Suppose you use open source tools to reduce your development costs, but you also need to reduce the risk of deploying open source tools in business applications. Additionally, you want access to enterprise support and easy migration paths to scale quickly if needed.
IBM is a leader in providing tools and services based on open standards and open source software and gives you flexibility and choice. With a continuum of tools, services, and support packages, you get the added peace of mind to find the open solution that is right for you.
IBM solutions enable you to:
Reduce the risk of open source software in your application development environment through free open source-based software offerings, many of which are backed by world-class IBM support options.
Extend your environment with comprehensive integrated solutions, based on open source software, that enhance functions and provide flexibility of choice.
Build heterogeneous solutions on open platforms with unprecedented support for Linux® across IBM’s entire server line.
Get started in the wide-ranging, dynamic field of software development today with open source tools and technology.
Tutorial: Build a Web application without writing any
code: Install and set up trial versions of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, DB2 Enterprise V9.0, and WebSphere Application Server V6.1. Then configure these technologies to begin creating a Web application.
Kick-start your application development: You want to write apps that show off your skills. And you want to get started quickly, but be ready to scale your application up to thousands of users -- without hassles. You want someone else to find, integrate, and maintain interdependencies of the platform for your new killer app. This collection of tools and resources can help.
Tutorial: Kick-start your Java apps: Learn how to use IBM-backed open source and free software to kick-start your Java™ Web-based application development.
Tutorial: Easy, lightweight Ajax development with no-charge software: Walk, step-by-step, through the development of a small human-resources application, first using conventional JavaServer Pages (JSP) based technology, and then migrating it to a highly interactive solution using Ajax.
Webcast: Integrating open source into your business: Explore IBM’s unique set of abilities and offerings designed to help you integrate open source technology into your existing strategy, your IT infrastructure, and your business. This webcast covers our combination of open source and commercial software offerings, our more than 8-year involvement with open source technology, and our experiences with Linux, Apache, Eclipse and many other open source projects.
Eclipse: Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software. Learn more about this community, and download the no-charge IDE, here.
PHP: PHP is an interpreted programming language run in an environment provided by an open source core engine and extensions. Find PHP source code downloads and related plug-ins to customize the tool for your needs, plus tutorials and articles to help you use the technology.
Open source technology zone: Build your knowledge and skills on hot open source technologies such as Eclipse and PHP with this comprehensive library of articles, tutorials, and Redbooks. Learn how the powerful combination of tools from IBM, such as Rational and WebSphere, with open source projects, such as Eclipse and Apache Geronimo, can streamline your projects.
Linux technology zone: Find hundreds of articles, tutorials, and tips to help you with Linux application development and system administration.
