[Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of Things (IoT)

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] VMS and the Internet of
Things
> (IoT)
> 
> On 2016-09-12 13:34:21 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> 
> > Does this answer the question of being capable of
> addressing the
> > mid-tier layer in the IoT world??
> 
> That OpenVMS can do classic SCADA is known.
> 
> There's more to what's necessary now, too.   Unless
> you want the
> insecurity of IoT now, or of some of the classic
SCADA
> configurations.
> 
> Nobody is going to want to use an x86-64 box in
> Simon's middle IoT
> tier, much less an Itanium, either.   Too expensive.
> 

See the link I just posted and the reason they chose
the QEI OpenVMS solution. They wanted the middle tier
to be disaster tolerant. 

Generally speaking, I expect many more future solutions
to have similar requirements.

> An OpenVMS port to ARM (SBSA or otherwise) is most
> of a decade out, at
> the earliest.   Then there's pricing, etc.
> 

You have just made my point - In the longer term, VSI
should not put all of its eggs in one basket.

Of course, pricing would have to change to become much
more competitive and much more simplified. 

That goes with being competitive on any new target
platform, including X86-64.


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com