Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, chairman emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology, presented "Linux: A Disruptive Force - Then and Now." Dr. Wladawsky-Berger, who was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments critical to the future of the IT industry while at IBM, drew upon more than 40 years of experience to provide a unique perspective on Linux and the evolution of IT.
Posted September 14, 2011
This week Jeopardy! has been broadcasting an encore presentation of the first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition between IBM's "Watson" computing system and the show's two greatest contestants - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The final episode airs tonight, September 14.
Posted September 14, 2011
IBM has announced that it has achieved the highest TPC-C benchmark performance score ever achieved for an x86 server. The single rack non-clustered IBM System x running DB2 achieved more than three million transactions per minute, which breaks the industry record set by the same IBM x86 system just 8 months ago.
Posted September 14, 2011
LinuxCon is already the premiere Linux conference in North America, South America and Asia, providing an unmatched collaboration and education space for all matters Linux, and now The Linux Foundation is extending this event into Europe with the launch of LinuxCon Europe. LinuxCon Europe will take place October 26-28 at the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic (co-located with the Linux Kernel Summit and GStreamer Conference).
Posted September 14, 2011
This comparative report compares and contrasts the latest Linux and Solaris offerings, covering strategic implications, technical features and other selection criteria
Posted September 14, 2011
Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software, moderated a panel discussion at Innovation Nation Forum, which was co-located with GOSCON (the Government Open Source Conference) last month in Washington, D.C. The session, "Unlocking Data Center Consolidation and the Cloud," spotlighted how Linux on the mainframe is enabling a smarter approach to IT infrastructure, and the efficiencies and cost savings that result.
Posted September 14, 2011
LinuxCon North America 2011 took place last month in Vancouver, Canada. IBM, a platinum sponsor of the event, offered several presentations and break-out sessions. In a keynote presentation, Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, chairman emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology, presented "Linux: A Disruptive Force - Then and Now." Dr. Wladawsky-Berger, who was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments critical to the future of the IT industry while at IBM, drew upon more than 40 years of experience to provide a unique perspective on Linux and the evolution of IT.
Posted September 14, 2011
This week Jeopardy! has been broadcasting an encore presentation of the first-ever man vs. machine Jeopardy! competition between IBM's "Watson" computing system and the show's two greatest contestants - Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The final episode airs tonight, September 14.
Posted September 14, 2011
IBM has announced that it has achieved the highest TPC-C benchmark performance score ever achieved for an x86 server. The single rack non-clustered IBM System x running DB2 achieved more than three million transactions per minute, which breaks the industry record set by the same IBM x86 system just 8 months ago.
Posted September 14, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
Last month, LinuxLine 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. With 2011 marking IBM's centennial, as well as the 20th anniversary of Linux, Staten Healy reflected on the ways each has contributed to the other, and the promise offered now by open virtualization to help customers ensure cost efficiency and avoid vendor lock-in in virtualized environments.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
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.
Posted August 10, 2011
On July 12th, IBM 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. On the same day, IBM announced the IBM Enterprise Linux Server (ELS), a proven Linux workload and server consolidation platform for mid-sized and large enterprises, supporting flexible service delivery for cloud computing as well
Posted July 13, 2011
GOSCON 2011 will be held in Washington, D.C. on August 23. This year GOSCON is co-located with Innovation Nation Forum.
Posted July 13, 2011
LinuxCon North America, the industry's premiere Linux conference, will be held in Vancouver, at the Hyatt Regency August 17-19. This year's North America's 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.
Posted July 13, 2011
On July 12th, IBM 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
Posted July 13, 2011
The Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies, including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has announced the addition of 65 new members to the consortium.
Posted July 13, 2011
The Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies, including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has announced the addition of 65 new members to the consortium.
Posted July 13, 2011
LinuxCon North America, the industry's premiere Linux conference, will be held in Vancouver, at the Hyatt Regency August 17-19. This year's North America's annual technical conference will host the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Linux, in which Linux creator Linus Torvalds will take part.
Posted July 13, 2011
GOSCON 2011 will be held in Washington, D.C. on August 23. This year GOSCON is co-located with Innovation Nation Forum.
Posted July 13, 2011
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. With 2011 marking IBM's centennial, as well as the 20th anniversary of Linux, Jean Staten Healy, director for Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, reflects on the ways each has contributed to the other, and the promise offered now by open virtualization to help customers ensure cost efficiency and avoid vendor lock-in in virtualized environments. "As it happened with Linux, the need for virtualization technology will continue to grow, and open virtualization solutions based on KVM will become more and more important to customers looking for choice and cost benefits," Staten Healy observes.
Posted July 13, 2011
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. With 2011 marking IBM's centennial, as well as the 20th anniversary of Linux, Jean Staten Healy, director for Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization, reflects on the ways each has contributed to the other, and the promise offered now by open virtualization to help customers ensure cost efficiency and avoid vendor lock-in in virtualized environments. "As it happened with Linux, the need for virtualization technology will continue to grow, and open virtualization solutions based on KVM will become more and more important to customers looking for choice and cost benefits," Staten Healy observes.
Posted July 13, 2011
The Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has been formed by IBM, Red Hat, SUSE, Intel, BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, and HP.
