On Fri, 28 May 2021 11:50:28 +0200, Radoslaw Skorupka <r.skoru...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>IMHO it depends. >First, it depends on what we understand as outsourcing. >1. I buy HW and SW and keep it in my datacenter. Oh, BTW: the >application software is mine, not delivered from outside. >2. Application is delivered, and there are many options how to maintain it. >3. I keep HW in leased DC. >4. I rent HW from DC owner. >5. I rent HW from DC owner and some services like cabling, servicing, etc. >6. DC owner takes care about switches and maybe other things. >... >etc. > >Regarding Zcloud - I believe it depends on your expectations how deep >the outsourcing would be. zCloud is IBM-owned and -managed hardware and software in an IBM DC using various software stacks (z/VM, Linux, z/OS, CICS, IMS, DB2, MQ, Websphere, etc.), with your application (if any) and data. You run in one or more LPARs, sharing the machines with other zCloud customers. See the link to the data sheet at https://www.ibm.com/services/cloud/managed-infrastructure-as-a-service. You could view it as a form of outsourcing, yes. Alan Altmark IBM Alan Altmark IBM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
