San Francisco, CA, May 9, 2002–Today at DeveloperWorksLive!,
IBM, in its latest example of enabling Business Partners to address
the growing technology needs of small and medium businesses,
introduced the first comprehensive open platform for quickly and
easily deploying e-business solutions on the Linux platform.
With the new eServer Integrated Platform for e-business, IBM has
taken the guesswork out of deploying a robust, reliable Linux
solution platform. The platform will be coupled with IBM’s Start
Now marketing and enablement program providing Business Partners
with marketing materials, sales tools, and detailed deployment
instructions needed to effectively deliver this offering to SMB
customers.
This solution, delivered by trained and qualified IBM Business
Partners, includes the hardware and software Business Partners need
to rapidly build and deploy a wide variety of Linux-based
solutions. The platform will help Business Partners quickly deliver
customer solutions on an open platform that is integrated,
pre-configured and tested for maximum results.
The eServer Integrated Platform for e-business includes IBM
eServer xSeries, WebSphere Application Server supporting Web
Services and DB2 database software for Linux. The offering will
support a wide variety of Java-based applications including
solutions for finance, retail, e-commerce, telecommunications,
distribution and manufacturing. Initial support from independent
software vendors (ISVs) includes eOneGroup, Selectica, Marcole and
Rational.
The platform provides Business Partners with a blueprint of
software and hardware configurations, instructions for proposing,
implementing and extending complete solutions, extensively tested
implementation scenarios, ISV tools and financing options.
Throughout the year, IBM will broaden the integrated offering to
include other IBM eServer systems, giving solution providers a wide
range of standards-based platforms to support any size e-business
application for Linux.
“The new IBM eServer Integrated Platform for e-Business is a
perfect deployment platform for MarCole’s popular Gift
RegistryWorks solution,” said Dan Wade, Executive Vice President,
Strategic Development, MarCole, a leading developer of in-store and
Internet gift registry, e-catalog, and interactive shopping
systems. “IBM’s vast experience with e-business infrastructure has
been embodied in this offering which will bring our customers the
security and reliability they demand.”
“In today’s marketplace, SMB customers are calling on business
partners to build integrated solutions based on open standards to
easily integrate with other systems,” said Richard Michos, Vice
President Linux Servers for IBM. “With this new offering, IBM
business partners are able to deliver a complete top-to-bottom
platform that connects Linux, Java, Intel and Web Services–giving
partners the premier platform for e-business applications for
Linux.”
The Integrated Platform for e-business initially supports SuSE
Linux and includes:
- eServer xSeries: IBM’s x300, x330 and x360 will be included to
provide customers the most powerful Intel-based servers with
mainframe-inspired technologies. - WebSphere Application Server: The first e-business software to
support Web services – a more automated way to link companies,
customer, suppliers and employees over the Internet – will provide
customers a standards-based platform for creating, running and
integrating e-business applications across a variety of computing
platforms. - DB2 database software: DB2 is the industry’s first multimedia,
Web-ready relational database management system, strong enough to
meet the demands of large corporations and flexible enough to serve
medium-sized and small e-businesses. IBM provides the broadest
database Linux support in the industry, from hand held devices to
the mainframe.
The eServer Integrated Platform for e-business is available
through authorized IBM Business Partners. To learn more about this
offering, please visit the following Web site: www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/linux/integrated/