| Developers: | IBM |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | July 2010 |
| Branches: | Information Technology |
| Technology: | Server platforms |
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IBM AIX 7
In July 2010, IBM announced a public beta version of the AIX 7 product, a UNIX platform based on open standards. Key features of the new platform include increased scalability and performance, enhanced support for virtualization technologies, and better security mechanisms.
AIX 7 will fully evaluate the benefits of systems based on new POWER7 processors, but the new operating system can also be deployed on servers based on previous generations of POWER6, POWER5 and POWER4 processors. AIX 7 is compatible with previous versions of the AIX 6 and AIX 5 platform at the binary level, and also supports 32-bit applications running even earlier versions.
AIX 7 supports larger workloads with up to 256 cores and 1024 threads in a separate logical partition (four times the size of AIX 6). Built-in clustering features simplify the configuration and management of multiple AIX systems and provide increased availability. In addition, new tools have been added to simplify management of AIX configurations.
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2023: Moving OS Development to India
In mid-January 2023, it became known that IBM had decided to move software development for some projects completely to India. This is done, in particular, in order to change the structure of its own working composition.
We are talking about the AIX team - a type operating system UNIX of IBM production. It is said that earlier the development of this software platform was more or less evenly distributed between USA India. However, with the onset of 2023, the entire group has been moved to India.
According to The Register, citing information received from knowledgeable sources, the reorganization affected approximately 80 AIX developers in the United States. It is known that they were "redistributed," and they were given an indefinite amount of time to find a new position in the company in accordance with domestic policy. Some employees have found new jobs in IBM, but others remain in "limbo": they lack options and obvious prospects for further activities in the corporation.
 | It seems that all these people in a state of "redistribution" at IBM are elderly employees eligible for retirement. Among my colleagues, the general view is that reallocation is used to push older employees out of the company and do so in a way that avoids scrutiny related to layoffs, one source tells The Register. |  |
The fact is that staff cuts are usually accompanied by severance pay and other payments. In addition, certain reporting requirements may be imposed. On the other hand, the redistribution of employees, that is, their direction to other internal positions, including in remote regions, avoids costs and bureaucracy. Such a procedure can encourage workers to leave of their own free will. How many AIX project specialists may resign in connection with these measures is not reported.[1]
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