On Tuesday, 03/10/2009 at 11:50 EDT, Marcy Cortes <marcy.d.cor...@wellsfargo.com> wrote: > We've had a lot of success with the ESPs. > I'm know a few others here have too.
ADVERTISEMENT Are you bored? Are you out of sorts? Do you feel you're in a rut, just running the same old system the same old way every day? Do you find yourself wanting more, wondering "Is this all there is?" If so, the z/VM Early Support Program (ESP) may be for you! z/VM Development is always on the lookout for clients who (a) Are expanding their use of z/VM (b) Enjoy playing with shiny new objects (c) Don't get upset if the object is shiny only on one side (d) Don't mind (too much) if they come back tomorrow and find that the shiny side has moved or developed an unexpected aroma (e) Have the desire (mgmt and sysprog) and capacity (machine and people) to commit to such a relationship with IBM (f) Are willing to put (some part of) their production workload on pre-GA software to exploit new functions in z/VM. Note that "production" cuts a rather wide swath. Some clients' test systems are almost as busy handling business app development and test as the production servers are! (g) (Hopefully) Like to speak publicly about how the new software helped their business (h) Aren't shy about saying what they think (i) Don't talk in their sleep (j) Are good at keeping lists (k) Are careful when replying to private e-mail not to send it to the mailing list We are particularly interested, as you might imagine, in those who have a deep business interest in the ability to move a a Linux virtual machine from one instance of z/VM to another without stopping it. Those who would like to replace a homegrown multisystem automated shutdown-here-restart-there infrastructure may be particularly interested. If you believe they have value to add to a z/VM Early Support Program, please contact our ESP coordinator, Keri Borrego, kborrego at us.ibm.com. Just to forewarn you, Keri will not reveal details about z/VM development plans without legal agreements in place and that means your management must be aware. (Please, no comments about using "management" and "aware" in the same sentence.) So if you're not really able to participate, just take the blue pill and forget you ever saw this. ;-) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
