Monday, February 21, 2005
IBM unveiled a plan to spend US$100 million during the next three years to expand Linux support and technology across its Workplace software portfolio.
The Workplace portfolio is a suite of collaboration applications for the enterprise that includes WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes and IBM Workplace. The investment is an effort to boost client-side Linux.
IBM's server-managed client model lets customers manage and deploy business applications and data to desktops and laptops, as well as to devices like PDAs and cell phones.
Workplace Client Technology enables these machines to run on several operating systems, including Linux.
Before the Workplace commitment, IBM focused most of its Linux efforts in middleware, servers, services and tools. The new initiative, in comparison, will bring support to a lineup that is geared for the desktop.
IBM notes that the decision to pony up the investment was spurred by customers interested in deploying Linux to the desktop, especially for the cost savings that could be realized. Expanded support would give customers more choice in their desktop operating systems. "We've been tracking uptake and interest in the desktop use of Linux," said Donald Harbison, program director for IBM software group's Linux technical strategy. "There's been a great deal of customers asking us for guidance, and this is a response to that."
By: DocMemory
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