Enterprise computing is entering a new era. Stay connected and help shape what's next.
At Hot Chips 2026, IBM announced a groundbreaking technology innovation that will bring Arm-native application support to future IBM Z and LinuxONE processors. For the first time, organizations will be able to run operating systems and applications on both IBM and Arm compute platforms within the same enterprise environment, combining broader software choice with the security, scalability, resiliency, and performance that IBM platforms are known for.
This milestone represents the first processor innovation resulting from the IBM and Arm collaboration announced earlier this year. It creates new opportunities for software vendors and developers looking to expand the reach of their Arm-native applications and provides a pathway for the IBM ecosystem to expand into Arm.
Why This Matters for Software Providers and Developers
The Arm ecosystem includes more than 22 million developers worldwide and supports a rapidly growing portfolio of cloud-native, AI, analytics, infrastructure, and enterprise applications. Future IBM Z and LinuxONE systems will create opportunities for the Arm ecosystem to extend innovation into some of the world's most demanding enterprise environments.
For Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), software providers, and open-source projects, this could create new opportunities to:
- Expand existing Arm-native solutions into enterprise environments that run mission-critical workloads
- Reach organizations in highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, government, telecommunications, and retail
- Explore new deployment options for cloud-native, AI, and enterprise applications
- Participate in shaping an emerging ecosystem from the earliest stages
- Collaborate with IBM engineering and ecosystem teams as future capabilities evolve
The Best of Both Worlds
As these capabilities evolve, software providers will have the opportunity to explore how their applications could benefit from the enterprise-class characteristics that organizations depend on from IBM Z and LinuxONE, including:
- Enterprise-grade security and encryption
- Industry-leading resiliency and availability
- Hardware-assisted fault detection and recovery
- AI acceleration and inferencing capabilities
- Massive scale for transaction-intensive and data-intensive workloads
- Trusted infrastructure for regulated industries
For developers who have spent years building for Arm-based cloud environments, this future capability could create new opportunities to bring those innovations into some of the world's most demanding enterprise workloads.
Help Shape the IBM + Arm Ecosystem Today
Today, we're inviting developers, software providers, open-source communities, systems integrators, and technology partners interested in helping shape the future Arm ecosystem on IBM Z and LinuxONE. If you're interested in participating in the evolution of Arm-native software for future IBM Z and LinuxONE environments, we'd like to hear from you.
By registering your interest, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Receive updates on technical milestones and roadmap developments
- Learn about future testing, validation, and preview opportunities
- Access technical guidance and enablement resources as they become available
- Connect with engineering and ecosystem teams
- Share feedback that helps influence tooling, support priorities, and ecosystem readiness
Our goal is to foster collaboration across the ecosystem and ensure developers and software providers have the resources they need to succeed as new opportunities emerge.
Who Should Register?
We're especially interested in hearing from:
- Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
- Cloud-native application developers
- Open-source project maintainers
- AI and machine learning solution providers
- Security and cyber-resiliency software vendors
- Middleware and infrastructure providers
- SaaS companies
- Arm ecosystem developers and partners
- Systems integrators and technology consultants
Whether you're developing enterprise software, AI solutions, developer tooling, security platforms, or open-source technologies, we'd like to hear from you.
Register Your Interest
Be among the first to explore the convergence of Arm innovation and IBM enterprise computing. Stay up to date with the very latest, exploring future opportunities to test, validate, optimize, and innovate for IBM Z and LinuxONE environments supporting Arm-native workloads, we invite you to join us.
Help shape the ecosystem, influence future capabilities, and explore what's possible as IBM and Arm continue to advance the future of enterprise computing.
Register Your Interest: http://community.ibm.com/zsystems/next-gen-dual-architecture-processor
Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only. Registration of interest does not guarantee participation in future preview, testing, validation, or certification programs.