Amazon Web Services with IDS
German IT Newsticker heise.de: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Amazon-Web-Services-bietet-virtuelle-Maschinen-mit-IBM-Software--/meldung/132418 Abstract: Amazon Web Services builds partnership with IBM to offer softwareproducts Amazon Machine Images. Software offered are: IBM DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Web Content Management, WebSphere sMash and SUSE Linux. Clients are free for development purpose, except for usual Amazon costs. Client has to licence and buy for production. regards, Joerg Volz "Center, negative on the traffic. I see only a flock of birds." "Well, look closer. One of them has a transponder." IT Handel und Beratung Jörg Volz Bernhard-Früh-Str. 7 77855 Achern GERMANY Tel: 07841-681651 Fax: 07841-681654 Mobil: 0170-2989757 Ust-ID: DE201383541 http://www.it-volz.de
On Feb 12, 6:03 am, Jörg Volz <Jo...@it-volz.de> wrote: > German IT Newsticker heise.de: > > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Amazon-Web-Services-bietet-virtuelle-M... > > Abstract: > > Amazon Web Services builds partnership with IBM to offer softwareproducts Amazon Machine Images. > Software offered are: IBM DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, WebSphere Portal, Lotus Web Content Management, WebSphere sMash and SUSE Linux. Clients are free for development purpose, except for usual Amazon costs. > Client has to licence and buy for production. > > regards, > Joerg Volz Ok, so let me get this straight... IBM inks deal with Amazon. IBM licensing is free for development purposes, however you're on the hook for Amazon's charges for using their cloud. When you go to production, you then incur IBM's license cost(s)? That doesn't make sense, does it? I mean isn't the point of going in to a 'cloud' is to reduce your infrastructure costs? Also, when you purchase resources from the cloud how do you know how much cpu you're going to use and license? It would be nice to know what/how IBM intends to license access. Don't get me wrong. The wonderful thing about this is that IBM actually included Informix (IDS) in the announcement and not just DB2.