The US Open—now underway—draws millions of tennis enthusiasts from all over the world for two intense weeks of non-stop world-class tennis action. Brian O'Connell, Software Engineer and Master Inventor, IBM, provides a behind-the-scenes peek at the technology supporting the event in his new blog. Fans are watching events unfold not only at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, but also through an integrated online, mobile and social experience delivering real-time play-by-play action, live video streaming and live match scores and statistics, ensuring that every fan experiences the thrill and excitement on center court.
Posted August 28, 2013
Google, IBM, Mellanox, NVIDIA and TYAN announced plans to form the OpenPOWER Consortium - an open development alliance based on IBM's POWER microprocessor architecture. The Consortium intends to build advanced server, networking, storage and GPU-acceleration technology aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility to developers of next-generation, hyperscale and cloud data centers.
Posted August 28, 2013
Google, IBM, Mellanox, NVIDIA and TYAN announced plans to form the OpenPOWER Consortium - an open development alliance based on IBM's POWER microprocessor architecture. The Consortium intends to build advanced server, networking, storage and GPU-acceleration technology aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility to developers of next-generation, hyperscale and cloud data centers.
Posted August 28, 2013
IBM is advancing its Linux on Power initiative with a new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware applications geared for the growing number of clients embracing big data, analytics and next-generation Java applications in an open cloud environment. The new PowerLinux 7R4 server, built on the same Power Systems platform running IBM's Watson cognitive computing solution, can provide clients the performance required for the new business-critical and data-intensive workloads increasingly deployed in Linux environments.
Posted August 28, 2013
IBM is advancing its Linux on Power initiative with a new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware applications geared for the growing number of clients embracing big data, analytics and next-generation Java applications in an open cloud environment. The new PowerLinux 7R4 server, built on the same Power Systems platform running IBM's Watson cognitive computing solution, can provide clients the performance required for the new business-critical and data-intensive workloads increasingly deployed in Linux environments.
Posted August 28, 2013
In a new blog, Andrew Theurer, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center, examines the SPECvirt sc2013 results achieved by the IBM Flex System x240 server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 with its Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor, and explains how the SPECvirt_sc2013 is different from the SPECvirt _sc2010:
Posted August 28, 2013
In a new blog, Andrew Theurer, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center, examines the SPECvirt sc2013 results achieved by the IBM Flex System x240 server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 with its Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor, and explains how the SPECvirt_sc2013 is different from the SPECvirt _sc2010:
Posted August 28, 2013
Jim Wasko, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center, writes about the LTC's purpose, its history and its future in two new blogs.
Posted August 28, 2013
Jim Wasko, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center, writes about the LTC's purpose, its history and its future in two new blogs.
Posted August 28, 2013
Sean Michael Kerner recently wrote about the significance of the Linux 3.10 kernel being chosen by The Linux Foundation as the next long-term release in an article on the eWeek website.
Posted August 28, 2013
Sean Michael Kerner recently wrote about the significance of the Linux 3.10 kernel being chosen by The Linux Foundation as the next long-term release in an article on the eWeek website.
Posted August 28, 2013
In a new blog, Jim Wasko, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center, writes about the changing role of IBM's Linux Technology Center and what it means to the open source community: At the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC), we sometimes forget—because we have been around so long—that for some, the LTC is "new" news. Thanks to the success of Linux and other open source projects, there are people continually joining the open source technology ecosystem. Often, they don't know our history, so we want to explain how we act as a resource for not only IBM but also for our partners and customers
Posted July 30, 2013
In a new blog, Jim Wasko, Director, IBM Linux Technology Center, writes about the changing role of IBM's Linux Technology Center and what it means to the open source community: At the IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC), we sometimes forget—because we have been around so long—that for some, the LTC is "new" news. Thanks to the success of Linux and other open source projects, there are people continually joining the open source technology ecosystem. Often, they don't know our history, so we want to explain how we act as a resource for not only IBM but also for our partners and customers
Posted July 30, 2013
In a new blog, Jeff Scheel, Chief Engineer for IBM Systems & Technology Group, Software Defined Systems, answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about KVM on Power, such as when KVM will be available on Power and how IBM plans to position KVM alongside PowerVM.
Posted July 30, 2013
In a new blog, Jeff Scheel, Chief Engineer for IBM Systems & Technology Group, Software Defined Systems, answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about KVM on Power, such as when KVM will be available on Power and how IBM plans to position KVM alongside PowerVM.
