Posted by : Anonymous on Dec 25, 2005 - 10:44 AM Linux

Information technology company IBM has announced the opening of the AIX Collaboration Centre (ACC). Through a two-year, 166m investment, IBM will use the centre -- based in Austin, Texas -- to collaborate with customers, developers, independent software vendors (ISVs), and academics to drive innovation around AIX technology; and to develop, test and adopt new applications and middleware for the AIX operating system.
The AIX Collaboration Centre will focus on driving systems-level innovations around technology areas like virtualisation, security, performance and scalability, and will assist ISVs in advancing their applications on AIX by exploiting P-series hardware and software capabilities. It will offer resources including education, equipment, access to skilled technical consultants and remote or onsite testing capabilities to help enable their applications for AIX and the 64-bit Power systems.
The AIX Collaboration Centre will provide customers and partners with new programmes and tools as well as early access to new technologies to refine the capabilities and features of the AIX operating system prior to each release. They will have access to technical experts and resources to help them deploy current AIX and virtualisation technologies. The AIX Collaboration Centre will draw on the experience and expertise of IBM Research, Global Services, Software Group as well as external resources.