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The [[IBM]] '''Linux Technology Center''' ('''LTC''') is an organization focused on development for the [[Linux kernel]] and related [[open-source software]] projects. In 1999, IBM created the LTC to combine its software developers interested in Linux and other open-source software into a single organization. Much of the LTC's early effort was focused on making "all of its server platforms Linux friendly."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linuxgazette.net/issue59/correa2.html |title=IBM: The Big Blue Support for the Linux Comunity LG #59 |publisher=Linuxgazette.net |date= |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref> The LTC collaborated with the Linux community to make Linux run optimally on processor architectures such as [[x86]], [[Mainframe computer|mainframe]], and [[Power Architecture|Power]]. In recent years, the focus of the LTC has expanded to include several other open source initiatives.

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The [[IBM]] '''Linux Technology Center''' ('''LTC''') is an organization focused on development for the [[Linux kernel]] and related [[open-source software]] projects. In 1999, IBM created the LTC to combine its software developers interested in Linux and other open-source software into a single organization. Much of the LTC's early effort was focused on making "all of its server platforms Linux friendly."<ref>http://linuxgazette.net/issue59/correa2.html</ref> The LTC collaborated with the Linux community to make Linux run optimally on processor architectures such as [[x86]], [[Mainframe computer|mainframe]], and [[Power Architecture|Power]]. In recent years, the focus of the LTC has expanded to include several other open source initiatives.

==Details==

Developers in the LTC contribute to various open-source projects such as:

* [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine]] (KVM) on x86 and Power systems, including Kimchi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/project-kimchi |title=Google Discussiegroepen |publisher=Groups.google.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref>

* [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine]] (KVM) on x86 and Power systems, including Kimchi<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/project-kimchi</ref>

* [[Big data|Big Data]] and [[Hadoop|Apache Hadoop]]

* [[OpenStack]] and [[Cloud Computing]]

* OpenPower Consortium<ref>{{cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323420604578650412719931232.html |title=IBM Gets Allies to Chip Away at Intel - WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=2013-08-05 |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref>

* [[Data center]] networking

* Device Support

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==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/ Official webaite]

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