Transitive® Technology Serves as Foundation for IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) Beta Release

Transitive® Technology Serves as Foundation for IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE) Beta Release

QuickTransit® Technology Allows Applications Written for Linux/x86 -Based Platforms to Run on IBM System p™ Servers, Significantly Expanding the IBM Software Ecosystem
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Transitive® Corporation, the leading provider of software that enables transportability of applications across multiple processor and operating system (OS) pairs, today announced that its innovative QuickTransit technology is being deployed on IBM System p™ servers, allowing IBM customers to run thousands of native Linux/x86 applications on IBM’s POWER-based servers running Linux. A beta version of the software, named IBM System p Application Virtual Environment (System p AVE), was released this month by IBM.

Transitive’s QuickTransit technology serves as the foundation for IBM System p AVE, which is designed to enable Linux/x86 applications to be consolidated with AIX 5L™ and Linux on POWER applications on a single server, thus significantly expanding the software ecosystem for IBM System p servers, and saving software developers valuable time and resources to support the System p architecture.

“The customer excitement around this beta release shows that Transitive’s partnership with IBM is yielding real solutions with considerable business value,” said Bob Wiederhold, President and CEO of Transitive Corporation. “Our QuickTransit technology instantly enhances the value of any enterprise server platform, by allowing thousands of additional applications to run without source code or binary changes.”

“IBM System p Application Virtual Environment extends the capabilities of IBM’s UNIX servers to embrace the high growth of Linux on x86, and is made possible through IBM’s collaboration with Transitive,” said Scott Handy, vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Strategy, System p, IBM Corporation. “Today’s announcement is the first step in a journey that will accelerate the adoption of x86 consolidation on System p for both new and existing System p customers. We encourage customers, business partners, and software developers to join the System p AVE open beta program, and experience for themselves the benefits of instant access to the thousands of popular Linux/x86 applications combined with IBM’s robust Advanced POWER Virtualization for x86 server consolidation.”

Interested customers and ISVs can download and evaluate System p AVE on their IBM System p and BladeCenter JS20 and JS21 servers, by visiting the beta Web site at: http://ibm.com/systems/p/linux/systempave.html

About Transitive Corporation

Transitive is a leader in providing solutions that allow the transportability of software applications across multiple hardware platforms. The company’s QuickTransit® solutions allow software applications that have been compiled for one processor/operating system to run on another without any source code or binary changes and at speeds comparable to native ports. The QuickTransit application transport solution allows data center managers to transport legacy enterprise applications quickly and easily from outdated, proprietary hardware to modern, industry-standard platforms without incurring the costs and delays of porting projects, and with no disruption to end users. QuickTransit technology also facilitates computer companies’ migration to new hardware platforms; dramatically reduces software developers’ cost, risk, and time-to-market in supporting multiple hardware platforms; and makes significantly more software available for more hardware platforms. QuickTransit technology provides the engine for Apple’s Rosetta translation software and is currently shipping on all of Apple’s Intel-based computers.

Transitive Corporation is located in Los Gatos, California with a research and development team in Manchester, United Kingdom. The company is privately held, with funding participation by Pond Venture Partners Ltd., Manchester Technology Fund, Crescendo Ventures and Accel Partners. For more information, please visit Transitive’s Web site at www.transitive.com.

Transitive and QuickTransit are registered trademarks, and the Transitive logo is a trademark of Transitive Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Tammy Lee, 207-416-9533
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