Here is how IBM is fueling Linux and Open Source Innovation on Power Systems with $1 Billion.

Until now, there is no detailed plan about how this funding will be implemented, however it is now clear that, IBM builds its future on the Open Source technologies and its masterminds. Connectikpeople has observed that, this great investment aims to help clients (IBM) capitalize on big data and cloud computing with modern systems built to handle the new wave of applications coming to the data center in the post-PC

era.

Following its participation in a set of open source projects since 1999, and henceforth with OpenPOWER, OpenStack, Hadoop, OpenDaylight, KVM, Apache and Eclipse in addition to Linux, IBM rely on and multiplies its Techcenters across the world to achieve its objectives.

In this dynamic, the company announced Power Systems Linux Center in Montpellier, France: where software developers could build and deploy new applications for big data, cloud, mobile and social business computing on open technology building blocks using Linux and the latest IBM POWER7+ processor technology. 

In the same line, Connectikpeople may recall that following the first center opened in Beijing in May 2013, additional centers are located in New York, NY, and Austin, Texas. 

"The last time IBM committed $1B to Linux, it helped start a flurry of innovation that has never slowed. IBM's continued investments in Linux for Power Systems is welcomed by the Linux community.  We look forward to seeing how the Power platform can bring about further innovation on Linux, and how companies and developers can work together to get the most out of this open architecture." Said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation.