[Am-info] Pay-As-You-Go Gets Bigger At IBM

[Fred A. Miller]

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Pay-As-You-Go Gets Bigger At IBM

IBM continues to push utility computing, or pay-per-use pricing,=20
for hardware, software, and services. IBM is launching Linux=20
Virtual Services, a utility-priced service for hosting Linux apps=20
on zSeries mainframes at IBM data centers. IBM will also host=20
customers' custom-developed Linux apps. It will manage the apps=20
and the physical environment around its servers, too.

Utility computing is an alternative to running IT operations=20
in-house or outsourcing for a fixed price. Customers determine=20
the average computing capacity they use monthly and provision=20
those resources from IBM, which charges "service units." Each=20
Linux Virtual Services unit is priced at $300 per month, although=20
IBM doesn't provide specific values for the amount of hardware,=20
software, and services that comprise a unit. Customers can=20
increase or decrease the number of service units they use=20
monthly.

Utility computing is still a fairly new paradigm, says Charles=20
King, a senior analyst with the Sageza Group. Companies most=20
interested in IBM's new Linux Virtual Services will be those that=20
are already running Linux on their own zSeries mainframes.=20
- - Larry Greenemeier

For more, see:
Breaking The Mainframe-Software Chokehold
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeHuj0Bce7K0V20BcCt0A1

Is E-Sourcing The Next Wave?
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeHuj0Bce7K0V20Besb0AY

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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