SAN FRANCISCO - IBM Corp. will spend more than $1 million to help fund a Linux technology center in Brazil. The center, created in conjunction with the Brazilian government, aims to train 700 public service professionals on the use of Linux by year’s end.

The Centro de Difusão de Tecnologia e Conhcimento (CDTC) opened its doors last week in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, and will employ a staff of 14, including five IBM employees. The center will include a development laboratory, a support call center, and a classroom, all located at the University of Brasilia.

During the next few months, the center will begin setting up training courses in a number of Brazilian cities to train 700 IT professionals from educational institutions, with the ultimate aim of increasing the number of open-source users in Brazil, IBM said.

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