IBM promotes Linux in the enterprise segment



    At the Red Hat Summit in Boston, IBM announced a number of new initiatives to support and accelerate Linux enterprise adoption. This is the opening of two new Power Systems Linux Center innovation centers in Austin, Texas and New York, and most importantly, the porting of the KVM hypervisor to Power Systems servers.

    Innovation Centers Power Systems Linux Center open in areas where companies have the greatest demand for enterprise Linux-based solutions. These centers provide training for developers on how to port their applications to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Power Systems.


    The first Power Systems Linux Center Innovation Center opened on May 14, 2013 in Beijing

    Experienced experts work here to help developers understand the specific features of IBM POWER7 + processors.

    KVM support


    IBM intends to deliver KVM to all of its Power Systems Linux servers. This hypervisor, integrated into the Linux kernel, provides hardware virtualization for Linux processes. IBM has long supported KVM on its x86 servers and plans to port the hypervisor to Power Systems servers next year. As a result, users will have new opportunities to install a wider range of Linux applications.

    IBM has been involved in various Open Source projects since 1999, today it contributes to Open Stack , Open Daylight, Apache and Eclipse, as well as the Linux kernel. Hundreds of IBM developers are constantly sending code to Open Source projects, including a team of several dozen experts in China working on KVM. In November 2012, the KVM Center was opened in Beijing , together with our friends from Red Hat and SUSE.

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