Tom Krazit

(IDG News Service) — IBM Corp. claims it will enable DB2 database software users to build Linux clusters on IBM servers more quickly and cheaply than before with a new package of hardware and software, the company announced Monday. "Customers are collecting more information than they know what to do with, and databases are growing," said Jeff Jones, director of strategy for IBM's data management solutions group. "This clustering package provides a building-block approach to allow customers to build large, multiterabyte databases." Clusters allow users to grow computing resources without purchasing large, expensive servers, Jones said. Certain customers, such as life sciences companies, will always need powerful supercomputers, but many companies can benefit from clusters, he said. The DB2 for Linux Clustering package is targeted at the financial, retail, man... (more)

AMD's Ruiz calls for collaboration

NEW YORK (IDG News Service) — Technology companies need to work well with each other for future innovations to occur, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. resident and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hector Ruiz said during his keynote address Wednesday morning here at LinuxWorld. Taking his own advice to heart, Ruiz announced IBM Corp. will ship a 64-bit beta version of its DB2 database software optimized for AMD's Opteron processor. "Collaboration and shared effort are part of creative thinking, and creative applications result when Linux and AMD processors play well together," he ... (more)