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Realize the scope of our commitment Comprehensive solutions, designed for the work of your business Today, IBM leads in its ability to deliver complete Linux® solutions and outstanding support for Linux in the enterprise. This didn’t happen by chance. We’ve been solidly behind Linux and standards-based computing long before they hit the mainstream.

At IBM, not only do we know Linux, we understand what our Linux customers want. Our comprehensive Linux solutions—spanning hardware, software and services— are informed by deep process skills in 18 different industries. So when you come to IBM, you get a Linux solution geared to the specific needs of your business.

Whether you choose to use Linux to integrate your business processes, consolidate workloads or jump-start your e-business, IBM has Linux solutions to help you adapt quickly in a marketplace that waits for no one.

Table of contents 3 What is Linux? The essentials 6 Linux gets down to business 10 Our commitment to Linux 16 IBM products and solutions for Linux 30 Learn more today What is Linux? The essentials

A new on demand business model is And a key to that operating environment emerging that will require organizations is Linux. Linux is helping companies to be flexible, adaptive and responsive address the twin challenges of reducing to their customers on a global basis, costs and expanding business in integrating islands of technology to today’s ever-changing marketplace. react quickly to changing business That’s why enterprises around the globe 3 conditions. This in turn requires a new are adopting Linux for what it can bring operating environment—one built to their businesses: reliability, scalability, on open standards. performance and cost savings. In fact, according to IDC, Linux is currently the fastest-growing server operating system, with shipments projected to grow by more than 34 percent per year over the next four years.1 What is Linux? What is open source? Linux is a UNIX®-like, open source With open source software, the operating system created by a source code is available to all without community of developers and governed restrictions on use and without by the GNU General Public License. royalties. Linux programmers, working An extremely stable operating system, over the Internet, are the community Linux is fast, easy to customize, and that improves, adapts and fixes efficient at managing computing Linux—all at astonishing speeds. This resources. rapid evolutionary process can produce software that is equal to or even better than that produced by the traditional development model. Comprised of both individual and corporate software professionals— including more than 250 dedicated IBM programmers—the community follows a highly disciplined and carefully monitored approach to improving the quality and functionality of Linux.

“IBM’s ability to build a comprehensive business solution on the z900 using 4 Linux is an enormously powerful offer. It enhanced the performance of our applications and lowered our costs, while leveraging the value of our existing systems.” Randy Lengyel, Senior Vice President of Management Information Systems, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation What is Linux? The essentials Does that mean Linux is free? development and deployment, While Linux can be downloaded free of Linux offers outstanding flexibility. charge from the Web, most commercial Applications developed on Linux can users obtain Linux for a fee from a be compiled to run on any platform distributor who provides support and architecture that supports Linux— service. IBM has relationships with from wristwatches to wireless phones the major distributors, such as Red and PDAs to mainframes. As long as Hat and UnitedLinux, a consortium your applications are built using today’s including SuSE, Turbolinux and others. modern programming languages— including Perl, Java™ or JavaScript, How is Linux used? C++, and XML or HTML—you can Linux has evolved quickly from infra- deploy and redeploy them as needed, structure tasks to business solutions. quickly and easily. Once considered the domain of e-mail and the Web, Linux is now widely used for business-critical application hosting and transaction processing. Linux is now a dominant platform for Intel®-based supercomputing clusters, and is emerging as the platform of choice for wireless devices and pervasive computing. For application

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What is Linux? The essentials Linux gets down to business

6 In recent years, thanks to compelling economics and the flexibility of open standards, Linux has moved squarely into the realm of business computing. The popularity and growth of Linux has been remarkable in the last few years alone. In industries that range from geophysical sciences to financial services, and from Branch and store operations distribution and retail to the public Many companies are now choosing sector, the economics of Linux Linux servers for their distributed are simply overwhelming. Here’s e-business applications—especially a look at how customers are putting those applications that need to be IBM solutions for Linux to work. replicated in many different locations, often globally. For example, in banks, branch offices, retail chains, agent offices and public kiosks, as well as government field offices, such as postal facilities. Many of these applications are e-business and Web-based. Combine Linux’s reliability, low total cost of ownership and Web-savvy nature with IBM’s global services and support, and you have an especially attractive choice for these replicated solutions.

