IBM is continuing its march towards heterogeneous software deployments
across Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.
Big Blue's latest multi-platform software initiative is called IBM Open
Client, an effort that builds on IBM initiatives that have
leveraged the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) to deliver applications
across multiple operating systems.
Open Client includes Websphere Portal 6.0 and Lotus
Expeditor, which contain foundational elements for building out cross-platform application availability.
IBM also said that Open Client
supports Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime, which is not a new thing for IBM. In July IBM first announced that it would be rolling out Lotus Notes for Linux using Eclipse RCP.
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Eclipse RCP is one of the fastest-growing Eclipse projects. It enables developers to create applications
that will run across multiple platforms.
The Notes and Sametime efforts were outgrowths of an even
earlier IBM effort called IBM Managed Workplace Client, which also offered
Notes prior to the release of the standalone Linux client.
IBM is hoping Open Client will help enterprises overcome a barrier to Linux adoption.
"The barriers to adoption are the applications that you want available on
multiple platforms, which is the problem that Eclipse RCP solves," Adam
Jollans worldwide open source and Linux strategy manager at IBM said.
Though Eclipse RCP and Open Client are Java-based, there is a negligible performance difference between running an application
natively versus running it through the Open Client, Antony Satayadas, chief strategic officer at IBM Lotus, told internetnews.com.
But ultimately it's about enabling a multi-operating system enterprise.
Jollans noted that just as server heterogeneity is now comment, desktop
heterogeneity is now becoming common as well.
"Maybe a company wants Macs for the design department, maybe thin Linux
clients for front office or tellers and Windows for something else," Jollans
said. "They haven't been able to do that in the past because they all have
different applications. This provides a unifying layer on top."
Eclipse RCP also has an embedded project related to it, which Jollans said will expand the
potential of multi-platform applications even further to multiple devices.
"Business partners will need to take this Open Client and add applications
on top of it," Satayadas said. "I think that will be the next phase."
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