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-Our guest for April is
Buddika Aluwihare from [HP] who will be speaking on HP Reference Linux Architecture.
+Our guest for April was
Buddika Aluwihare from [HP] who will be speaking on HP Reference Linux Architecture.
-HP Reference Linux Architecture appears to be about standardising middleware stacks and providing support for that also so that HP can provide support for the hardware, Linux and the middleware.
+-----
-Location is
[TW
.2
.07
|TW
] at the University
of Waikato. Meeting will start at 7
:30pm
.
+Buddika Aluwihare: Linux Ambassador for HP NZ.
+
+!!!Open Source Adoption in the Marketplace
+
+* Accelerating across the enterprise
+* Commercial certification now available
+** most major vendors certify on RedHat/
[SUSE]
+** many telcos run [Debian]
+
+!!!Customer issues in deploying OSS
+
+!!Customer pain points
+
+!From Forrester survey, 2005:
+
+<?plugin OldStyleTable
+| Lack of support | 60%
+| Immaturity of products | 42%
+| Lack of applications | 36%
+| We don't have skills/familiarity | 36%
+| Unexpected license costs (ie
. SCO) | 33%
+| Fear of splintering | 26%
+?>
+
+!Customers want help
...
+
+Ongoing accountability for support
+Making the pieces working together
+Defining OSS strategy
+Defining criteria for software selection
+Obtaining technical skills
+
+!!HP's approach
+
+* as a member of the community
+* using GPLv2 - active participation in GPLv3
+* working with distros & ISVs to deliver innovative and effective solutiosn
+* moving towards standards based architecture - totally X86 from Intel & AMD
+* OSS stack over entire hardware range
+
+!!OpenSource/Linux strategy
+
+!Choice:
+* comprehensive ecosystem
+* OS/commercial/hybrid
+* Commitment to advance
+
+!Integration
+* Preintegrated/customization
+* Consulting
+* Virtualization
+
+!Confidence
+* Single point of accountability
+* HighAvailability clustering
+* [Indemnification]
+* Security/Common Criteria cerfication
+* Market leadership
+
+!!!HP's Open Source Integrated Platform
+
+!!Platform overview
+
+* moved from a Linux platform to an "Open Source" platform
+
+* OS: Linux, HP/UX, Windows, ~NonStop OS
+* SW: HA management, commercial/OSS middleware
+* Services: Global consulting and support
+* Platforms: Integrity, Proliant, ~BladeSystem and ~StorageWorks
+
+!! HP OS Building Blocks
+
+<?plugin OldStyleTable
+
| JBoss, [TomCat|JakartaTomcat
], Symas OpenLDAP etc
+| Linux, HP/UX, Windows
+| HP Management/HA
+| Servers and storage
+?>
+
+* Single source for sales/support (including OS subscription/support)
+
+!! Blueprints
+
+Web App Server, J2EE App Server, Directory Services, Database server etc
+
+* Using building blocks to construct a tested/supported OSS stack
+* Free DIY guides for customers:
+** specific workloads
+** deployment/config guidelines
+
+!!Consulting
+
+* LAMP and commercial/OSS/hybrid stacks
+* Customized offerings
+* Globally delivered, deployed and supported
+
+!!Examples
of software HP can support
+
+![JBoss]
+
+* Enterprise middleware suite
+* HP has a JBoss dev centre in [Christchurch]!
+* Unprecedented growth
: 13%, 26%, 34% in 3 years
+* Large community, 250,000 developers
+
+![MySQL]
+
+* Service subscriptions/support
+
+!!!HP Skills and Resources
+
+Internally to HP, Linux provides
...
+
+* Provisioning and lifecycle for 15,000+ Linux devices
+* ~LaserJet design lab: 1000 developers
+* 3TB/yr of incoming email
+* Core DNS infrastructure ([BIND])
+* Enterprise directory (I2 Systems)
+* Corporate wireless network (Airwave)
+* Network time synchronization
+* Secure worldwide IM ([Jabber])
