Canonical says that Ubuntu OpenStack is available for IBM z Systems®, IBM LinuxONE™ and IBM Power Systems™, including IBM’s newly announced OpenPOWER LC servers, as it expands its work to deliver hybrid cloud capabilities with IBM.
Canonical and IBM will deliver solutions built on Canonical’s software and IBM servers through a deeper engineering, product and support collaboration. This enables customers to leverage Canonical’s portfolio across the z Systems, LinuxONE, Power Systems and OpenPOWER platforms with automated OpenStack management.
IBM and Canonical have a long and innovative alliance and have announced the availability of Canonical’s Ubuntu OS, Ubuntu OpenStack and tooling on z Systems, LinuxONE, Power Systems and OpenPOWER. Ubuntu OpenStack is the most widely used private cloud platform among enterprises and service providers with over 55% of production OpenStack clouds, more than all other vendor solutions combined.
IBM and Canonical have been working together to ensure that z Systems, LinuxONE, Power Systems and OpenPOWER customers can have the same Ubuntu usage and management experience that Ubuntu x86 production OpenStack customers have today.
“IBM has a long history of supplying fast, reliable and security-rich IT systems, which has enabled us to lead in hybrid cloud. As we build on this leadership, our customers are looking for choices when it comes to configuring their environments,” said Jessica Murillo, IBM Vice President, Strategy, IBM Systems. “We worked with Canonical to make Ubuntu OpenStack available across our Power, OpenPOWER, z Systems, and LinuxONE platforms to offer greater flexibility and agility in hybrid cloud.”
“IBM are demonstrating vision and market leading value to their clients with their hybrid cloud offerings,” said John Zannos, Vice President of Cloud Platform and Alliances, Canonical. “We are first to market with OpenStack on all IBM Systems platforms and as the market leader in OpenStack deployments, we will continue to work closely with IBM to expand OpenStack and Ubuntu support to our clients.”
