IBM Adds Linux To ServerProven Program (03/23/99, 4:02 p.m. ET) By John Longwell , Computer Reseller News DANA POINT, Calif. -- IBM will add support for Linux-based solutions to its ServerProven certificationprogram sometime in the second quarter, the company said Monday at the ResellerXChange conference here. "The majority of our ISVs are going toward Linux, so we're going there with them," said Sandy Carter, director of Netfinity Partners in Development at IBM Personal Systems Division, in Raleigh, N.C. Through the ServerProven program, ISVs obtain compatibility certification for their applications running on IBM's Netfinity line of Intel-based servers. ISVs also obtain sales incentives for recommending IBM hardware with their solutions. Carter said more than half of IBM's ISV partners indicated they plan to use Linux for applications that will run on Intel's 64-bit architecture. "I wasn't expecting Linux to show up in the I-64 space," she said. "It was a good surprise." IBM earlier said it was going to expanding its certification program to include cluster technology, providing support for ERP and database-type applications from vendors such as J.D. Edwards and Oracle. ClusterProven will provide the same type of testing and certification as the ServerProven program, she said. "Clustering is really hard so the value proposition goes up pretty astronomically," Carter said. From unknown@hawk.depaul.edu Tue Mar 23 16:32:57 1999