From:	 kgill@brodeur.com
To:	 kgill@brodeur.com
Subject: IBM Solutions news today: First development kit to include Web Services
	 support for Linux
Date:	 Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:19:19 -0400


            IBM Helps Developers Create New Linux Applications
      First development kit to include Web Services support for Linux

August, 14, 2001, San Francisco, Solutions, the IBM Technical Developers
Conference...IBM today announced a free software kit that will help
developers create new applications for the explosive Linux market.  With
the number of Linux-based applications growing over 40 percent this year,
this evaluation kit will help drive new applications for a variety of
industries, including finance, retail, and education.

According to Evans Data Corp., more than 40 percent of developers surveyed
are likely to write Linux-based applications in 2001.

In an effort to support the Linux development community, IBM has created
the Software Evaluation Kit for Linux, which contains the company's
industry leading middleware.  The CD is a compilation of IBM software on
the Linux and Windows platforms that allows developers to preview the
offerings and develop applications for them at no charge.

With IBM's industry-leading Linux-enabled software portfolio, developers
can build static and dynamic Web pages and Web services, manage
information, and establish groupware and collaborative team environments.
Developer's can use Visual Age for Java for Linux or download WebSphere
Studio for Windows as their development platform.  They can use WebSphere
Application Server and DB2 Universal Database to get a Web application up
and running quickly, while using Lotus Domino to enhance collaboration
across a corporation. The software provides developers the first Web
Services implementation on Linux to support J2EE, XML, SOAP, UDDI and WSDL.

Developers can use the Kit to create applications on either Windows or
Linux for deployment on a Linux server environment.  To receive a free
Software Evaluation Kit for Linux, please visit the following Web sites:
www.ibm.com/linux/software and www.ibm.com/linux/.

IBM's Software Evaluation Kit for Linux includes:

   IBM WebSphere Application Server, Advanced Single Server Edition V4.0
   for Linux
   IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition V7.2 for Linux
   Lotus Domino Server Release 5.0.7a for Linux
   IBM MQSeries V5.2 for Linux
   VisualAge for Java, Professional Edition Version 4
   Web Services tools
   Java and XML tools
   e-business documentation and roadmaps

About IBM

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leadership in helping  businesses innovate. IBM creates, develops and
manufactures the industry's most advanced  information technologies,
including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices
and microelectronics. The fastest way to get more information about IBM is
through the IBM home page at http://www.ibm.com.

*Denotes a trademark of the IBM Corporation.  Linux is a trademark of Linus
Torvalds. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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