SOURCE: Transitive
January 29, 2008 17:00 ET
IBM Ships PowerVM Lx86 to Expand System p Application Choices, Using Transitive® Cross-Platform Virtualization Technology
New Cross-Platform Virtualization Solution Allows IBM System p Customers to Run Linux/x86 Applications on Linux for POWER Operating System Without Modification
LOS GATOS, CA--(Marketwire - January 29, 2008) - Transitive® Corporation, the leading
provider of cross-platform virtualization software that enables the
execution of applications across diverse computing platforms, today
announced that IBM will commence shipping PowerVM Lx86 with all copies of
PowerVM Editions, available across its entire line of System p servers.
PowerVM Editions, a set of advanced virtualization offerings developed by
IBM for Power Systems platforms, now includes the Lx86 feature (developed
for IBM by Transitive) which simplifies migration of x86 Linux applications
onto this popular platform for server consolidation and business
application deployment. PowerVM Lx86 allows the creation of an x86
application virtual environment so users may easily install and run a wide
range of x86 Linux applications on a Power Systems platform with a Linux
for POWER operating system. PowerVM Lx86 allows thousands of x86 Linux
binaries to run unmodified and without recompilation on System p servers,
helping to bring additional benefits with IBM PowerVM virtualization to
enterprise customers by enabling more applications to be consolidated.
"The release of PowerVM Lx86 by IBM is a significant milestone for
Transitive and for IBM System p customers, who now have immediate access to
thousands of additional enterprise applications," said Bob Wiederhold,
president and CEO of Transitive. "This announcement by Transitive's
strategic partner IBM also provides further proof that cross-platform
virtualization has become a mainstream enterprise IT solution."
"IBM has worked very closely with Transitive and with the hundreds of
customers currently testing PowerVM Lx86 to bring this unique
virtualization technology to market," said Scott Handy, vice president of
marketing and strategy, IBM Power Systems. "Our mutual customers are
interested in reducing server sprawl and saving money by consolidating UNIX
and Linux x86 workloads onto System p, and now, with PowerVM Lx86, the
universe of Linux applications that can easily be consolidated increased
beyond just UNIX and Linux on Power native applications to virtually all
Linux x86 binary applications as well."
Developed as the result of a strategic partnership between Transitive and
IBM, the PowerVM Lx86 feature is bundled with IBM PowerVM Editions designed
to provide advanced virtualization technologies, resulting in efficiencies
in resource utilization and cost savings. Customers now have an integrated
solution that can help consolidate more of their applications running on
x86 servers to potentially increase the value obtained from server
consolidation. With this new feature, PowerVM virtualization can be used
for consolidating both UNIX and x86 workloads onto Power Systems to a
greater extent than before. The three new PowerVM Editions -- which all
include the PowerVM Lx86 feature as a standard component -- are PowerVM
Express Edition, PowerVM Standard Edition and PowerVM Enterprise Edition.
PowerVM Lx86 allows almost all Linux x86 applications to run without
requiring modification, upgrade or recompilation on Power Systems platforms
with PowerVM.
PowerVM Lx86 (formerly known as System p Application Virtual Environment)
is a feature allowing the creation of an x86 application virtual
environment within a Linux on Power partition so users may easily install
and run a wide range of x86 Linux applications on a Power Systems platform.
It was available in an Open Beta program, during which more than 225 users,
mostly current System p customers, tested the software with a wide variety
of x86 Linux applications as they sought to expand the use of their
powerful Power Systems platform and undertake server consolidation
initiatives.
About Transitive Corporation
With more than 10 million copies of its cross-platform virtualization
technology deployed worldwide, Transitive is the leader in providing
solutions that enable the execution of applications across diverse
computing platforms. Transitive's award-winning QuickTransit solutions
allow software applications that have been compiled for one
processor/operating system to run on systems with a different
processor/operating system, without source code or binary changes and at
speeds comparable to native ports.
QuickTransit allows data center managers to transport legacy enterprise
applications quickly and easily from outdated, proprietary hardware to
modern, standardized platforms without incurring the costs and delays of
porting projects, and without disruption to end users. QuickTransit also
facilitates computer companies' migration to new hardware platforms;
dramatically reduces software developers' cost, risk, and time-to-market in
supporting multiple hardware platforms; and makes significantly more
software available for more hardware platforms.
The QuickTransit cross-platform virtualization technology provides the
engine for Apple's Rosetta translation software and is currently shipping
on all of Apple's Intel-based computers. QuickTransit also provides the
engine for IBM PowerVM Lx86, which is available for all IBM System p
enterprise server customers. Transitive Corporation is located in Los
Gatos, California with a research and development team in Manchester, UK.
For more information, please visit Transitive's Web site at
www.transitive.com.
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