IBM Power Linux Solutions

On April 25, 2012 the IBM corporation submitted new offers of PowerLinux Systems and Solutions which are designed to help clients to use the cost-efficient Linux platform and virtualization for support of crucial workloads. Due to deep integration of the new hardware equipped with POWER7 processors and managed by the Linux operating system into the standard industry software of Linux from Red Hat and SUSE, the solution IBM PowerLinux Solutions managements of customized industry applications and deliveries of open (open source) of infrastructure services are intended for the analysis of Big Data.

In new family of the solutions IBM PowerLinux Solutions more available to the enterprises of any scale, two Linux servers are submitted: a computing node for recently announced IBM PureFlex System, systems with the integrated expert knowledge; and also separate high-end and IBM PowerLinux System energy efficient server, held for use larger companies

The solutions PowerLinux Solutions and the systems supporting them are developed with the purpose to offer clients smaller time of deployment and smaller expenses, providing higher levels of performance, functional reliability and density of placement of loadings, than at the competing h86-platforms with the similar prices. Such approach expands possibilities of IBM on support of accomplishment of the Linux-applications of clients, as in a case with Power Systems working under the UNIX (AIX) and IBM i platforms.

IBM, jointly with the ISV-and OEM partner, offers the new solutions PowerLinux Solutions integrated and optimized for certain workloads, today announcing three types of loadings under Linux. The solutions IBM PowerLinux Solutions which are specially created for a full compliance to performance requirements of each specific workload offer clients the simplified IT environment based on Linux which can help to reduce infrastructure costs and to release IT personnel resources for the accelerated output to the market of the innovation products and services.

"Our testing showed excellent results of performance for industry software applications of Zucchetti on personnel management (HR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) executed on the new PowerLinux System systems. Almost 40% improvement in comparison with Linux machines based on Intel processors of x86 was reached" — Alberto Cazzulani, the Head of HR division on technologies and services of Zucchetti Group, one of the leading suppliers of software and technological solutions with experience reported more than 450 thousand program installations and the customer base numbering 85 thousand companies.

Putting inexpensive server Linux system Power Systems and technology of virtualization of PowerVM for Linux in a basis of new solutions, IBM can help clients to get more functional advantages at the smaller price, than competitors in the x86 systems market based on Linux. Besides, replacement becoming outdated x86 servers based on Windows the PowerLinux Systems systems and software applications open source can reduce in addition costs of customers due to economy on licensing of the proprietary software and payment of updates.

"Starting an initiative of PowerLinux, IBM consciously undertakes measures for reduction in cost of acquisition for clients who want to use advantages of the POWER platform to support of Linux Wednesdays — Andy Lin, the consultant for solutions from Mark III Systems company emphasized. — Clients who earlier, perhaps, would not consider the system of IBM say today: "and it is the very good idea, arguments quite weighty". The new initiative has high potential not only for IBM, it gives huge opportunities to Mark III Systems as to the business partner of IBM with the status Premier".