Re: Can I do my i from the cloud

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You can also use services in http://pub1.rzkh.de (click on the flag, if
you don't read german)  There you can find from a small shared account
(free) to a full big server for yourself.

Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> Short answer:  Yes.
>
> The first company out of the gate with a full cloud implememtation for 
> POWER systems which included IBM i is Logicalis.  (Contact Mike Martin 
> in the Green Bay office)   They can do it.  Don't know about costs.  
> Logicalis is a worldwide organization with well over $1Billion in sales 
> so they are not going anywhere.  (I do not work for Logicalis, but about 
> 4 years ago I used to)
>
> There are other startups that are getting ready to do the same thing, 
> but I don't know of any that are as far along as Logicalis is.  I know 
> the architect that built the Logicalis cloud, and what technology they 
> are using and I believe it's a solid offering.
>
> Does this match your business model, good question.
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
> On 4/20/2011 3:56 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> > Brainstorming in management meeting today.
> >
> > Instead of getting new Power 7 HW to replace our Power 5 HW, is the
> > state-of-the-universe such that we could entertain putting our i in the
> > cloud?
> >
> > What I mean is, no i, no physical windows servers here, it's all out there
> > somewhere.  The only HW here is printers, displays, thin clients, and PC
> > workstations.
> >
> > But I still develop in house for it, still configure it, etc.
> >
> >
> > -- Jeff Crosby VP Information Systems UniPro FoodService/Dilgard P.O. 
> > Box 13369 Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369 260-422-7531 www.dilgardfoods.com 
> > The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of 
> > my company. Unless I say so.