[Info-vax] IBM Layoffs

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-01-26 16:58:58 +0000, Kerry Main said:

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>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of MG
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>> (That's supposed to be noteworthy, impressive, etc. ... his claim to fame?)

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqFLXayD6e8>

>>> Maybe VSI starts up an outsourcing cloud business for VMS sites?
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>> How do you mean, by just 'not bothering' any longer with VMS and
>> helping existing VMS users to move to (Linux[?]) cloud-based
>> alternative solutions... or?

Hosting VMS, for VMS customers.  This opportunity is pretty obvious for 
a vendor with licensing rights to VMS and related products, 
particularly if the vendor can create and manage pairs of data centers 
located within range of clustering and HBVS, and preferably on separate 
electric and communications grids and drainages.  The other obvious 
opportunity is to provide services and support for customer on-site VMS 
hosts — similar basic requirements and probably also with similar 
software tools for management and deployment involved, but with the 
hardware located where the customer wants it.

> Public cloud is simply another name for selective IT outsourcing.There 
> are pros and cons.

Life is a series of pros and cons, and in several senses of that.

> Private Cloud is simply another name for internal Shared Services.There 
> are pros and cons.

Ibid.

> These are business models, the technical platform is irrelevant.

Irrelevant?  Sort of.   Also sort of important, too.  Customers with 
applications operating on VMS today are probably going to want those to 
be run on VMS servers, whether emulated or actual servers.  For VSI, 
it'd probably be easiest to host Itanium guests, at least initially.   
Maybe eventually on x86-64 guests, once VSI gets the VMS code ported 
and then once somebody gets the customer applications ported.

> Part of the challenges faced by big companies like IBM and HP is 
> thatthey have been getting to caught up in the hype. They need to get 
> back to basics and really understand what Cust's need.

Customers' needs are evolving, too.  Some customers are needing larger 
and larger servers, some are finding that fewer and smaller servers 
suffice, and fewer and denser servers are appropriate for others.   For 
many customers, IT isn't viewed as a competitive differentiator, so for 
these folks it's all down to how much it costs to run IT, and the level 
of service that's required, and how that works on the available budget. 
 Some want or need local services and local IT, some don't.  Some have 
fairly predictable and manageable growth, and some deal with massive 
traffic spikes.  It's been only a few years since mobile computing has 
exploded, and the effects of that and the opportunities and the costs 
of that are now percolating through many businesses.  One size does not 
fit all.

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