IBM leads IT out of the data center; IBM floats software in Amazon's cloud

Big Blue looks to help users manage data, energy and more across diverse environments IBM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Network Management Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by IBM How to craft a dynamic infrastructure Attend IBM's Dynamic Infrastructure Virtual Forum on March 3 & 4, and get all the advice and information you need - without leaving your desk. Learn how to streamline your business and IT assets into an infrastructure thatâ??s fast, flexible and accurate. Spotlight Story IBM leads IT out of the data center By Denise Dubie IBM hosted its Pulse 2009 conference in Las Vegas and revealed its dynamic infrastructure strategy, which envelopes digital, physical, cloud and virtual environments in one service management strategy. Read full story Related News: IBM floats software in Amazon's cloud IBM is delivering some of its infrastructure software as an on-demand service through Amazon Web Services, the companies said Wednesday, helping to validate the cloud computing model among enterprise customers. What the IBM, Amazon partnership means to the cloud This week brought the very interesting news that IBM is making some of its software products (database and middleware, primarily) available on Amazon's EC2. IBM is also offering Amazon Machine Images (AMI) preconfigured with its products, ready to begin running in EC2. The products and AMIs are, for today, only available for development, not production, but IBM and Amazon plan to offer production versions available on a per-hour of use basis in the near future. Furthermore, if you have existing IBM licenses, you can transfer them to EC2 and begin using the Amazon instances for production immediately. 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