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Linux gets down to business Workload and server consolidation Linux clusters Companies across all industry sectors Another exploding use of Linux is have the ability to achieve savings in in the cluster environment. Universities total cost of ownership by using have been using Linux clusters in Linux to consolidate workloads from scientific and technical environments multiple servers onto a single for years. Now companies of all IBM ^™ xSeries™, iSeries™, sizes are exploiting this capability for pSeries™ or zSeries™ server. In fact, competitive advantage—performing on every IBM server platform, Linux processing-intensive tasks such as can run in multiple partitions, up to computer animation, seismic process- hundreds in the case of zSeries— ing and financial risk management. each operating as if an individual, Clusters that combine IBM xSeries independent server, with security servers with IBM cluster and file features and workload separation. management technologies are highly scalable and are easy to set up and install, creating a true supercomputer at a fraction of the price previously associated with such systems.

“The integrated IBM xSeries 8 server solution and SteelEye Lifekeeper clustering software options on Linux provide us with the ability to rapidly deploy and easily manage our platforms, all with a price/performance advantage that’s unbeatable.” Andreas Walter, IT Manager, BBDO Interactive Application flexibility Embedded and pervasive devices Today, more and more software Linux is emerging as a key element developers and IT departments are in the “device” marketplace. Because choosing to develop on Linux since Linux is physically small, fast, and they can deploy their applications modular, many embedded device on many different environments— manufacturers see Linux as a simple without extensive rework. Using open and economic way to implement source -based IBM WebSphere® next-generation e-business applications Studio application development for service personnel, sales repre- tools that run on Linux, developers can sentatives, mobile workers and work directly in Linux rather than distributions specialists. As a result, porting applications developed on other Linux is increasingly being used platforms. And, to build complete in handheld devices, phones and applications, they’re using IBM’s other small intelligent devices powerful Linux-enabled middleware, that can help improve productivity. from databases to Web commerce And IBM Microelectronics is helping 9 engines to systems management tools. to speed deployment in this arena with a new, low-cost PDA blueprint kit for developers.

Linux gets down to business Our commitment to Linux

10 IBM declared support for Linux and standards-based computing long before it was fashionable to do so. Today, our commitment has only deepened. Linux is a key component of IBM’s overall strategy to help our customers transform and grow their businesses. That’s why we’ve enabled Linux across our server, Today, we are committed to: software and services businesses, and 1. Providing industry-leading we lead the industry in our ability to products built to run Linux and Linux provide comprehensive Linux solutions. applications optimally, along We have already assisted thousands with the services needed to develop of customers to capitalize on Linux as and deploy these applications. a key standard for e-business and 2. Ensuring that all of the operating the new on demand world. environments we offer fully support Linux—so customers can take advantage of the innovation occurring with Linux. 3. Creating solution offerings, including hardware, software and services built on Linux, to allow out-of-the-box capability in handling workloads best suited for Linux. 4. Working with the open source community to support the enhance- ment of Linux for enterprise computing through contributions

of IBM technology, resources and 11 programming expertise. 5. Supporting and assisting the development and porting of enterprise applications to Linux. 6. Delivering Linux technical support, education and the consulting and implementation services that will enable our customers to implement Linux solutions with confidence.

Our commitment to Linux What’s more, our commitment to Linux Our mission is to provide leadership and standards-based computing as well as superior products and is borne out by the use of Linux in our services—all while being a key partner own organization. By the close of 2002, and contributor to the open source IBM was already running more than development community. 1,000 Linux production servers—and we plan to add more. Our .com Open Source Development Lab Web site, as well as our intranet, Sponsored by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, are powered by many Linux servers. Intel and others, the Open Source And we use Linux to drive critical Development Lab (OSDL) is the business applications—for example, industry’s first independent, nonprofit we recently launched a new $2.5 billion lab for developers who are adding chip manufacturing facility that is enterprise capabilities to Linux. completely automated using Linux. • Independently governed IBM’s investment in Linux The Lab is governed by an indepen- At IBM, we’re fully involved in the open dent management board comprised source movement. As Linux usage of members from the open source continues to spread across the globe, community and representatives from we’ve been contributing our relevant sponsor companies. An independent technologies and experience to the executive director implements open source community to help policies and funding decisions, and enhance Linux, to define the standards, works with the community to select and to ensure that Linux will continue development projects. to meet the needs of the enterprise. This commitment is evidenced by our support and participation in three

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1. The Open Source Development Lab 2. IBM Linux Technology Center 3. IBM Competency Centers for Linux

Our commitment to Linux • Reason for being Linux 2.4 and upcoming 2.5/2.6 kernels. The growing use of Linux in corporate They are also engaged in even further IT demands the continued enhance- enhancements to Linux, in the 2.7/2.8 ment of Linux to support enterprise kernel time frame, for greater scalability, environments. ODSL provides open expanded data management facilities, source developers with access to the and increased systems and cluster large-scale, automated test systems management functions. needed to facilitate development of these features. The Lab also provides The LTC plays an important role in the specialized technical guidance and Open Source Development Lab, project support through its Carrier providing skills and expertise to Carrier Grade Linux and Data Center Linux Grade Linux and Data Center Linux working groups. For more information teams. The LTC’s deep body of about the Lab and its projects, visit expertise is also leveraged within IBM www.osdlab.org. products and services, benefiting customers. IBM Linux Technology Center The IBM Linux Technology Center (LTC) In keeping with IBM’s overall is a global IBM development team that commitment to Linux and open uses world-class IBM programming standards, the efforts of the LTC are resources and software technology 100 percent open source, as to advance the functionality of Linux well as architecture and brand across many different environments: independent. For more information servers, desktops, embedded devices about the day-to-day activities of the and appliances. LTC, visit www-124.ibm.com/linux

The LTC is staffed by more than

250 of IBM’s best developers, working 13 on many facets of Linux and open source projects. The LTC team are trusted, valued members of the open source community, involved in Linux organizations, and responsible for significant contributions to the

Our commitment to Linux IBM is home to some of the deepest Linux expertise—expertise we make available to you, to help you deploy your Linux solution with confidence.

Expertise on tap • IBM Solution Partnership Centers IBM has established a variety of Today, a wide variety of application facilities and services around the world solutions are available for Linux, to help customers and independent with over 4,600 applications in the software vendors (ISVs) transition their IBM Global Solutions Directory alone. applications and systems to the Linux IBM has established ten Solution operating environment. These initiatives Partnership Centers designed include the Solution Partnership to foster the continuing growth of Centers for Linux, the Linux Integration business applications for Linux. Centers, the Technical Marketing Located across Europe, Asia and the Competency Centers, and Industry Americas, the Centers provide easy Competency Centers, along with the access to resources to help software rapid deployment of specialized IBM providers migrate applications to 14 Linux consultants, hardware and Linux, including facilities for porting software specialists plus services and testing applications in real-life professionals. scenarios. Many of the centers also offer IBM ServerProven® validation on Linux to help ensure that complete business solutions—hardware, software and applications—have been thoroughly tested and validated.

Our commitment to Linux • Linux Integration Centers • Industry Competency Centers IBM Linux Integration Centers (LIC) IBM has recently launched two new house teams of technical profession- financial services Linux Centers als with expertise in each of IBM’s of Competence in two of the world’s major software families, including hubs of finance—the City of London DB2® Universal Database™, and New York City. Here, financial WebSphere, Tivoli® and Lotus®, plus services businesses can gain insight specialized industry expertise. LIC into how to harness the benefits of engineers are available to assist IBM Linux and IBM Linux solutions. Plus, clients in the design and deployment IBM Government Solutions Centers of Linux solutions. The Centers pro- in Europe and the U.S. bring IBM vide technical consulting, product experts and the public sector together integration, and deployment planning to explore e-government solutions, services. including Linux.

• Technical Marketing Competency Centers The Linux Technical Marketing Competency Centers in Poughkeepsie, NY; Boeblingen, Germany; and Montpelier, France offer Linux planning, demonstrations and workshops. With Linux running on zSeries servers, the Centers can both demonstrate and plan the integration of existing infrastructure elements with Linux applications. The

Centers’ expertise and capabilities 15 cross traditional products such as CICS®, DB2, MQSeries® and IMS™, and extend to Web serving and Web hosting, including WebSphere, Samba applications and NFS serving.

