BEIJING, June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
today announced the world's first dedicated System z Linux and
Cloud Center of Competency in Beijing, designed to help customers take
advantage of Linux and cloud computing solutions on the mainframe,
and help accelerate adoption of Linux on System z technologies in
China.
Linux server demand is rising due to demand from cloud
infrastructure deployments, according to IDC, and is expected to
continue to grow in the future. In the first quarter of 2014, Linux
server revenue accounted for 30 percent of overall server revenue,
an increase of 15.4 percent, IDC said.[1] IBM has supported
development of Linux on System z for more than a decade, and today
there are over 3,000 certified applications for Linux on System z.
In addition, IBM is supporting the development of skills to take
advantage of these applications through the IBM Academic
Initiative.
The IBM Academic Initiative helps to provide schools with the
education resources they need to introduce and develop
enterprise-computing skills to students to help them gain exposure
to job opportunities and careers. The program helps to facilitate
student learning in high demand IT skills and links employers to
available students and professional talent. For more than
seven years, IBM has worked with students, professors, businesses
and universities to provide mainframe training and curriculum
resources to more than 180,000 students at over 1,000 schools in 70
countries – including eleven universities in China.
Market adoption of Linux on System z has been tremendous with 80
of the top 100 System customers running Linux on the mainframe and
more than 50 percent of all new mainframe accounts since 2010
running Linux.[2]
For more than 50 years, the mainframe has been the backbone of
the world's most critical and sensitive workloads and industries.
The mainframe is especially key in the financial services sector
where 92 of the top 100 worldwide banks, 21 of the top 25 insurance
organizations and 23 of the top 25 retailers rely on the mainframe,
the only commercial platform with EAL5 security
classification.
IBM is investing heavily in open source development for System z
to capture new growth opportunities in China and other markets. The IBM System z
Linux & Cloud Center of Competency in Beijing -- a centralized location for
briefings, technical training, testing and technical support
services -- is equipped with the latest hardware, software and
services to enable clients, business partners, and ISVs to take
advantage of advancements in cloud, analytics and mobile
applications.
More about the mainframe and how it has helped clients around
the world is available here:
http://www.ibm.com/mainframe50/enginesofprogress/
[1] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Q1 2014,
May 2014, Vendor Revenue
[2] Top 100 is based on total installed MIPS (millions of
instructions per second)
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