IBM and Ubuntu

Welcome to the IBM pages on Ubuntu.com. IBM and Canonical, together with the Ubuntu community are working to bring IBM's applications to Ubuntu users on server and desktop. Our long relationship has resulted in many customer wins with Open Source based solutions.   

IBM Client for Smart Work (ICSW) for Ubuntu

IBM Client for Smart Work on Ubuntu is an optimized workspace with collaboration in context embedded in business processes based on a Service Oriented Architecture. It provides a complete, open, security rich, and cost effective Microsoft desktop alternative. It includes Lotus Symphony, Lotus Notes/iNotes, LotusLive software components and choices including the ability to have virtual linux desktops using VERDE from Virtual Bridges, and add industry leading unified communications, social, and portal software. IBM provides a complete, open collaboration client solution for Ubuntu, offering you a risk-free alternative to costly Windows and Office-based systems.

Learn about and download ICSW for Ubuntu

Canonical offers a virtual appliance of IBM's DB2 Express-C software running on the Ubuntu cloud computing platform. DB2 Express-C is the free edition of the IBM DB2 database server. The combination of Ubuntu and DB2 Express-C enables customers to quickly and easily set up DB2 in both public and private cloud situations. The solution is easy-to-use and includes self-managing capabilities.

Joint IBM and Canonical announcements:

Canonical Brings IBM DB2 Software to Ubuntu on the Cloud 21st October 2010
Virtual appliances of DB2 for Ubuntu users enable fast, easy deployment.

Canonical and IBM Launch IBM Client for Smart Work 20th October, 2009
Open Standards-based Alternative to Microsoft Windows 7 Offers 50 Percent Savings, Runs on Existing Hardware.

IBM and Canonical Launch ICSW for Africa and other emerging markets 23 Sept 2009
Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Canonical are introducing a new, flexible personal computing software package for netbooks and other thin client devices to help businesses in Africa bridge the digital divide by leapfrogging traditional PCs and proprietary software. This is the first cloud- and premise-based Linux netbook software package offered by IBM and Canonical.

Lotus Symphony is here! 10 Sept 2009
Lotus Symphony is office productivity software that is intuitive, easy to use, and provided at no charge. It is available through the Ubuntu third party partner repository

Canonical to resell IBM DB2 Express-C 21 February 2008
Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced the availability of IBM DB2 Express-C 9.5 as software through the Ubuntu Partner Repository and as a virtual appliance running on VMware.

Ubuntu certified for IBM's DB2 9 November 2005
Ubuntu has successfully gone through the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. By working closely together, IBM and Ubuntu have shown that DB2 UDB and Ubuntu deliver a stable environment in which to run business applications using DB2 as the chosen database.