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Linux for Small and Medium Businesses

IBM offers a range of solutions that meet the specific needs of small and medium businesses (SMB), helping you move internal business processes and activities to the Web to increase efficiency, enhance collaboration, and reduce costs.

IBM Smart Business: Integrated solutions for small and medium businesses

IBM Smart Business, formerly "Blue Business Platform", is a broad initiative to combine hardware, software and services to tackle the cost and complexity of IT for small and medium businesses (SMBs). This new, strategic initiative aims to provide a new and compelling choice to simplify IT delivery for companies that lack the time and resources to manage computer systems.

IBM Smart Business is designed to offer software and solution providers access to new customers on a global scale and help reduce the high costs of new client acquisition, technology integration and support.

IBM Smart Business enables customers to leverage the speed, stability, and security of Linux, while retaining the simplicity of an appliance.

IBM Smart Business for Customers
IBM Smart Business is not yet available.

IBM Smart Business for Business Partners
Participating in IBM Smart Business is a team effort for ISVs that includes product marketing, sales, development, and support personnel. Members of PartnerWorld can learn more about the program including how to qualify by following the IBM Smart Business Roadmap.

IBM Smart Business for Sellers
For sellers who have partnered with IBM Smart Business, learn how to expand your market reach and capture new revenue in the mid-market space by reviewing the IBM Smart Business Sales Kit.

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Software Appliances for Linux

Focus on running your system, not deploying, maintaining, and updating your applications. For customers who need the security and cost advantages of Linux but with the simplicity and flexibility of a software appliance, IBM offers a number of alternatives.

IBM Lotus® Foundations Start
Every company needs the ability to do e-mail, create, share and centrally manage documents and ensure that all their information is backed up and protected - but they don't want the hassle or expense of dealing with complex IT systems. IBM Lotus Foundations Start is a complete software appliance that provides the essential software a business needs to focus on running the business, not managing computer systems.

For ISVs

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IBM Express Advantage

With IBM's Express Advantage products, you can have "all the blue without the big." IBM's Express Advantage hardware portfolio for midsized businesses combines technical innovation with built-in reliability, designed to meet your business needs and budget, while Express Advantage software from IBM offers ease of use and installation, flexibility, and functionality in an integrated package, at an affordable price.

Linux complements Express Advantage offerings offerings with a reliable and secure underlying operating system with platform independence. It is scalable for horizontal and vertical growth, resulting in lower costs and higher performance.

All IBM Systems offered through Express Advantage run Linux, and most of the IBM Express portfolio of software products designed for small and medium businesses run on Linux, including:

Learn more about IBM Express Advantage.

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