IBM OPENS SYSTEM P SERVERS TO X86 LINUX APPLICATIONS.
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07
Publication Title: UNIX Update
Format: Online
Company: International Business Machines Corp.

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IBM (NYSE: IBM), Armonk, N.Y., has introduced an open beta version of a virtual Linux environment that enables x86 Linux(r) applications to run without modification on POWER(tm) processor-based IBM System p(tm) servers. Once released, the technology - called the IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) - is designed to open a universe of thousands of x86 Linux applications to the System p platform.

Today's news follows IBM's recent launch of three System p-based Web-tier servers aimed at consolidating x86 Linux workloads. Customer orders in the first quarter show a fast start for the System p5-560Q as a Linux consolidation solution.

IBM intends to extend the leadership of System p servers to the Linux marketplace; the platform is already the number one UNIX server with...

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