[Linux-Anyway] Fwd: Mobil Travel Guide Chooses Utility Computing, Linux
- From: Meph Istopheles <Meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 09:15:48 -0700 (PDT)
InternetWeek
Mobil Travel Guide Chooses Utility Computing, Linux
By Tom Smith
Oct 4, 2002 (10:00 AM)
URL: http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20021004S0004
Mobil Travel Guide has inked a five-year deal with IBM for
utility computing, or computing power on demand, over the
Internet. IBM said the contract for Linux-based utility computing
services is the first of its kind in the travel and
transportation industry. IBM will provide on-demand access to
Linux-based server processing, storage, and networking capacity
from IBM e-business hosting centers in the United States. Mobil
will tap into IBM zSeries mainframes running Linux, and pay only
for the computing power and capacity that gets used.
The utility model will support a new Web-based service -- Mobil
Companion -- offering customized service for auto travelers. The
program includes Web-based travel planning, travel support
services, and preferred rates at hotels, restaurants, and other
travel service providers. The Mobil service will launch later
this year.
To make Linux services available on demand, IBM partitions
processing, storage, and network capacity by isolating individual
demand on the system and mapping resources to that demand.
Customers can purchase processing power on demand based on the
processing power being utilized.
As part of the IBM contract, Mobil Travel Guide also announced
the selection of IBM's WebSphere Application Server to develop
and deploy Web-based applications running on Linux.
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