TechCentral: The Penguin and the ‘Dinosaur’

“The Linux open source operating system and mainframe hardware
platforms–once considered to be headed for extinction–make the
perfect marriage, according to IBM Corp’s Edward Gauthier.

“Linux brings with it a portfolio of application software that
can run on any platform, is economical to run, and ideal for
horizontal scaling–or adding applications to an information system
by deploying a new server for each one.

“Mainframe hardware is legendary for its robustness and
security, and can be used to scale information systems
vertically–that is, to run many applications off a single
platform, partitioned into multiple virtual servers…”

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