The IBM Small Business Suite for Linux provides users with all software components available to them for messaging and collaboration; increase their productivity, the creation of websites and data management. IBM meets with this offer the nerve of the market as an IDC study: According to this study found 48 percent of all Linux server installations in smaller companies. The Linux suite enables smaller companies, industry-leading IBM software and to be substantial cost savings.
Top U.S. price of only 499 U.S. dollars users receive the IBM DB2 Universal Database, IBM Web Sphere Application Server and Lotus Domino, all major server building blocks that businesses need to intervene in a Linux environment comprehensive e-business to operate: Database, E - Mail and Web-application server software. Paul McNamara, Vice President Products and Platforms at the Linux specialists Red Hat, is pleased with the new IBM offer: "We like to support the IBM Small Business Suite for Linux, so that the user their critical IT applications can be successfully implemented. This is the first integrated suite of Red Hat with IBM jointly market, sell and support. " Also Dirk Hounded, CTO of Sues Linux AG, is enthusiastic about the suite: Dues is a powerful solution for small businesses. The Linux portfolio from IBM is increasing and we are very pleased that we have this new suite. " he modules of the IBM Small Business Suite for Linux include in particular: Lotus Domino Release 5.04 The industry-leading solution for information transmission and teamwork provides users a single, easy to use interface for the management of e-mails and websites. Back to the scope of services include e-mail management (desktop and mobile devices), Web access, calendars, schedules for groups, boards, chat rooms and newsgroups, workflow and database access. Lotus Domino sends and receives e-mail via standard Internet protocols internet Addressing as Native and SMTP routing it supports a variety of clients and devices such as Web browser, Lotus Notes client, POP3 or IMAP4. IBM Web Sphere Application Server Standard Edition, version 3 This module provides an open and flexible runtime environment for all Web applications. This allows Web pages through the use of Java servers on an HTTP server like the Apache Web server or the delivery belonging IBM HTTP server powered by Apache. The IBM Web Sphere Application Server facilitates the development of safe, individual sites, as it leading security standards such as SSL. About the Application Server can also be accessed on IBM DB2 Universal Database set up so that users directly from their Web applications out to retrieve DB2 data. * IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 7 This award-winning database is the complete and efficient system for the IBM multimediafähiger management, relational databases. It allows ad hoc queries a variety of data types whether text, data, voice, images or any other binary object. Reports can be every imaginable need to be adjusted so that large and smaller companies their business processes more effective control. Stocks of third-party data, the DB2 format (such as accounting information) can be requested via DB2 stored, queried and processed. You can also route on Lotus Domino and can be customers and suppliers via the Internet with the Web Sphere Application Server are available. For IBM Small Business Suite for Linux include a variety of tools such as Web design and to support a higher productivity: * IBM Web Sphere Home Builder contains the templates, tools and multimedia tutorials, for the preparation and minutenschnelle institution in sites in the Internet and intranets are needed. This easy-to-use software has been developed specifically with regard to the growing community of Linux Web users. * IBM Suites installer assists in distributed installation and configuration of the components of the suite and additional application programs. This powerful tool is extremely helpful to install and set up among users. * Web Sphere Studio is a collection of tools for the development of Web applications. This enables content authors, graphic artists, page designers, programmers and webmasters together on the same project. On the capacity of Web Sphere Studio include automatic web site creation and many Java applications. * Domino Designer, the tool for the quick creation of Web sites, which are intended Office data and e-business processes through the Web to distribute. The Small Business Suite for Linux is now available worldwide. The U.S. price for reference on the IBM Web site www.ibm.com / shop is 499 dollars. In addition to distribute the leading Linux vendor Caldera, Red Hat, Sues and Turbo Linux the suite. Companies can the Small Business Suite for Linux for a maximum of 100 registered user licenses. The U.S. price per license is 90 dollars per user. The IBM Suites installer and desktop software, in addition to English and German also in many other languages.