Apr 30, 2003 : IBM Opens New Linux-Focused Data Center

📅 April 30, 2003 - IBM (ibm.com) yesterday announced the official opening of a new IBM Linux competency center in London, England. The center is aimed at serving the financial sector and is the latest of nine new centers IBM has opened across four continents. All nine of the centers are designed to take advantage of the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of the Linux platform and to help customers from every size across a variety of industries.

?As we look to expand our Linux solution, it will be extremely beneficial to have the resources available at the IBM Linux Center for financial services to test new configurations and applications,? said Andy Makings of Virgin Money. ?With IBM's help, we?ve already moved our Web servers from Sun servers to low cost IBM eServer BladeCenter systems running Linux. The new Linux solution, which just took three weeks to deploy, is 20 percent quicker than our previous setup and gives us the flexibility to add new blades so the system can easily scale to meet the needs of various projects.?
The ability of Linux to deliver consistently deliver high levels of performance continues to be push demand for Linux environments, the company reports. ?The common thread that links all of these centers together is the viability of Linux for businesses in a variety of different industries,? said Jim Stallings, general manager, Linux, IBM. ?More and more customers are realizing that the cost savings, reliability, security and performance of Linux provides the foundation that will allow them to respond quickly to changing market conditions and meet the needs of their customers, suppliers and partners in an on demand environment.?
IBM is a leading information technology provider. Linux is an open source platform with a strong reputation for efficiency and high levels of performance.

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