“Amdahl is the latest services vendor to see a big future for
Linux and storage area networks (SANs) in the enterprise. The
company last week said that Linux and SANs will be key to its
strategy for the coming year.”
“The Fujitsu-owned systems integrator announced support for
Linux on its singleand dual-Intel Pentium III-based Fujitsu
Teamservers. It also introduced 24-hour global telephone
support for Linux-based hardware and software, and professional
services for setting up and customising the Linux operating system
and open source products such as the Apache Web server.”
“According to Amdahl server marketing director, Carol Stone, the
company also plans to work within the open source movement to
develop and package solutions to lower customers’ computing costs.
Stone stressed that Amdahl’s mainframe business is still its core
strength and it plans to launch two new S/390 mainframes soon.”