From cars to kitchens to high-volume commerce, the Internet of Things – including cloud, mobile and enterprise data centers – is running on Linux. And more and more, it’s running on IBM Power Systems™. Find out why, and learn what Power Systems can do for you.
2. GM’S CADILLAC, AS WELL AS TESLA
AND TOYOTA, ALREADY ROLLING
THEM OUT ON A LIMITED NUMBER
OF MODELS.
LINUX
IN YOUR CAR
Linux-based platforms are making their way into
our cars, with
IBM® has partnered with companies such as Toyota
and Continental to build open-source platforms that
provide developers with application development
tools to create a truly connected experience.
3. LINUX
ON
PHONE
According to ABI Research,
Android phones that run Linux
account for just under 50 percent
of the mobile market.
Meanwhile, Linux die-hards are
eagerly anticipating the arrival of
A NEW LINUX-BASED
PHONE,
as Canonical is expected to roll out
its Ubuntu touch-powered tablets
and smartphones. Samsung is also
expected to soon unveil a phone
running on the Linux-based Tizen
system.
YOUR
4. LINUX
IN YOUR
KITCHEN
The new Samsung T9000 LCD
four-door refrigerator runs the
Linux operating system and
features a
BUILT-IN 10-INCH
LCD TOUCH-SCREEN
DISPLAY.
The new appliance supports a
range of applications, including
calendar and weather apps, along
with cloud-based note-taking app
Evernote, enabling consumers to
share photos, videos, and even
recipes with family and friends.
5. LINUX
MOST POWERFUL
COMPUTERS
In the June 2014 TOP500 supercomputer list, the
top open-source operating system
SET A NEW RECORD WITH 485
OF THE FASTEST 500 SYSTEMS
RUNNING LINUX.
That means that Linux is inside 97 percent of the
top 500 supercomputers.
RUNS THE WORLD’S
6. LINUX POWERS
THE CLOUD
Linux provides the innovation platform for the exponential growth of
new open-source projects. According to a survey of OpenStack users
conducted by the OpenStack User Committee in April 2014,
LINUX UNDERPINS MORE THAN 90
PERCENT OF OPENSTACK DEPLOYMENTS.
OpenStack Compute (Nova) and OpenStack Object Storage (Swift)
are two examples of OpenStack deployments running on Linux
platforms.
7. Big data presents an enormous opportunity
to make organizations more agile, efficient
and competitive. To capture that opportunity,
organizations require a modern information
management architecture and technologies
like Hadoop and NoSQL databases,
WHICH PRIMARILY RUN ON
LINUX
and offer faster analyses and insight into
information than x86.
LINUX
DRIVES
BIG DATA
AND ANALYTICS
8. LINUX
FOR REAL-TIME
SPORTS
AND ANALYTICS
- utilize Linux running on IBM infrastructure to support
their events, allowing them to deliver real-time infor-
mation from analytics, cloud computing, mobile de-
vices and social media—instantaneously—to millions
of online fans and broadcasters around the world.
All four Grand Slam tennis tournaments -
THE US OPEN, THE FRENCH
OPEN, WIMBLEDON AND THE
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
9. A U.S.-based multichannel
retailer was able to support
2.5 TIMES MORE
HOLIDAY SEASON
ONLINE ORDERS
as compared with its x86
environment after implementing
Power Systems™ running Linux.
The new Linux-based systems
also helped to control costs,
boost capacity and improve
efficiency.
LINUX
ENABLES HIGH
COMMERCE
VOLUME
10. A NEW GENERATION OF
LINUX POWERS
COMPUTING
IBM Watson™ is a commercially available cog-
nitive computing system -
A SYSTEM CAPABLE OF
CONTINUALLY LEARNING
AND REFINING ITSELF
THROUGH HUMAN/
COMPUTER INTERACTION.
Watson advances natural language processing
through innovations in deep question and answer
technology. The power behind Watson lies in
software running Linux on IBM Power Systems.
IBM has put Watson to work helping companies
develop new applications powered by cognitive
computing, including partnerships with companies
in retail, healthcare, financial services and
education.
11. Learn more about how Linux-based
systems helped to control costs, boost
capacity and improve efficiency at
a multichannel U.S. retailer.