Re: Why i??? NEED YOUR INPUT

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you seen Steve Will's latest blog posting?  They are heading in that
direction.

Blog post:
http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/you_and_i/2010/02/asp-saas-and-i.html

For anybody that has used their IBMi VLP (Virtual Loaner Program) you know
that they have many of the technical hurdles already crossed to do "IBM i in
the cloud".  I have used the VLP for over 5 years now and am quite impressed
with how I can configure an entirely new IBMi LPAR in about 15 minutes from
the web, and then about 2hrs later I get an email with login info for my new
IBMi LPAR.  I know not everybody has had the same success as I have - as I
understand it some have issues with getting the VPN working correctly.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/


On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Google is getting a lot of attention right now by offering their "App
> Engine" service which is based on several of the architectural principles
> inherent in IBM i.  Google is essentially saying that when you deploy your
> applications under our service, you don't need to concern yourselves about
> hardware, or operating system, or database, or scalability - we take care of
> that for you.  You just need to be aware of the high-level application,
> database, and runtime interfaces you need to plug into.
>
> I could see IBM or somebody offering a similar cloud service based on Power
> 7 and IBM i, and perhaps even doing it more efficiently than Google, just
> because the platform is already integrated, and scales automatically.  My
> only question is how easy would it be to manage partitions for many
> different organizations on a single computer - I'm just not familiar with
> that, and the documentation is neither easy, nor intuitive?
>
> -Nathan.