Our commitment to Linux IBM products and solutions for Linux

16 Today, IBM’s support for Linux in the enterprise is industry-leading, as borne out by our continually growing range of products and solutions for Linux. By the close of 2002, IBM had thousands of Linux customer engage- ments worldwide, on solutions ranging from Web serving to financial management to some of the largest IBM systems supercomputers performing seismic processing and genomic research. Linux and IBM ^: The key to this success is the sheer A reliable foundation for Linux scope of our Linux offerings—spanning IBM has enabled the entire hardware, software and services—all IBM ^ family to support Linux, designed to help you fully tap the giving customers the widest choices many strengths of Linux and compete in the industry for deploying solutions more effectively in a rapidly changing on Linux. From Intel processor-based marketplace. servers through the entire range of server options to the largest mainframes, IBM servers run Linux natively, in partitions for improved workload consolidation and integration, and in clusters attaining supercomputer configurations at affordable prices. The reliability, performance and support delivered by IBM ^ systems, coupled with IBM’s 24x7 support offerings for Linux, provide you with the support and service you need to deploy 17 your e-business applications on Linux with confidence.

IBM products and solutions for Linux xSeries iSeries Intel processor-based xSeries servers iSeries servers support Linux systems offer a solid, reliable foundation for integration and consolidation via Linux-based computing, providing industry-leading logical partitioning, outstanding performance, outstanding allowing simultaneous Linux partitions availability and greater manageability and OS/400®, with up to 31 Linux for core business applications. From partitions on the largest iSeries models. single servers to powerful clusters Linux applications can access DB2 enabled for Linux, xSeries offers as well as OS/400 programs and a variety of server configurations to services through virtual Internet LANs. fulfill your Linux application needs. What’s more, the iSeries for Linux Visit ibm.com/servers/eserver/ offering provides a Linux-only solution linux/xseries alternative. Linux on iSeries gives you the advantage of extending your environment to realize the benefits of open source applications and functionality. Visit ibm.com/servers/ eserver/iseries/linux

18 IBM xSeries servers are favored for Linux clustering applications, offering supercomputing performance at mass-market prices.

IBM products and solutions for Linux pSeries IBM ^ Cluster 1350 pSeries servers bring 64-bit The Cluster 1350 combines xSeries performance and the reliability rack-optimized servers running Linux and scalability of POWER processor with high-speed interconnects and technology to Linux. pSeries proven cluster management software. Linux-capable servers give you IBM assembles and pretests each the capability to run Linux, AIX®, or customer configuration before ship- both on a single powerful server ment. Cluster Systems Management through logical partitioning, while Software provides a single point supporting open standards and of control for the cluster, monitoring solutions. Joining the pSeries hardware and software events to family of Linux-supported servers trigger automated recovery when are the new Linux-ready express appropriate. The Cluster utilizes configurations, which deliver the Generalized Parallel File System a Linux-only pSeries platform. for shared file access, and provides Visit ibm.com/servers/eserver/ failover functionality. The Cluster pseries/linux provides high performance, horizontal scalability and high availability for zSeries a wide variety of applications, from zSeries servers deliver an industrial- scientific and technical, to commercial strength environment for use with Linux computing, to Web serving. Visit applications. Hundreds of Linux images ibm.com/servers/eserver/clusters can be run simultaneously, providing unique server consolidation capabilities and helping to reduce both costs and complexity. Using IBM middleware and database software, Linux applications can communicate and data 19 with other zSeries applications running simultaneously under OS/390® and zSeries partitioning technology. Visit ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/linux

IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM ^ BladeCenter IBM IntelliStation BladeCenter™ provides a powerful, IntelliStation® workstations provide small-footprint server environment that a professional high-performance allows you to intermingle and hot-swap environment for Linux users, optimized Linux blades on demand, while for the demands of engineers, media continuously running blades with other creators, software developers and operating systems—all from a single, financial analysts. From deskside to physical box. Up to 14 blades are rackable configurations, these housed in a high-density enclosure that workstations are also being used in simplifies remote management, speeds retail store systems and kiosk applica- deployment and boosts scalability. tions, combining the high reliability Coupled with Linux, BladeCenter and cost-effectiveness of Linux with provides a cost-effective clustering the robustness of IntelliStation. Visit solution. Visit ibm.com/eserver/ ibm.com/ww/intellistation/linux bladecenter IBM Integrated Solutions for e-business IBM TotalStorage Available for zSeries and xSeries In e-business environments, IBM servers, Integrated Solutions for TotalStorage™ products are enabled to e-business provide all the components support Linux, including the ESS, needed to create an integrated Linux tape systems and FastT storage. IBM solution. Visit ibm.com/servers/ FastT storage products provide flexible, solutions/linux/integrated affordable storage for Linux-based systems, especially for the Intel-based The zSeries offering allows you xSeries servers. Visit ibm.com/ to choose from preconfigured and storage/linux tested hardware and software packages so you can quickly build a

