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Our guest for April was Buddika Aluwihare from [HP] who spoke on HP's Reference Linux Architecture. * [Buddika's slides|http://www.wlug.org.nz/archive/meetings/20060522/Buddika's%20WLUG%20presentation.pdf] ----- 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, 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])
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