Linux got its entry into the enterprise performing simple infrastructure tasks, like running file/print, Web servers and DNS servers, as well as firewalls. As Linux gained widespread acceptance, it was tapped to run far more complex infrastructure solutions, which in turn required more powerful middleware.

Today, IBM offers a range of Linux infrastructure solutions that are ready for your business: dynamic Web solutions, database solutions, collaborative solutions, systems management solutions and application development.

Your business wants dynamic Web sites, not passive displays of information. IBM WebSphere provides the toolset needed to make your Web sites interactive on the front end and robust on the back end.

Your company needs to store dynamic data in secure, relational databases that can also keep up with increasing application demand. IBM DB2 Universal Database provides reliable storage and security of data for Linux and many other platforms.

In business today, the entire work team does not reside in one office. Your people need to collaborate remotely via groupware to get the job done. The business challenge is to meet the collaboration needs of a high-powered mobile team and manage down infrastructure costs. The technology challenge is to deploy and maintain a collaboration solution that will make your network infrastructure transparent to your users, customers and partners. Lotus Domino for Linux has all the cost benefits associated with Linux, and is the collaborative infrastructure that enables teams to work together seamlessly over the Internet, or across your extranet or intranet.

Today’s technology infrastructures are more complex than ever, and the need for software that can manage a complex, multi-platform, ever-changing infrastructure is critical for long-term business success. Tivoli software solutions on Linux give your company the ability to manage today’s — and tomorrow’s — IT complexities.

Application development on Linux combines the power of a Unix environment with the ease-of-use of a Windows environment — both for Independent Software Vendors, and for those companies that want to develop their own applications in-house. IBM WebSphere Studio provides the rich set of tools to give developers the ability to build applications on Linux quickly.

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