I have to agree, zMan. It's important for IBM (in their view) to be seen to be 'keeping up with technology/trends'. And as 'cloud' seems to be a major 'marketing' word/ploy right now, journalists etc are lapping it up. Few of them have ever heard of mainframes, or they believe the 'experts' that no one uses mainframes any more. Interestingly, the article says that the data centers will be built in London, as well as in the US, Canada, Mexico, India, Japan and China. My money would be that the majority of this 'investment' will be in India and China. It will give IBM-MAIN a new lease of life as more questions are fielded from inexperienced newbies. Am I getting cynical in my old age?
-----Original Message----- From: zMan <[email protected]> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:37 Subject: Re: IBM to invest 1.2B into Cloud Data Centers Feh. These numbers are meaningless--probably includes the salaries of every IBMer involved plus his/her dog. And I thought Linux was the answer for IBM? Are they replacing those multi-$B Linux data centers now? Yes, I realize the Cloud could be built on Linux, and that it could also be parallel -- my point is, again, that these numbers are meaningless in isolation. The semiotics are really "IBM thinks Cloud is important, film at 11". On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Lizette Koehler <[email protected]>wrote: > I provided the long URL and TINYURL for that reason. > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Lou Losee > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: IBM to invest 1.2B into Cloud Data Centers > > > > FYI, you could have cut the original URL down to: > > > http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240212684/IBM-ploughs-billions-into-cloud- > > data-centres< > http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240212684/IBM-ploughs-billions- > > into-cloud-data-centres?utm_medium=EM> > > > > The rest is just tracking garbage. > > > > -- > > Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity > > - Unknown > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Lizette Koehler > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I found this interesting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240212684/IBM-ploughs-billions-into- > > > cloud- > > > data-centres?utm_medium=EM > > > < > > > http://www.microscope.co.uk/news/2240212684/IBM-ploughs-billions-into- > > > cloud > > > > > > -data- > > centres?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_26232187&utm_campaign=20140121 > > > _Cloud > > > > > > > > %20developers%20get%20their%20own%20Amazon%20VPCs_ahughes&utm_sou > > rce=N > > > LN&tra > > > ck=NL-1814&ad=891343> > > > > > > > > &asrc=EM_NLN_26232187&utm_campaign=20140121_Cloud%20developers%20g > > et%2 > > > 0their > > > %20own%20Amazon%20VPCs_ahughes&utm_source=NLN&track=NL- > > 1814&ad=891343 > > > > > > > > > > > > or Tinyurl > > > > > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/n3tt2ou > > > > > > > > > > > > IBM has revealed it intends splashing $1.2bn on its cloud computing > > > infrastructure building 15 more data centers across the globe as it > > > looks to position itself as a major source of rented storage space. > > > > > > > > > > > > Lizette > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
