Thursday, February 7, 2013: 4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Franciscan C, Ballroom Level (San Francisco Hilton)
Speaker:
Tracy Smith, MBA, Masters, of, Computer, Science(Nationwide Insurance)
Nationwide Insurance has been partnering with IBM over the past two years to leverage a number of new technologies and tools in order to built a private cloud service for the hosting of J2EE applications. The solution has moved through a proof-of-technology, through a demonstration pilot, and is now in production.
The solution leverages a number of key new technologies:
- zLinux server virtualization on z196 hosts
- WVE (WebSphere Virtual Enterprise)
- IWD (IBM Workload Deployer) appliances
- RAF (Rational Automation Framework)
- XC10 (IBM Datapower XC10 Appliance)
Topics to be included in the presentation:
- Overview of Solution Architecture
- Cloud Characteristics
- Business Value and Business Case
- Partnership with IBM
- Roadmap: Proof of Technology, Pilot, Release to Production, Future Plans
- Necessary Changes:
- Simplification of product/service
- Key process changes
- Organizational design impacts
- Cost and recovery changes
Tracks: Cloud in the Enterprise, IT Services Delivery, Linux Systems Management, Software Architecture, z/VM Systems Programming and zNextGen