20 reliable Linux and mainframe-based e-business, including: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for S/390® and zSeries, z/VM™ v4.3, WebSphere Application Server AE v4.0.4.,

IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM Directory Server (LDAP) v4.1, one IBM DB2 for Linux Clustering Solution year of software support and IBM This solution provides you with a Global Services Linuxline support, and high-performance data management optional installation and customization system that can scale from two to 1,000 support from IBM Global Services, nodes in a clustered Linux environment. plus IBM Global Financing. Visit Based on IBM DB2 Universal Database ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/ and the IBM ^ xSeries platform, os/linux/integrated the solution includes WebSphere Application Server, Tivoli systems The xSeries offering is a predefined management software, SuSE Linux 8, set of hardware and software and SAP solutions such as components integrated and tuned SAP R/3, mySAP CRM and mySAP based on extensive IBM experience in BusinessIntelligence. Visit ibm.com/ e-business. A combination of IBM software/data/pubs/pdfs/total.pdf xSeries servers, WebSphere Application Server, IBM DB2, and security and directory functions provide the basic e-business infrastructure you need to deploy your business solutions. Visit ibm.com/servers/solutions/ linux/integrated/xseries

“The inherent scalability of our new Linux-based IBM 21 cluster infrastructure puts us in a much better position to adapt as our needs evolve, while keeping our additional hardware and management costs to a minimum.” Dr. -Ing Johannes C. Lorenz, Manager of Software Production Environments, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG IBM Digital Content Creation Grid computing IBM Digital Content Creation (DCC) Ten new IBM Grid offerings are is a high-performance solution of designed to address specific hardware and software, packaged with industry-related issues in areas such round-the-clock services, designed as research and development, to more easily support your computer engineering and design, business graphic interface and content creation analytics, enterprise optimization and needs. Based on the award-winning government development. Through IntelliStation workstation and the Linux our relationships with leading grid operating system, combined with tool and application providers, plus state-of-the-art IBM ^ xSeries Globus, IBM provides an OGSA servers and a variety of storage options, reference implementation based on including FastT, LTO, and various J2EE for developing a company’s SAN and NAS offerings, IBM Digital grid computing environment. Content Creation supports specialty This tool kit is available across all ISV software for animation and IBM systems running Linux or AIX. graphics, and affords an easy path Visit ibm.com/grid for server growth. Visit ibm.com/industries/media/solution/ SOLUTIONS_87905.html

“Reliability, competitive 22 price and compatibility with the Linux operating system were key reasons why we chose IBM xSeries servers to coordinate Mexico’s election process.” Juan Carlos Lopez, Project Director for Instituto Federal Electoral Premier IBM e-business Lotus Domino and software for Linux Lotus Workflow™ products Lotus Domino™ for Linux provides Web At IBM, part of our commitment to the application support, Internet messaging, open source community is to ensure enterprise integration tools, tight that we offer the same rich capabilities security, workflow and administrative for deploying solutions on Linux that services. Existing applications running we offer on other operating systems. on Lotus Domino with Microsoft® For that reason, we’ve extended all our Windows NT® or Windows® 2000 can key middleware products to the Linux easily be moved to Domino for operating system. Our powerful Linux, making the transition simple for middleware can help you react rapidly, companies ready to use Linux. delivering the new applications you need to respond to customer demands Lotus iNotes while leveraging the cost-effectiveness Lotus iNotes™ Web Access software of Linux. For information on all our allows you to broaden the use of software offerings for Linux, visit Linux to connect remote and mobile ibm.com/linux/software workers with up-to-date information. With support for the Netscape browser IBM DB2 Universal Database running on Linux clients, Lotus iNotes The DB2 advantage is simple: pure Web Access software enables users to power at a lower cost than any access Lotus Notes®-based functions, other e-business Linux database on including e-mail, calendaring and the market. DB2 on Linux gives scheduling, by simply logging onto you a robust, easy-to-manage database the Web. that offers high performance, complementing the stability and reliability of the Linux platform. DB2 23 Connect for Linux provides fast, robust connectivity to IBM mainframe and OS/400 databases from Linux- based applications, while DB2 UDB Extended Enterprise Edition provides a single database distributed across a cluster of Intel-based servers.

IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM WebSphere software platform WebSphere Application Server for Linux WebSphere products for Linux enable Providing a robust Java-based you to build, deploy and manage environment for building, deploying and next-generation e-business applica- managing Web applications ranging tions. You can create high-performance, from simple publishing through personalized Web sites, conduct enterprise-scale transaction process- e-commerce transactions and manage ing, WebSphere Application Server high-volume Web sites. Over 35 includes support for Apache Web software offerings are included in the servers and current open standards WebSphere family. For more information for Web services. on the entire WebSphere family, visit ibm.com/linux/software WebSphere Commerce Suite WebSphere Commerce Suite provides a powerful, integrated solution that helps get e-commerce sites up and running quickly. Through its shopping per- sonalization and catalog merchandising capabilities, WebSphere Commerce Suite can help businesses drive sales by up-selling and cross-selling.

“The integration of the IBM zSeries with new 24 applications under Linux gives us a powerful combination for Web serving and positioning ourselves as an innovative service provider in the public sector IT services market.” Oliver Kamp, Director for IT Systems Technology, KRZN (Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein) WebSphere MQ family ISV software With MQSeries, Linux applications can IBM is allied with many independent be quickly integrated with applications software vendors (ISVs) that deliver a on more than 35 other platforms. multitude of Linux applications to varied MQSeries Everyplace® extends industries. Over 4,600 applications are application access to mobile workers now available from IBM Business using laptops, PDAs and telephones. Partners and ISVs such as ACCPAC, Relavis, SAP, J.D. Edwards and others. Tivoli for Linux Visit ibm.com/linux/software Tivoli offers e-business infrastructure management expertise that can ease CICS Transaction Gateway the integration of Linux open technology CICS Transaction Gateway provides into existing IT environments. Tivoli simple, efficient and scalable Linux offerings support key manage- connectivity between Linux Web ment functions, including: performance applications and back-end application and availability; configuration systems running on CICS. Visit and operations management; security ibm.com/software/ts/cics/ctg and storage management; plus back-up and recovery services. Visit For more information about our www.tivoli.com/linux software products for Linux, visit ibm.com/linux/software

For information on applications, tools and services for Linux from IBM Business Partners, visit ibm.com/software/solutions/isv

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IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM application development IBM Developer Kits and Runtime tools for Linux Environments for Linux These kits provide application Linux Software Evaluation Kit 2003 portability and scalability for Java- This kit, Speed Start Your Linux and Java 2-based applications, easing Applications, contains the newest the transition from IBM xSeries to releases of DB2 Universal Database, zSeries servers. Industry-standard WebSphere Application Server, and APIs are optimized to provide the Lotus Domino, plus WebSphere Studio performance and stability required Site Developer, WebSphere MQ, by many mission-critical e-business Tivoli Access Manager, and more, to applications. Visit ibm.com/ help you learn Linux, get familiar developerworks/java/jdk with IBM middleware and tools for Linux, and develop new applications. IBM developerWorks™ for Linux For more information visit ibm.com/ This online resource from IBM is home developerworks/offers/linux-speed-start to tools, products, articles, tips and tutorials on the development platforms WebSphere Studio Application favored by Linux developers and Developer for Linux the open source community at large. Built on the Eclipse open development The site also provides access to environment, WebSphere Studio some of IBM’s best Linux technical Application Developer for Linux allows experts and developers. Visit developers to create e-business ibm.com/developerworks/linux applications directly on Linux. This powerful tool integrates Java and Web development tools in a single environment with support for open 26 Web standards. Download the preview version from ibm.com/ software/ad/studioappdev

IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM support and services Consulting, technical and for Linux implementation services • IBM Operational Support Services – Offering the industry’s most com- SupportLine for Linux: prehensive portfolio of Linux technical 24x7 remote Linux technical support and consultative services, support, problem determination and IBM is uniquely qualified to assess, problem source identification, recommend, execute, integrate plus defect support for the Linux and support Linux-based solutions. operating system, including all IBM Linux engineers are available IBM servers, Linux clusters and all 24x7 to provide expert technical major distributions of Linux. assistance to help you deploy your Linux solutions with confidence. More • Linux Strategy Workshop: than 3,000 IBM Global Services A unique, compact workshop that consultants skilled in Linux are available helps you develop a customized worldwide to help you strategize, strategy for incorporating Linux based design, build and enhance your Linux on your IT environment, your business solutions. What’s more, IBM Learning issues and your budget requirements. Services offers a wide curriculum available to help you build your Linux • IBM Managed Hosting – Linux virtual skills. To explore the variety of offerings services: available, visit ibm.com/services/ Provides hosted and managed server e-business/linux.html capacity without the upfront expense of physical hardware, letting you leverage virtual servers within IBM hosting facilities. You only pay for the processing, storage and network

