Re: IBM i cloud computing available?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom

There has been a lot of talk about i on cloud here recently. Search the 
archives for "cloud"

One option today is provided by Jim Oberholtzer and Larry Bolhuis, who 
both frequent these lists. Go to www.idevcloud.com

Another option is the virtual loaner program - this a free service for 
partners in development - you have to sign up but it's free, not sure of 
some of the details, but Aaron Bartell has done it. I don't think you 
have to declare a product you want to make, but maybe. At any rate, the 
VLP gives you use of a partition at v5r4 or 6.1 or 7.1 for up to 2 
weeks, extensible by 20%, if I calculate things rightly.

There are also a couple sharing offerings on the net - I use one from 
http://www.rzkh.de/ - the free offering is at v5r4 or v5r3, I forget.

HTH
Vern

On 12/10/2010 11:22 AM, Thomas Garvey wrote:
> Does anyone know if IBM offers access to the IBM i for developers, like in
> their cloud computing offering?
>
> I was on their cloud computing site a few weeks ago and was finding it
> difficult to get some real details of what is offered and how much, and
> decided to get on one of those chats that keep popping up when you are on
> that site.  I asked the IBM chat respondent this question and he/she said
> that the IBM was not available in the cloud yet, but they're working on
> adding it to the cloud offering.
>
> I'm starting to wonder if that's true.
>
> Tom Garvey