HarrisData has been an IBM business partner for decades.
It is what you get when you combine revenues of two of the industry's big players. With that kind of firepower, of course they should work together for the betterment of all. It appears they may be taking things a step further.
Do you mean Google is considering expanding their partnership with Big Blue? The power and stability of the IBMi and Power9 will be running on the Google Cloud Platform? This could be great news!
Viablity of the IBM i and Power. Check.
You can keep your applications and lose the data center. Check.
It is nice to have options…
There are more details regarding the advancing collaboration between these two giants in yesterday’s article by Alex Woodie.
Written by Tim Dunn, The forest I am looking at doesn’t contain Unicorns. They will not be showing up here anytime soon. I’m ok with that. Because if we keep doing things right, for the right reasons, like we have for the past 45 years, we’ll remain at a healthy and respectful place in the food chain. I can see it.
HarrisData decided a long time ago, that it would be their mission to create good stories. Sure, they are just a humble little software company in Brookfield, Wisconsin that sometimes gets washed out by all the noise from the two coasts and mega consulting firms, but here they are 46 years later, (just saying).
Written by Tim Dunn, "what makes your product or service different or better than your competitors?".