These are my links for June 12th through June 15th:
- IBM Smart Business Press Release (DRAFT) | CloudBzz – IBM today introduced the industry’s first set of “cloud” services and integrated products for the enterprise. This will give clients a reliable way to standardize IT functions that are rapidly becoming too costly or difficult to use.
- Tomorrow’s IBM “Smart Business” #CloudComputing Strategy – Today | Linux – The NY Times broke IBM’s embargo this morning by publishing their story on IBM’s new cloud computing initiatives. I’ve posted the full release here on CloudBzz.
The diagram below gives a bit of insight into where IBM is today and where they are heading.
- With a Big Push, IBM Gives Cloud Computing Its Blessing – IBM’s approach to cloud computing: task-specific clouds. The company will offer business processes as cloud services, according to a company press release. Here are the highlights of IBM’s announcement:
* Smart Business Test Cloud — A private cloud behind the client’s firewall
* Smart Business Development & Test on the IBM Cloud
* IBM CloudBurst — a pre-integrated set of hardware, storage,
virtualization and networking. - IBM Redbooks | Implementing the Poughkeepsie Green Data Center: Showcasing a Dynamic Infrastructure – The IBM® Design Center Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, was running out of cooling capacity and needed to address continuing IT growth requirements. Innovative change was required and transformation of this infrastructure was achieved through IBM’s smarter planet and dynamic infrastructure vision. Energy efficiency for data centers has become an imperative area of focus as the price of energy increases and systems grow beyond the capacity of current facilities to supply their power and cooling needs.