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IBM products and solutions for Linux • Cluster Implementation Services: • IBM SmoothStart Service Offers complete factory service for for MQSeries: Linux clusters, including planning Offers planning, installation and design, implementation and rack configuration and verification services installation, factory burn-in, onsite for MQSeries Solutions with Linux, delivery and support. to help ensure that your MQSeries environment is up and running quickly. • Linux Solution for e-business: Helps you rapidly deploy a • Application Porting Services: Linux-based environment tailored Porting of non-Linux applications to with middleware, applications Linux, drawing on IBM experts with and an IBM-supported Linux multivendor proprietary systems skills operating system. and knowledge.

• Open Source Computing Consulting: • Server Consolidation: Helps customers considering Linux Assists you with consolidating get up to speed with the “ins and outs” applications and data from multiple of open source computing and the architectures and physical hardware open source community. systems into a single-resource Linux-based solution. • Migration Services for DB2: Addresses migration needs and To learn more about the wide variety services as well as skills transfer of IBM service and support offerings between versions of DB2 UDB, available for Linux, visit ibm.com/ including assistance with running services/e-business/linux.html DB2 for Linux on zSeries and zSeries partitions.

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IBM products and solutions for Linux IBM Learning Services IBM Redbooks for Linux IBM Learning Services offers a full IBM Redbooks™ for Linux are “how-to” portfolio of Linux-related education, books written by very experienced training and certification courses IBM, customer and Business Partner in 20 countries and 5 languages. IBM professionals from all over the world. is also a sponsor and provider of the Over 100 publications are available Linux Professional Institute Certification through the IBM Redbooks home page program. Online Course Roadmaps to help you with your deployment help you plan your training path and and use of Linux and IBM solutions the courses you need to complete for Linux. For more information a specific curriculum or certification visit ibm.com/redbooks program, while the online Course Advisor tool suggests courses to take 29 based on the skills you want to acquire. Detailed information on course offerings can be found at ibm.com/ services/learning/spotlight/linux

IBM products and solutions for Linux Learn more today

At IBM, we’ve made Linux and and services to market regularly. standards-based computing a top What’s more, we will also continue priority across our entire business, to work closely within the open investing in knowledge, technology source community to ensure that and skills to bring real solutions to Linux evolves to meet the changing

30 customers in all industries. We’ve needs of business. already enabled Linux across all of our servers, e-business software In short, we believe that Linux holds and services, and we continue to a very promising future for us all. innovate, bringing new Linux products To find out more about IBM’s commitment to Linux, simply visit us online at ibm.com/linux

27 References in this publication to IBM products or © Copyright IBM Corporation 2003 services do not imply that IBM intends to make them IBM Corporation available in every country in which IBM operates. Linux Sales and Marketing Consult your local IBM business contact for information Route 100 on the products, features and services available Somers, NY 10589 in your area. Printed in the United States of America The customer experiences cited in this document are 6-03 presented as examples of how these customers have All rights reserved. used IBM products. As customer environments and needs vary, similar results are not guaranteed elsewhere. IBM, the IBM logo, the e-business logo, e(logo)server, AIX, BladeCenter, CICS, DB2, DB2 Universal IBM makes no representations or warranties, either Database, developerWorks, Domino, Everyplace, IMS, expressed or implied, regarding non-IBM products and iNotes, IntelliStation, iSeries, Lotus, Lotus Notes, services that are ServerProven and disclaims all such Lotus Workflow, MQSeries, OS/390, OS/400, pSeries, warranties and the implied warranty of merchantability or Redbooks, S/390, ServerProven, TotalStorage, Tivoli, fitness for a particular purpose. These products are WebSphere, xSeries, zSeries and z/VM are trademarks offered and warranted solely by third parties. or registered trademarks of International Business The IBM home page can be found on the Internet Machines Corporation. at ibm.com. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Printed in the United States on recycled paper in the United States, other countries, or both. containing 10% recovered post-consumer fiber. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. 1 IDC, Server Market Forecaster, September 2002 Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective companies.

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