A Digital Age Deserves A Digital Leader

Linux Goes Mainstream

Linux Goes Mainstream

Postby rippinchikkin » Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:41 pm

<img src="http://parcom.pro-networks.org/PROneT-News/Linux/News/6.jpg" align="right" alt="Linux Goes Mainstream"> Linux Goes Mainstream
By Carolyn A. April
September 04, 2006

He'll be the first to admit it: Troy Webb has struggled trying to do business with channel newbie and Linux stalwart Red Hat. Despite being one of the open-source company's top-tier partners and having an office right up the street in Morrisville, N.C., Webb says he perseveres in the relationship mainly because he's grown convinced that the Linux platform is moving up the stack and opening doors for a variety of technology solutions.

The reason is simple: The groundwork being laid by ISVs, solution providers, distributors, vendors and others in and around the open-source market is paving the way for a better future, one without the security woes of Microsoft's Windows-based solutions and the inflexibility of proprietary systems. Profits are on the rise and the chance to move up the software stack to deploy more sophisticated mission-critical applications has also become more of a reality with Linux.

For example, Webb's 5-year-old company, InCentric Solutions, has grown to 30 people and emerged as one of the strong IBM partners in the Carolinas. It's pursuing opportunities in life sciences and other fields, helping to displace Windows installations in some settings while complementing them in others. His company created five Linux bundles around IBM products that IBM didn't have bandwidth for.

Although he's losing money on some, the loss leaders open up doors for other open-source opportunities. "We're busily putting IBM's product line together with Red Hat's operating system for cross-collaborative solutions like WebSphere Portal on Linux or Lotus Domino on Linux," Webb says. "It's by far the majority of our business."

<img src="http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> VAR Business
<img src="http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/images/smiles/view.jpg" border="0"> <a href="http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192205096" target="_blank"> complete article</a>
VP - Syndication
User avatar
Posts: 15191
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 1:38 am
Location: 32°28′05″N 93°46′16″W

Return to Other Operating Systems

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

cron
cron