Re: i's in the cloud

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like you want outsourced operations more than "cloud" services.  Lots
of companies do that, including IBM, Acxiom, and others.  In the interest of
disclosure: My employer uses Acxiom for some services, including managing
our iSeries.

If you want to ditch your hardware and just buy capacity on a provider's
system, then your closer to a "cloud" provider, although the availability of
that kind of service predates the use of the cloud term.  Just watch your
expectation; a true cloud service is resilient and offers seamless
application & data access across multiple servers & data centers.  Think
Google & Amazon services for examples.  That kind of availability &
scalability are things that differentiates cloud offerings from run of the
mill hosting.

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:16 PM, John Earl <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Does anyone know of a hosting service for IBM i in the cloud?
>
> I'm looking for permanent development and testing environments that
> allow us to move our hardware infrastructure off-premises and have it
> professionally managed by folks who specialize in hardware management
> issues.
>
> We do this already for z with IBM, and for Linux and Windows, on a
> variety of other services, but I can't seem to find an i instance.
>
> Any help?
>
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