NEW YORK -- Trying to bolster the image of Linux as a legitimate platform for driving higher revenue and earnings among companies both large and small, IBM at LinuxWorld here on Wednesday will trot out 10 new users to give just such testimony.
With these 10 new customers, company officials said IBM now has more than 6,300 Linux customers. Company officials also disclosed that IBM generated more than $1 billion in revenues in 2002 on Linux-based hardware, software, and services.
Among the 10 companies, Unilever will detail how it has successfully adopted a Linux-based strategy that spans its entire infrastructure. Unilever's brands include Elizabeth Arden, Calvin Klein, Dove, Ragu, Lipton Tea, Ben & Jerry's, Snuggle, Lawry's, and Hellmann's mayonnaise. By standardizing on a Linux-based infrastructure, company officials hope to stitch together the range of hardware and software platforms and applications these businesses deploy.
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Jan 22, 2003, 02:45 PM