Posted June 15, 2011
Red Hat, Inc. announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, the first update to the platform since the delivery of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in November 2010. According to the company, the new release provides customers with improvements in system reliability, scalability and performance, coupled with support for upcoming system hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 also delivers patches and security updates, while maintaining application compatibility and OEM/ISV certifications.
Posted June 15, 2011
IBM will take an active, supportive role in the new OpenOffice.org code base submitted to The Apache Software Foundation Incubator. IBM will contribute staff resources to collaborate with the Apache community during the project's incubation period to further the Open Document Format standard.
Posted June 15, 2011
IBM and SARA, the Dutch National High Performance Computing and e-Science Support Center, have signed a joint research collaboration agreement focused on petascale computing. The agreement allows for joint research in a number of areas to enable applications to run on next-generation petaflop supercomputers, and builds upon a long-standing relationship between SARA and IBM in the field of high-performance computing.
Posted June 15, 2011
The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc.- sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, has announced the availability of Fedora 15, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution.
Posted June 15, 2011
SUSE, a new business unit of The Attachmate Group, announced its organizational focus on developing, marketing and supporting a portfolio of solutions centered around SUSE Linux Enterprise, an interoperable platform for mission-critical computing across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
Posted June 15, 2011
The Open Virtualization Alliance, a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), has been formed by IBM, Red Hat, SUSE, Intel, BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, and HP.
Posted June 15, 2011
Red Hat, Inc. announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, the first update to the platform since the delivery of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 in November 2010. According to the company, the new release provides customers with improvements in system reliability, scalability and performance, coupled with support for upcoming system hardware. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 also delivers patches and security updates, while maintaining application compatibility and OEM/ISV certifications.
Posted June 15, 2011
IBM will take an active, supportive role in the new OpenOffice.org code base submitted to The Apache Software Foundation Incubator. IBM will contribute staff resources to collaborate with the Apache community during the project's incubation period to further the Open Document Format standard.
Posted June 15, 2011
IBM and SARA, the Dutch National High Performance Computing and e-Science Support Center, have signed a joint research collaboration agreement focused on petascale computing. The agreement allows for joint research in a number of areas to enable applications to run on next-generation petaflop supercomputers, and builds upon a long-standing relationship between SARA and IBM in the field of high-performance computing.
Posted June 15, 2011
The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc.- sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, has announced the availability of Fedora 15, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution.
Posted June 15, 2011
SUSE, a new business unit of The Attachmate Group, announced its organizational focus on developing, marketing and supporting a portfolio of solutions centered around SUSE Linux Enterprise, an interoperable platform for mission-critical computing across physical, virtual and cloud environments.
Posted June 15, 2011
Inna Kuznetsova, vice president, marketing and sales, Systems Software & ISVs, IBM, delivered a keynote at the Red Hat Summit. IBM was a premier sponsor of the event which took place in Boston last week. The year 2011 is special for IBM because "it is our centennial," marking 100 years of innovation and progress, said Kuznetsova, who offered a brief overview of the some of the iconic moments of IBM's years of technological leadership while emphasizing that IBM's journey of innovation and leadership is continuing.
Posted May 11, 2011
At the Red Hat Summit, Red Hat and IBM announced that they are working together to make products and solutions based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology the open virtualization choice for the enterprise. Together, the companies are driving adoption of the open source virtualization technology through joint development projects and enablement of the KVM ecosystem.
Posted May 11, 2011
Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in computing today, helping organizations save money by sharing IT resources and providing the enabling platform for cloud computing. As with every new technology, however, there is always the risk of proprietary lock-in to single-vendor platforms and consequent loss of flexibility and choice for end users.
Posted May 11, 2011
The updated LTSS program includes worldwide support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM System z. As a provider for Linux on the mainframe, Novell is making further investments in this market to help customers obtain more value from their mainframe deployments. LTSS for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z reduces risk by ensuring that the configurations for mission-critical workloads running on the mainframe can be maintained over an extended period of time without change.
Posted May 11, 2011
Inna Kuznetsova, vice president, marketing and sales, Systems Software & ISVs, IBM, delivered a keynote at the Red Hat Summit. IBM was a premier sponsor of the event which took place in Boston last week. The year 2011 is special for IBM because "it is our centennial," marking 100 years of innovation and progress, said Kuznetsova, who offered a brief overview of the some of the iconic moments of IBM's years of technological leadership while emphasizing that IBM's journey of innovation and leadership is continuing.
Posted May 11, 2011
At the Red Hat Summit, Red Hat and IBM announced that they are working together to make products and solutions based on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) technology the open virtualization choice for the enterprise. Together, the companies are driving adoption of the open source virtualization technology through joint development projects and enablement of the KVM ecosystem.
Posted May 11, 2011
Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in computing today, helping organizations save money by sharing IT resources and providing the enabling platform for cloud computing. As with every new technology, however, there is always the risk of proprietary lock-in to single-vendor platforms and consequent loss of flexibility and choice for end users.
Posted May 11, 2011
Novell announced the expansion of its Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) program for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, lengthening customers' access to the company's Linux support for each service pack release. For the first time, long term support is also provided globally for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z. Novell further announced the immediate availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 4 (SP4), bundling all previously released patches, fixes and updates for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, while supporting the newest hardware, storage systems and networking devices, including Intel's latest Xeon E7 processor family and AMD's latest Opteron processors.
Posted May 11, 2011