Subject: IBM Wins LinuxWorld Award
To: kgill@brodeur.com
From: kgill@brodeur.com
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 12:24:42 -0500


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Contact:
Alise McNeill
IBM Corporation
919-254-6262
alisem@us.ibm.com


         IBM DELIVERS WINNING LINUX SOLUTION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

LinuxWorld Convention and Expo, New York, February 2, 2001. . .The
industry's first Linux*-based integrated software solution for small
businesses has won Show Favorite honors for the System Integration catagory
at this year's LinuxWorld Convention and Expo.

IBM's Small Business Suite for Linux includes DB2 Universal Database,
WebSphere Application Server and Lotus Domino.  This offering is bundled
together to deliver the tools necessary to help customers with messaging
and collaboration, productivity, Web site creation and design, and data
management. IBM also includes a fully integrated install program that
allows customers and business partners to deploy, quickly and easily, the
key software featured in the suite on both servers and desktops.

According to IDC, small businesses represent 48 percent of all Linux server
installations.

The Small Business Suite for Linux is available for only $499 (US) and
gives growing companies the opportunity to utilize IBM's industry-leading
software at a significant cost savings.

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of
leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Software offers the widest
range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of
computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new
era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM
software or solutions for Linux is through the Internet at:
http://www.ibm.com/linux.

*Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.