Turbolinux Announces General Availability of Turbolinux Server 6 for IBM eServer z900 and S/390 at Linuxworld New York
Turbolinux partners with Linuxcare, Sytek and UTS Global to offer support and services; Turbolinux to distribute UTS Global products for mission-critical applications; CSK Network Systems in Japan deploys mainframe Turbolinux for mission-critical Web services
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, January 30, 2001—Turbolinux®, Inc., the leader in high-performance Linux for Internet infrastructure solutions, announced today at LinuxWorld New York the general availability of Turbolinux Server 6 for IBM's eServer z900 and S/390 mainframe computing platforms.
Turbolinux has also entered into agreements to provide 24/7/365 call center support, training, application enabling and onsite professional services for IBM eServer z900 and S/390 customers through partnerships with leading services and solutions organizations Linuxcare, Sytek Services, and UTS Global.
"By combining the openness and flexibility of Turbolinux with the performance and reliability of IBM's mainframe platform, customers have an industrial-strength computing environment unmatched in the industry," said T. Paul Thomas, president and CEO of Turbolinux. "Our partnerships with leading Linux and S/390 services experts allow our customers to deploy Linux applications on their mainframes with confidence and assurance."
"IBM is pleased to work with Turbolinux in supporting Linux on the IBM eServer z900 and S/390 to offer application portability across IBM's eServer family and to give customers scalable, reliable e-business services," said Nancy Roath, vice president, enterprise server marketing, IBM.
Turbolinux on IBM mainframes offers customers significant returns on their investments through:
"Our research indicates that Linux on mainframe systems can open up new e-business applications for customers, especially if predictions that Linux will host the next generation of e-business applications come true," said Bill Claybrook, Research Director, Linux at Aberdeen Group, a leading market research firm. "Turbolinux on a mainframe can add up to a very compelling value proposition - the ability to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance, high-availability, and scalable e-business solutions."
Turbolinux Server 6 for IBM eServer z900 and S/390 has been tested in customer production environments around the world, including some of the world's leading banks, manufacturing companies and telecommunications companies
CSK Network Systems, one of Japan's top ASP, ISP and systems integration companies, already hosts a new mail, calendar and web server offering for its corporate customers on Turbolinux and an IBM mainframe in Tokyo. The company is able to host on one S/390 server a mix of mainframe, Unix and Linux applications all working together.
"We are extremely excited about the potential for Linux on mainframe computers such as the IBM eServer z900 and S/390," said Naoto Nihei, director of CSK Network Systems. "We will continue to work closely with Turbolinux to maximize the scalability and advantages of Linux on mainframe computers."
Service and Support
Turbolinux with its partners Linuxcare, Sytek Services
and UTS Global can offer customers around the world an extended menu of support
and service offerings for Linux on IBM mainframes.
"Linuxcare employs many of the world's leading open-source developers who assist enterprise customers in optimizing open-source platforms and applications for performance, reliability and availability," said Arthur F. Tyde III, CEO of Linuxcare. "Linuxcare will design, implement and support high-end e-business solutions on Turbolinux for IBM mainframes."
"We are impressed with Turbolinux's commitment to the high standards of mainframe enterprise product support," said Bob Kusche, president of Sytek Services (formerly VM Assist). "We are pleased to offer enterprise customers a 24/7-onsite guaranteed support component to the complete Turbolinux and IBM infrastructure solution."
"UTS Global already provides round-the-clock mission-critical S/390 services and support to Fortune 500 enterprises such as global Telcos and, in North America, Regional Bell Operating Companies," said Keith Schwamkrug, Chief Operating Officer of UTS Global. "Turbolinux customers can count on our experience in supporting their S/390 systems."
In addition, Turbolinux and UTS Global will distribute technology and products developed by UTS Global to support mission-critical applications on Linux.
Price and Availability
Turbolinux Server for IBM eServer z900 and S/390 is
available from Turbolinux sales offices around the world. Pricing depends on the
customer's system configuration specifications, and support and service requirements.
Turbolinux currently supports IBM's G4, G5, G6, MP2000 and MP3000 systems as well
as the new IBM eServer z900. Turbolinux Server 6 for IBM mainframes installs in
two ways: logical partition (LPAR); and Virtual Machine (VM). For more information,
please contact sales@turbolinux.com.
About Turbolinux, Inc.
Founded in 1992, Turbolinux develops Linux-based software
solutions for Internet and enterprise computing infrastructure, including reliable,
available and scalable operating systems for workstations and servers and software
clustering solutions for computing traffic management and peer-to-peer distributed
computing. Backed by more than $95 million in investments from some of the world's
leading technology companies, including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel,
NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI and Toshiba, Turbolinux is headquartered near San Francisco
with offices around the world. For more information, visit the Turbolinux Web site
at www.Turbolinux.com.
Turbolinux is a registered trademark of Turbolinux, Inc. Linux is a registered
trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other registered trademarks belong to their respective
holders.
The IBM eServer brand consists of the established IBM e-business logo
with the following descriptive term "server" following it. The IBM e-business logo,
z900 and S/390 are trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation.
Linuxcare is a trademark of Linuxcare, Inc.