Open and collaborative Big Data Applications Development: IBM paves its way.

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Open source and Cloud computing technologies trends oblige; IBM is consolidating its investments in these fields with the goal to become indispensable in terms of services and innovations.

Billed as, a springboard for innovation, Connectikpeople.co recalls that, the application development cloud called the IBM Power Development Platform, follows the Virtual Loaner Program. Meaning that, henceforth the new IBM Power Development Platform, brings increased capacity, additional Linux development tools,

improved reservation navigation and social media integration. 

At IBM, the expectations are huge: capture the Linux developers, seeking and using more powerful, modern servers built to handle the new wave of open, collaborative applications built for Big Data, mobile and social business computing.

Connectikpeople.co observes that, the Power Development Platform (PDP) provides developers worldwide remote access to the latest IBM POWER7 and POWER7+ processor-based servers running Linux, AIX and IBM i operating systems, and also includes:  a new Linux porting image with IBM DB2 10.x, IBM WebSphere 8.5.5, and the latest Linux development tools for Power.