24 April 2003

For Immediate Release

It was announced today that LinuxIT in the UK has been appointed as an IBM business partner Leader for Linux. With this title comes the recognition from IBM that LinuxIT is among a selected few that have provided IBM and IBM business partners with valuable expertise, services and solutions using the Linux Operating System.

LinuxIT has been working closely with IBM UK Linux team over the last year to promote the various Linux programs to support IBM Business partners and customers and have now received this recognition from IBM.

IBM defines the Business Partner Leaders for Linux as Business Partners with the right combination of vision, skill and success in transforming their businesses-- and the businesses of their customers —through Linux. These leaders can achieve tremendous success while providing other Business Partners on the team with valuable expertise, services and solutions. Leadership is a journey, not a destination. IBM's Business Partner Leaders for Linux are at the head of the pack when it comes to achieving Linux-on-IBM success.

Peter Dawes-Huish Sales Director of LinuxIT commented, “we are delighted to have received this accolade from IBM and the recognition for the many customers and business partners that we have helped to move to Linux. LinuxIT will continue to work with IBM to provide best of brand Open source and Linux solutions on IBMs award-wining Hardware.”

The growth of Linux® has been nothing short of amazing. Making its way into the mainstream in just a few short years, Linux is now the fastest growing server operating system in the world, according to IDC. Industry analysts continue to predict good things for Linux, which is expected to capture 38 percent of the market by 2004, becoming the most widely adopted operating system inthe server environment. Powering its way into virtually every industry, Linux adoption is soaring, and for very good reasons—among them, flexibility, reliability and the low cost of Linux-based solutions for applications such as workload consolidation, distributed enterprise support, Linux clustering, appliances and IBM xSeries™ Linux servers.

For further information, please contact:
Ev Milker
Marketing and PR Manager
LinuxIT
Tel: +44 (0)117 905 8718
e-mail: evm@linuxit.com