Mark Twain, Rumors and the Next Big Thing
My observations are not just based on data; when I joined the Alliance as Executive Director, I embarked on my own "listening tour" to get a better read on what those closest to Itanium are thinking. I've been traveling and speaking with Alliance members around the globe about the vision of our organization, as well as the ecosphere of mission-critical computing. The feedback and resounding support that I hear from Alliance founders is clear wherever I go: Itanium is here to stay and the future is bright.
Just recently, the tech industry saw an announcement that touted SASs certification of its programs running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z mainframes. IBM even called this a renaissance of the mainframe.
It seems like an interesting development when you take into account that Itanium-based system users have had the ability to run these and many other solutions for some time now - and without the constraints and budgetary spending of a mainframe environment,.
Since this is old news to Itanium users, just think of how Tukwila will advance this area even more and benefit enterprises of tomorrow!
While you're here, check out the most recent Alliance podcast with Transitive, which discusses Solaris/SPARC applications on Itanium-systems running Linux. It's a good interview with an interesting member company and just shows again the flexibility of Itanium-based systems in a real-life environment.
In my talks with member companies and industry leaders, one thing rings true: there's something big on the horizon of datacenter technology. Some think it'll be another big breakthrough in virtualization, others say lessened power consumption. I've got my ideas (as you'll be seeing in blogs to come), but I want to know your thoughts.
Drop me a line and let me know what you think the "next big thing" in computing will be!
All views expressed within this blog are those of the blog author and do not reflect the opinions of the Itanium Solutions Alliance, Itanium Solutions Alliance member companies or Intel Corporation.
