LOGIN | REGISTER NOW | SUBSCRIBE
 
print Printable version 
Most Read Latest News Blog Resources
Does Windows cost Microsoft opportunities?
Microsoft's decision to focus .NET on Windows is stifling innovation due to the specter of...

Mono brings .NET to Android
At Microsoft MIX, Mono will unveil the ability to port .NET applications to the Android op...

Maven Studio for Eclipse gets developers up to speed
Sonatype tool simplifies onboarding by giving developers a way to easily deploy fully conf...

Digg!  Digg
Reddit  Reddit
Slashdot  Slashdot
Share on facebook  Facebook
Share on Twitter  Twitter

IBM forms team to help ISVs use cloud computing


By Jeff Feinman
October 6, 2008 — 
IBM is helping ISVs and software producers adopt cloud computing as a way to build and distribute products.

In discussing what services and help IBM is offering for cloud computing, Bethann Craig, director of product management for IBM Lotus, said the company is figuring out APIs that its partners can utilize in their own applications they put into the market. Craig said IBM has a research group called the ISV and Developer Relations team that works with ISVs on hosting cloud-based services.

The team offers ISVs white papers, online demos and downloadable code for building applications. It gives ISVs “technical blueprints” and tells them what pieces of middleware might be beneficial in taking an application to market. An on-demand version of Rational AppScan can scan Web applications for security bugs.

“(ISV and Developer Relations) does things on the middleware side, helping you understand how DB2, for instance, can benefit you when building an application, and from a provisioning, security … standpoint,” Craig said.

One of the main cloud computing services that IBM is rolling out today is an open beta of Bluehouse, a social networking service that “marries” IBM Lotus social networking capabilities with online meeting services. Bluehouse offers file-sharing forms for group surveys and instant messaging.

IBM also released today Lotus Sametime Unyte, a Web conferencing service for sharing documents, presentations and applications through any Web connection. It has a “waiting room” feature, so conference attendees can gather and prepare, as well as alerts for hosts of meetings. Craig claimed the main benefit of Sametime Unyte is how easy it is to access and enter a meeting.

“Our market research shows that people are hesitant to use Web conferencing or online meetings, [and it] is a bit of a fear factor with it being too hard or people not being quite sure what to do,” she said.


Related Search Term(s): cloud computing, networking, IBM


Share this link: http://www.sdtimes.com/link/32936
 

Add comment


Name*
Email*  
Country     


  • Comment
  • Preview
Loading



 
 
 
 
News on Monday
more>>
SharePoint Tech Report
more>>


   

 
 
Download Current Issue
ISSUE 3/15/2010 PDF

Need Back Issues?
DOWNLOAD HERE

Receive the print Edition?


 
blogs tab
Google Code turns 5
Google Code Turns 5, and adds a Paxos Algorithm to make the system more stable and reliable.
03/17/2010 11:16 AM EST

Test your Visual Studio 2010 know-how
Microsoft is offering free beta certification exams for Visual Studio 2010.
03/17/2010 11:08 AM EST

Microsoft lifts the hood on IE9
Microsoft is previewing IE9.
03/16/2010 01:10 PM EST

 

Events calendar tab
EclipseCon
3/22/2010 to 3/25/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
The Eclipse Foundation

DevConnections
4/12/2010 to 4/14/2010
Las Vegas
Penton Media

MySQL Conf. and Expo
4/12/2010 to 4/15/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
O'Reilly Media

High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets
4/19/2010
New York City
Flagg Management

Informix User Conf.
4/25/2010 to 4/28/2010
Overland Park, Kans.
IIUG