“IBM announced on 22 November that CSK Network Systems Corp., or
CSK-Net, will use an IBM S/390 server running TurboLinux for its
data centre’s Web server platform. CSK-Net is the first company in
Japan to run a Linux application on a mainframe.”
“The company, which plans to increase its data centre
operations, chose to use Linux because of its reliability and low
cost. Previously, CSK-Net’s ASP services such as Web applications,
e-mail and electronic form systems ran on multiple servers. The
S/390 will provide a reduced cost of ownership by consolidating
mission-critical processes together with UNIX and Linux
applications all on one platform.”