Worldwide Effort to Provide Developers with Technology Resources and Support for Rapid Development of Linux-Based Applications

Worldwide Effort to Provide Developers with Technology Resources and Support for Rapid Development of Linux-Based Applications

Red Hat and IBM today 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. The two companies will provide software developers around the world with technical resources, expertise and implementation services to help them port and certify their new applications on IBM software and hardware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux more quickly and cost-effectively. As a result, developers can more easily build standards-based solutions that won’t lock customers into a proprietary operating environments, eliminating the need to rip and replace existing systems.

A shift is occurring in emerging markets as the number of customers demanding technology solutions based on open source and open standards continues to accelerate. According to an IDC study, industry sales of Linux servers surpassed the $1 billion mark in revenue for the fourth consecutive quarter, while in the second quarter of 2005 worldwide Linux sales grew 45 percent.(1)

Additionally, IBM is offering 29 new Linux skill-building tutorials on developerWorks, IBM’s resource for developers. These tutorials offer top-notch training to help developers attain professional competence and certification in Linux systems and network administration. Since 2003, more than 100,000 Linux developers have joined IBM’s developerWorks community and have created more than 6,500 Linux-based applications. Every month, about 250,000 developers visit developerWorks’ Linux zone, and more than 10,000 developers use developerWorks’ Linux tutorials to hone their skills.

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