Posted July 30, 2013
Advancing the search for more versatile and less expensive materials for solar energy, Harvard has launched a free database that catalogs the suitability of 2.3 million organic, carbon compounds for converting sunlight into electricity. Harvard's Clean Energy project screened the molecules using World Community Grid, which was created and managed by IBM, and provides computing power to scientists by harnessing the unused cycle time of volunteers' computers. Participants get involved by downloading software to their Linux, Windows, or Mac computer that runs when they take breaks or work on lightweight computer tasks. The software receives, completes, and returns small computational assignments to scientists.
Posted July 30, 2013
Advancing the search for more versatile and less expensive materials for solar energy, Harvard has launched a free database that catalogs the suitability of 2.3 million organic, carbon compounds for converting sunlight into electricity. Harvard's Clean Energy project screened the molecules using World Community Grid, which was created and managed by IBM, and provides computing power to scientists by harnessing the unused cycle time of volunteers' computers. Participants get involved by downloading software to their Linux, Windows, or Mac computer that runs when they take breaks or work on lightweight computer tasks. The software receives, completes, and returns small computational assignments to scientists.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM announced strong client and business partner support for the new version of its DB2 database software, now generally available. The new software—which represents the work of hundreds of IBM developers and researchers in labs around the world—adds innovative technology called BLU Acceleration that makes it simpler, more economical and faster to analyze the massive amounts of data generated by computers, mobile devices, sensors and social networks. The new IBM DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration aims for analytics at the speed of thought with a range of made-in-IBM-Labs advances to significantly speed analytic workloads for databases and data warehouses.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM announced strong client and business partner support for the new version of its DB2 database software, now generally available. The new software—which represents the work of hundreds of IBM developers and researchers in labs around the world—adds innovative technology called BLU Acceleration that makes it simpler, more economical and faster to analyze the massive amounts of data generated by computers, mobile devices, sensors and social networks. The new IBM DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration aims for analytics at the speed of thought with a range of made-in-IBM-Labs advances to significantly speed analytic workloads for databases and data warehouses.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM has completed the acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a cloud computing infrastructure company based in Dallas, Texas. SoftLayer joins IBM's new cloud services division, which combines SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform. The new division, led by General Manager James Comfort, will provide a broad range of choices to both IBM and SoftLayer clients, ISVs, and channel and technology partners.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM has completed the acquisition of SoftLayer Technologies Inc., a cloud computing infrastructure company based in Dallas, Texas. SoftLayer joins IBM's new cloud services division, which combines SoftLayer with IBM SmartCloud into a global platform. The new division, led by General Manager James Comfort, will provide a broad range of choices to both IBM and SoftLayer clients, ISVs, and channel and technology partners.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM has formed a definitive agreement to acquire CSL International, an Israel-headquartered provider of virtualization management technology for IBM's zEnterprise system. Providing a strategic investment in the System z portfolio, the acquisition deepens the consolidation and cloud capabilities by offering simplified management of the virtualization environment. CSL International's CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage their z/VM and Linux on System z environments.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM has formed a definitive agreement to acquire CSL International, an Israel-headquartered provider of virtualization management technology for IBM's zEnterprise system. Providing a strategic investment in the System z portfolio, the acquisition deepens the consolidation and cloud capabilities by offering simplified management of the virtualization environment. CSL International's CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage their z/VM and Linux on System z environments.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM introduced its new zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) mainframe designed for the latest in analytics, cloud, and mobile computing. Starting at $75,000, IBM is making the advanced enterprise server accessible to organizations of all sizes. The new zBC12 provides clients with high levels of performance, flexibility and scale, a faster processor at 4.2 GHz, and two times the available memory over its predecessor, the z114. And, to enable clients to grow into their system, the zBC12 also offers a pay-as-you-grow approach.
Posted July 30, 2013
IBM introduced its new zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12) mainframe designed for the latest in analytics, cloud, and mobile computing. Starting at $75,000, IBM is making the advanced enterprise server accessible to organizations of all sizes. The new zBC12 provides clients with high levels of performance, flexibility and scale, a faster processor at 4.2 GHz, and two times the available memory over its predecessor, the z114. And, to enable clients to grow into their system, the zBC12 also offers a pay-as-you-grow approach.
Posted July 30, 2013
In a new blog, Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM, reflects on the latest Red Hat Summit held earlier this month in Boston. "As I left the conference this year, I was struck by the thought that something was very different," she writes. "Whether customers are discussing the use of KVM in the cloud, or adding it as a second hypervisor for 'hyperdiversity,' the debate about whether KVM is technically ready is now over. It has achieved impressive SPECvirt and TPC-C benchmarks, security certifications, and according to IDC, is showing impressive growth in unit shipments. We are no longer explaining what KVM is. Instead, this year, we were able to show a robust portfolio of clients that have realized success with KVM. The conversation around KVM has changed."
