[Info-vax] IBM Layoffs

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-01-26, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
> JF Mezei skrev den 2015-01-26 20:57:
>> On 15-01-26 14:39, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> It depends on the needs of the installed base. Hard to outsource to a
>> distant data centre  a VMS host that drives machinery with
>> analogue/digital interfaces etc.
>>
>
> Right, we are right these days finishing a project to connect
> a number of Mitsubishi PLC in production machinery to our VMS
> system. That would be hard (at least harder) to a distant
> "cloud" someware.

It is a possibility though.  I recall the moment when I realised
that Fibre Channel meant you could put "local" disks into another
data centre.  Fast and reliable comms open up new possibilities.

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