Re: RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise

Jim,

Can you just use Remote Desktop from home to access your PC at work? This often works MUCH better than running the client on the PC at home, and trying to squeeze all the TCP/IP traffic through the VPN connection. With Remote Desktop accessing the development workstation at the office, you get the same operational performance at home as you get at work.

-Eric DeLong

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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Essinger
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 6:21 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise

Not sure if it would help in my case, but I have been dragging a laptop
between work and home for the last 4 years, and running WDSC/RDPi on it
when I need to. Now I'm giving the laptop up, but still want to run RDPi
from home occasionally. I don't think the license I have will let me have
RDP installed on both my office PC and my home PC at the same time with the
same license. I don't want to pay for my own license for home, and the
boss is not thrilled about buying another seat for occasional use at home
when I'm VPNed in once or twice a month.

Other questions are - where is the work space located, and how do I keep it
updated? Is it in the cloud as well? What kind of response would I expect
to see if using the cloud instance?

Jim


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:44 PM, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Jon,

Just thinking aloud here, but I'd expect VERY LARGE organizations would
find this attractive. If the IT department employs many developers, some
of whom may work remotely, this would be a perfect alternative to their
having to send their computing device back to home office for install.
Probably not as attractive for small business, but still useful for large
accounts... This would be even more helpful in cases where Rational Team
Concert is cloud hosted.

-Eric DeLong

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On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:29 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise


On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 at 16:51:58, Eric Simpson <esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, the current RD Power image is under the Bring Your Own License

model.

There are other models, such as Pay As You Go, where you do not need to
have already purchased a license (the hourly charge is higher). But,
currently RD Power image only provides the Bring Your Own License option.

OK Eric - sorry but now I'm confused again. If I own a license to RDp
_and_ need a PC to access the service it seems to me that the only thing I
gain is that I'm saved the trouble of installing the software. The cost of
that convenience is that instead of setting up RDp, I have to set up an
account etc., "rent" the server that runs the image, and, since that server
is Linux, I will need to be (somewhat) familiar with the Red Hat interface
to use it. I know cloud computing is trendy but I just don't see why anyone
would bother.

Can anybody else see what I'm missing here?


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com




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