Posted June 26, 2013
In a new blog, Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM, reflects on the latest Red Hat Summit held earlier this month in Boston. "As I left the conference this year, I was struck by the thought that something was very different," she writes. "Whether customers are discussing the use of KVM in the cloud, or adding it as a second hypervisor for 'hyperdiversity,' the debate about whether KVM is technically ready is now over. It has achieved impressive SPECvirt and TPC-C benchmarks, security certifications, and according to IDC, is showing impressive growth in unit shipments. We are no longer explaining what KVM is. Instead, this year, we were able to show a robust portfolio of clients that have realized success with KVM. The conversation around KVM has changed."
Posted June 26, 2013
IBM announced new initiatives to further support and speed up the adoption of the Linux operating system across the enterprise. These include two new Power Systems Linux Centers, as well as plans to extend support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology to its Power Systems portfolio of server products. The announcements were made by Arvind Krishna, GM Development and Manufacturing, IBM STG, during his June 11 keynote address at the Red Hat Summit in Boston.
Posted June 26, 2013
IBM announced new initiatives to further support and speed up the adoption of the Linux operating system across the enterprise. These include two new Power Systems Linux Centers, as well as plans to extend support for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology to its Power Systems portfolio of server products. The announcements were made by Arvind Krishna, GM Development and Manufacturing, IBM STG, during his June 11 keynote address at the Red Hat Summit in Boston.
Posted June 26, 2013
Red Hat announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2, with fully supported Storage Live Migration and a new third-party plug-in framework. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 is designed to meet an increasing industry need for open virtualization solutions without compromising performance, scalability, security or features, and is also an essential component of Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure, which combines the traditional data center virtualization features provided by Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, cloud-enabled infrastructure provided by Red Hat OpenStack, and hybrid cloud management provided by Red Hat CloudForms, to deliver a comprehensive open hybrid cloud solution.
Posted June 26, 2013
Red Hat announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2, with fully supported Storage Live Migration and a new third-party plug-in framework. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 is designed to meet an increasing industry need for open virtualization solutions without compromising performance, scalability, security or features, and is also an essential component of Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure, which combines the traditional data center virtualization features provided by Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, cloud-enabled infrastructure provided by Red Hat OpenStack, and hybrid cloud management provided by Red Hat CloudForms, to deliver a comprehensive open hybrid cloud solution.
Posted June 26, 2013
At the Red Hat Summit, Red Hat marked major milestones for its Red Hat OpenStack partner ecosystem. The Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network has moved from its early adopter project phase and now counts more than 100 global technology industry leaders as members.
Posted June 26, 2013
At the Red Hat Summit, Red Hat marked major milestones for its Red Hat OpenStack partner ecosystem. The Red Hat OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Partner Network has moved from its early adopter project phase and now counts more than 100 global technology industry leaders as members.
Posted June 26, 2013
IBM has formed a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., a privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider. IBM is acquiring SoftLayer to make it easier and faster for clients around the world to incorporate cloud computing by combining the speed and simplicity of SoftLayer's public cloud services with the enterprise grade reliability, security and openness of the IBM SmartCloud portfolio. SoftLayer accelerates IBM's ability to integrate public and private clouds for its clients, with flexibility that provides deployment options that enable a faster, broader transformation for small, medium and large businesses with a range of performance and security models.
Posted June 26, 2013
IBM has formed a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., a privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider. IBM is acquiring SoftLayer to make it easier and faster for clients around the world to incorporate cloud computing by combining the speed and simplicity of SoftLayer's public cloud services with the enterprise grade reliability, security and openness of the IBM SmartCloud portfolio. SoftLayer accelerates IBM's ability to integrate public and private clouds for its clients, with flexibility that provides deployment options that enable a faster, broader transformation for small, medium and large businesses with a range of performance and security models.
Posted June 26, 2013
In the June issue of Smarter Computing magazine, Angel Luis Diaz, vice president, Software and Standards, IBM Cloud Labs is interviewed about IBM's embrace of open standards and open source - including the latest step in its longstanding commitment - helping to launch the OpenStack Foundation. "IBM is building its entire cloud portfolio on open source and open standards," Diaz says, explaining that "OpenStack allows you to use the heart of cloud - IaaS - to drive innovation and interoperability."
Posted June 26, 2013
In the June issue of Smarter Computing magazine, Angel Luis Diaz, vice president, Software and Standards, IBM Cloud Labs is interviewed about IBM's embrace of open standards and open source - including the latest step in its longstanding commitment - helping to launch the OpenStack Foundation. "IBM is building its entire cloud portfolio on open source and open standards," Diaz says, explaining that "OpenStack allows you to use the heart of cloud - IaaS - to drive innovation and interoperability."
