In these tight economic times, Linux is a tremendous boon to companies that want to reduce their IT budgets by cutting back on pricey and unreliable server operating systems from commercial vendors. However, a plain vanilla operating system without the proper server applications just won’t get you very far. Fortunately, this is where IBM Small Business Suite for Linux comes into the picture.
Small Business Suite for Linux is a set of applications and tools designed to allow businesses with fewer than 100 employees to harness the power of IBM’s e-business software at a greatly reduced price. Out of the box, SBS runs on Caldera, SuSE, Turbolinux, and Red Hat, providing those distros with applications such as Lotus Domino for integrated e-mail and collaboration, DB2 Universal Database for data management, and WebSphere Application Server and Homepage Builder for Web site design, development, and deployment.
Full of Features
On the client side, IBM Small Business Suite for Linux includes a number of applications. One of the SBS’s best features is its Suites Installer application, which is a Java-based application that allows you to install SBS applications onto many machines on a network from one centralized “Staging Server.”
The Suites Installer works together with an Installation Agent (which runs on both Linux and Windows). This agent runs on those computers that will have software installed on them. We installed it on a desktop PC running Windows, a laptop running SuSE, and a server running Red Hat.
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