© 2009 IBM Corporation© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM's practice for facilitating interoperability of
Operating Systems
c
Topics
History
Browser Independence Productivity Suites
IBM Open Client
© 2009 IBM Corporation© 2014 IBM Corporation
1988
Evolution of the IBM I/T Client
Goal: Provide employees with the right tool at the right time for the right cost.
Higher productivity through collaboration Drive to Web through lightweight platforms Roles based dynamic delivery of IT resources
Internal Standardization
Program Standardized Image Build & Delivery, Support, Mail and Calendar,
Asset Management, Software Delivery
Consolidation of Standard End User
Services At Geography / Country Level Web Based Software Delivery Linux Desktop Cross-geography Alignment
Globalized End User Services
2 PC Images: Windows, Linux Shift To Self-Help Model With Translated
Content
Global Workstation Asset Management Single Image Delivery
Solution Supporting Multiple Sourced
Media (network, CD/DVD)
Flexible Offerings Light / Thin Client
Open Computing
Roles Based Policies For Personalization / Customizations Applications As Hosted Services Platform Shifting To Network
Each division its own IT Shop
Supporting Separate Host VM/MVS Systems User support based
on specialist down the hall Site / Location Focused
1999
2001
2006
2014
© 2009 IBM Corporation© 2014 IBM Corporation
Browser Independence
Drive the enterprise adoption of Firefox and IBM's transformation to web based delivery of enterprise applications
WebSphere Portal based w3 Intranet is the foundation
Accelerate adoption of HTML5 techniques, Social Networking technologies and situational applications in the Enterprise
Build an Operating System and browser independent IT
environment
Advance IBM's adoption of open w3c standards
Innovation that matters for our company, and the world – developers share IBM’s best practices and influence technology direction at the Mozilla.org foundation
© 2009 IBM Corporation© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM Social Document Strategy
When and where you need documents in context - Three solutions : Cloud, Mobile and Desktop
IBM Docs : Light-weight web editing
Commenting & discussions Attention management Author awareness
Synchronously and asynchronously
Mobile device support
Review & comment Light-weight editing
Online or Offline viewing Rich presentation client
Desktop editing support
Complex business documents Connectors to access, sync and
manage Connections files
OpenOffice
Connections Mobile
© 2014 IBM Corporation
Apache Open Office
Open source You can distribute, copy, and modify the software as much as you wish, in accordance with either of OOo’s Open Source licenses.
Cross-platform OOo3 runs on several hardware architectures and under multiple operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris.
Extensive language support OOo’s user interface is available in over 40 languages.
Consistent user interface All components have a similar “look and feel,” making them easy to use and master.
File compatibility In addition to its native OpenDocument Format (ODF), OOo includes PDF and Flash export capabilities, as well as support for opening and saving files in many common formats including Microsoft Office, HTML, XML, WordPerfect, and Lotus 123 formats. New in OOo3 (using an extension): the ability to import and edit some PDF files.
No vendor lock-in OOo3 uses OpenDocument Format (ODF), an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) file format developed as an industry standard by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and adopted by ISO as an International Standard. These files can easily be unzipped and read by any text editor, and their framework is open and published
© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM Open Client
© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM Open Client -
Heterogeneous Desktop Environment
Same codebase runs on Mac, Linux and Windows Alternative Computing Models
– alternative client access technologies including virtualized
clients
– move to the web.
Platform independent, open standards Office suite: Apache Open Office
IBM Open Client for Linux
Objectives
– To build and deliver a fully supported,
standards-based desktop Linux client, designed to increase the productivity of IBMers.
– Provide applications and desktop services that can work on
different operating systems – centrally provisioned and managed
– Focus on Open Standards based solutions
– Align with IBM product strategy
– Lead the industry in integrated open client platforms
– Increase employee productivity/satisfaction and decrease
TCO Vision
– Provide IBM internal population with the “right” client
platform based on business role
© 2014 IBM Corporation
IBM Open Client for Linux
Virtualization of endpoint
Separate IBM-, customer-, and personal virtual images
Key concept
Open source base layer as virtual host of “fit for purpose” images
Provision custom hardened images from a catalog
Entitlement by job role
Cloud based images
when additional data security or minimal (non daily) use is needed
IBM Open Client for Linux - Migration
© 2014 IBM Corporation
Summary
Platform Independent
– Applications used by everybody in the company should
be delivered platform-independent
Open Standards
– It's all about Open Standards, not Open Source – know
the difference
Choice
– In essence, users choose their own platform. Specific
application requirements for customers are allowed to define the OS
Thank You
grant_williamson@nl.ibm.com
© 2014 IBM Corporation
17
© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014 IBM Corporation
New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 U.S.A.
Produced in the United States of America 06-14
All Rights Reserved
IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. If these and other IBM trademarked terms are marked on their first occurrence in this information with a trademark symbol (® or ™), these symbols indicate U.S. registered or common law trademarks owned by IBM at the time this information was published. Such trademarks may also be registered or common law trademarks in other countries. A current list of IBM trademarks is available on the Web at "Copyright and trademark information" at www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml.
Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of other companies.
References in this publication to IBM products and services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in all countries in which IBM operates.