IBM, Red Hat aim Linux at emerging world markets

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX
09/19/05
Today's focus: IBM, Red Hat aim Linux at emerging world markets

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* IBM and Red Hat on a Linux mission in China, India, Korea and
Russia
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Today's focus: IBM, Red Hat aim Linux at emerging world markets

By Phil Hochmuth

IBM and Red Hat are partnering to stoke up more enthusiasm for
Linux technology in emerging markets, the vendors said last
week. The effort will focus on markets such as China, India,
Korea and Russia, and will involve software, services and coding
tools for developers at software companies in these markets,
with the hopes that these developers will write more
applications for Linux. Red Hat/IBM tutorials on how to use
Linux will also be offered in the targeted regions.

The offering will provide developers with IBM hardware and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux, along with implementation services that
will help developers port existing code to Linux and develop new
software for the platform. Participants in the program will also
get access to the Red Hat Network, which provides scheduled
pushes of software updates and tools for running Red Hat
servers.

The services will be offered through IBM Innovation Centers,
which are facilities with IBM equipment and staff meant for
connecting with local technology partners in specific areas. IBM
says it helped 400 organizations around the world migrate to
Linux through its Innovation Centers last year.

Through these centers, IBM and Red Hat will also be offering 29
different Linux tutorial sessions on such topics as software
development for Linux, security practices and hardware training.

The IBM/Red Hat offering will be available in the following
cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China; Bangalore,
India, Seoul, Korea; Tokyo, Japan; Waltham, Mass.; Chicago,
Ill.; San Mateo, Calif.; Sydney, Australia; Hursley, U.K.;
Paris, France; Stuttgart, Germany; Moscow, Russia; and
Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.

IBM and Red Hat say this move will help programmers in
developing markets create software for open platforms, as
opposed to proprietary Unix, Windows, or other systems. It will
be interesting to see if this effort results in more developers
around the world having truly vendor-neutral Linux and open
source programming skills and knowledge, or if the program just
produces more software that runs on IBM/Red Hat servers.

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Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former
systems integrator. You can reach him at
<mailto:phochmut@nww.com>.
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