Posted June 26, 2013
he June 2013 Top500 supercomputer list has been released, showing that 476 of the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world run Linux, writes ZDNet contributing editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols in a recent article. According to Vaughn-Nichols, in terms of the "highest of high-end computing, Linux rules" and underscoring the point, "the top 10 fastest supercomputers all run Linux of one sort or the other."
Posted June 26, 2013
he June 2013 Top500 supercomputer list has been released, showing that 476 of the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world run Linux, writes ZDNet contributing editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols in a recent article. According to Vaughn-Nichols, in terms of the "highest of high-end computing, Linux rules" and underscoring the point, "the top 10 fastest supercomputers all run Linux of one sort or the other."
Posted June 26, 2013
Wind River, a leader in embedded and mobile software, has developed Wind River Open Virtualization Profile to deliver high performance, open source, real-time kernel virtualization technologies for next-generation telecommunications equipment as well as network functions virtualization (NFV) and cloud advancements.
Posted June 26, 2013
Wind River, a leader in embedded and mobile software, has developed Wind River Open Virtualization Profile to deliver high performance, open source, real-time kernel virtualization technologies for next-generation telecommunications equipment as well as network functions virtualization (NFV) and cloud advancements.
Posted June 26, 2013
The advantages provided by KVM for cloud deployments are explored in a new blog by Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM: "Just a few years ago, many enterprise customers predicted they would never use cloud computing because it was too risky. Fast forward, and today the picture is a stark contrast. Compelling economic advantages have trumped all other concerns. Worldwide revenue from public IT cloud services, which exceeded $21.5 billion in 2010, will skyrocket to $72.9 billion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate of 27.6% - four times the projected growth for the worldwide IT market as a whole, according to IDC cloud research."
Posted June 26, 2013
The advantages provided by KVM for cloud deployments are explored in a new blog by Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM: "Just a few years ago, many enterprise customers predicted they would never use cloud computing because it was too risky. Fast forward, and today the picture is a stark contrast. Compelling economic advantages have trumped all other concerns. Worldwide revenue from public IT cloud services, which exceeded $21.5 billion in 2010, will skyrocket to $72.9 billion in 2015, representing a compound annual growth rate of 27.6% - four times the projected growth for the worldwide IT market as a whole, according to IDC cloud research."
Posted June 26, 2013
Registration is open for SUSECon, SUSE's annual global user conference. The event will be held November 12-15, 2013, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Posted June 26, 2013
Registration is open for SUSECon, SUSE's annual global user conference. The event will be held November 12-15, 2013, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Posted June 26, 2013
In a new blog, Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM, observes that open source hypervisor KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is gaining ground in the enterprise. According to Staten Healy, the trajectory of enterprise adoption of KVM is reminiscent of the early days of Linux since organizations, by now familiar with server virtualization, are evaluating not only hypervisors from the current market leaders but also open source approaches.
Posted May 30, 2013
In a new blog, Jean Staten Healy, Director, Worldwide Linux and Open Virtualization, IBM, observes that open source hypervisor KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is gaining ground in the enterprise. According to Staten Healy, the trajectory of enterprise adoption of KVM is reminiscent of the early days of Linux since organizations, by now familiar with server virtualization, are evaluating not only hypervisors from the current market leaders but also open source approaches.
Posted May 30, 2013
At Red Hat Summit 2013, IBM will showcase use cases for IBM, Red Hat, and related partner products and services, as well as provide insight into emerging technologies and what they represent to customers. For the 9th consecutive year, IBM is a premier sponsor of the event, taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, June 11-14. You can register for Red Hat Summit at www.redhat.com/summit.
Posted May 30, 2013
At Red Hat Summit 2013, IBM will showcase use cases for IBM, Red Hat, and related partner products and services, as well as provide insight into emerging technologies and what they represent to customers. For the 9th consecutive year, IBM is a premier sponsor of the event, taking place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, June 11-14. You can register for Red Hat Summit at www.redhat.com/summit.
Posted May 30, 2013
Extending its reach in China, IBM has opened its first Linux innovation center for Power Systems clients and business partners. The Power Systems Linux Center, located inside IBM's China Systems Center in Beijing, will make it simpler for software developers to build and deploy new applications for big data, cloud, mobile and social business computing on open technology building blocks using Linux and the latest IBM POWER 7+ processor technology. Along with the IBM Power Systems Linux Center, IBM is also announcing a new collaboration with Red Hat and SUSE to meet increasing demand from businesses in China for optimized and pre-integrated computing systems running enterprise applications on Linux.
Posted May 30, 2013