Tapping into its strategic partnership with Linux vendor Caldera Systems, Inc. , IBM distributes an application developer's kit, which offers messaging, collaboration and dynamic Web application serving capabilities. The kit also includes Java technology and tools for application development, a relational database for managing information and a Web application server for tasks such as Web publishing. IBM also worked to boost the e-commerce features of Caldera's OpenLinux eServer 2.3 package release, bundling its WebSphere Application Server and VisualAge products. In January, IBM strategic partner TurboLinux announced the release of its enFuzion clustering technology that is designed to transform a company's network of Linux, UNIX and Windows servers and workstations into a supercomputer. AMP Asset Management and JP Morgan were early enFuzion adopters.
Clustering utilizes multiple linked servers that operate as one machine and is user transparent.
If one server fails or crashes while processing a user's request, another in the cluster is made available within a very short period of time. According to TurboLinux, Linux-based systems are being widely used for enterprise applications such as print, file and Web servers. To Register Now. Reconfigure standard documents for enterprise applications. Create a future in e-commerce.