IT Manager's Journal: What the New IBM-Red Hat Emerging Market Initiative Means for IT Managers | Linux Today

IT Manager’s Journal: What the New IBM-Red Hat Emerging Market Initiative Means for IT Managers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 19, 2005

“IBM and Red Hat have jointly announced a global initiative to
help accelerate the development and adoption of Linux-based
solutions in emerging markets, such as China, India, Russia, and
Korea, as well as in established markets worldwide. I talked with
Todd Chase, Program Director, IBM Innovation Centers, about the
program and why it should be of interest to every IT manager
involved with Linux and open software.

“Chase indicated that IBM is offering independent software
vendors (ISV) the resources required to enable them to more
effectively develop and certify applications that utilize IBM
products and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This effort parallels the
one IBM undertook last March with Novell…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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