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Our guest for April was Buddika Aluwihare from [HP] who spoke on HP's Reference Linux Architecture. |
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* [Buddika's slides|http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/meetings/20060522/Buddika's%20WLUG%20presentation.pdf] |
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Buddika Aluwihare: Linux Ambassador for HP NZ. |
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!!!Open Source Adoption in the Marketplace |
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* Accelerating across the enterprise |
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* Commercial certification now available |
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** most major vendors certify on RedHat/[SUSE] |
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** many telcos run [Debian] |
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!!!Customer issues in deploying OSS |
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!!Customer pain points |
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!From Forrester survey, 2005: |
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| Lack of support | 60% |
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| Immaturity of products | 42% |
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| Lack of applications | 36% |
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| We don't have skills/familiarity | 36% |
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| Unexpected license costs (ie. SCO) | 33% |
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| Fear of splintering | 26% |
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!Customers want help... |
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Ongoing accountability for support |
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Making the pieces working together |
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Defining OSS strategy |
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Defining criteria for software selection |
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Obtaining technical skills |
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!!HP's approach |
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* as a member of the community |
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* using GPLv2 - active participation in GPLv3 |
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* working with distros & ISVs to deliver innovative and effective solutiosn |
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* moving towards standards based architecture - totally X86 from Intel & AMD |
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* OSS stack over entire hardware range |
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!!OpenSource/Linux strategy |
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!Choice: |
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* comprehensive ecosystem |
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* OS/commercial/hybrid |
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* Commitment to advance |
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!Integration |
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* Preintegrated/customization |
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* Consulting |
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* Virtualization |
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!Confidence |
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* Single point of accountability |
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* HighAvailability clustering |
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* [Indemnification] |
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* Security/Common Criteria cerfication |
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* Market leadership |
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!!!HP's Open Source Integrated Platform |
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!!Platform overview |
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* moved from a Linux platform to an "Open Source" platform |
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* OS: Linux, HP/UX, Windows, ~NonStop OS |
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* SW: HA management, commercial/OSS middleware |
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* Services: Global consulting and support |
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* Platforms: Integrity, Proliant, ~BladeSystem and ~StorageWorks |
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!! HP OS Building Blocks |
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| JBoss, TomCat, Symas OpenLDAP etc |
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| Linux, HP/UX, Windows |
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| HP Management/HA |
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| Servers and storage |
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* Single source for sales/support (including OS subscription/support) |
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!! Blueprints |
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Web App Server, J2EE App Server, Directory Services, Database server etc |
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* Using building blocks to construct a tested/supported OSS stack |
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* Free DIY guides for customers: |
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** specific workloads |
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** deployment/config guidelines |
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!!Consulting |
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* LAMP and commercial/OSS/hybrid stacks |
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* Customized offerings |
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* Globally delivered, deployed and supported |
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!!Examples of software HP can support |
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![JBoss] |
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* Enterprise middleware suite |
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* HP has a JBoss dev centre in [Christchurch]! |
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* Unprecedented growth: 13%, 26%, 34% in 3 years |
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* Large community, 250,000 developers |
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![MySQL] |
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* Service subscriptions/support |
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!!!HP Skills and Resources |
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Internally to HP, Linux provides... |
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* Provisioning and lifecycle for 15,000+ Linux devices |
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* ~LaserJet design lab: 1000 developers |
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* 3TB/yr of incoming email |
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* Core DNS infrastructure ([BIND]) |
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* Enterprise directory (I2 Systems) |
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* Corporate wireless network (Airwave) |
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* Network time synchronization |
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* Secure worldwide IM ([Jabber]) |
