--- title: IBM Client for Smart Work with Ubuntu support released description: At Lotusphere today we announced the availability of the IBM Client for Smart Work complete with support from Canonical. It is a significant milestone both for potential end users and for the Canonical and IBM channel. One of the gating factors to widespread adoption of Linux in the corporate desktop has been the perceived availability […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/312?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") on 18 January 2010 # IBM Client for Smart Work with Ubuntu support released [IBM](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ibm) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) Share on:* [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.canonical.com/blog/312 "Share on Facebook") * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/share?text=IBM%20Client%20for%20Smart%20Work%20with%20Ubuntu%20support%20released&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/312&hashtags=ubuntu "Share on Twitter") * [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.canonical.com/blog/312&title=IBM%20Client%20for%20Smart%20Work%20with%20Ubuntu%20support%20released "Share on LinkedIn") --- --- ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up At Lotusphere today we announced the [availability](http://www.ubuntu.com/news/lotus-symphony-dedicated-support) of the IBM Client for Smart Work complete with support from Canonical. It is a significant milestone both for potential end users and for the Canonical and IBM channel. One of the gating factors to widespread adoption of Linux in the corporate desktop has been the perceived availability of the the required software stack on top of the operating system. While there have been various solutions available, either they have been too much work to assemble or self-support, or the feature set is not complete enough. ICSW on Ubuntu offers the full set of replacement technologies for a typical Microsoft shop. Calendaring, scheduling, email and office productivity are all delivered via the Lotus product suite. There is access to Lotus Live which brings cloud-based services for those who prefer that route with minimal hardware overheads. [Lotus Live](https://www.lotuslive.com/en/compare) also delivers (deep breath) file sharing, document/content management, instant messaging, presence awareness, web conferencing, VoIP, IP telephony integration, application integration, mashups, blogs, wikis, community, social bookmarks, activities, profiles, portal,  and dashboards/scorecards depending on the level of subscription required. Which is an impressive feature set. Ubuntu as the operating system also bring freedom from the licensing and upgrading cycle and allow the savings to be spent in more innovative ways. Canonical will support these infrastructures for as little as $5.50 per month for a typical 1000 seat installation. Compare that to the licensing and support for a Microsoft installation. You can get an unsupported version of [ICSW from the Ubuntu site today](http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/icsw "ICSW"). IBM partners who would like to adding this product to their portfolio and reselling Ubuntu support should [contact us here](https://forms.canonical.com/partners/). Canonical partners can contact their account manager. Steve George, Canonical #### Related posts --- [Pedro Lazzarotto](https://canonical.com/blog/author/pedro-lazzarotto) 12 June 2026 ### [A decade of Ubuntu on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE](https://canonical.com/blog/a-decade-of-ubuntu-on-ibm-z-and-ibm-linuxone) Partners Ubuntu tech blog This year we celebrate a decade of Ubuntu Server support on the s390x architecture: marking a long-standing collaboration between Canonical and IBM that began at LinuxCon 2015. 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