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July 12, 2004 (Computerworld) -- ... with archiving tool for data center. That's the message from major software vendors that have jumped on the information life-cycle management bandwagon. SAP AG will release an ILM product, possibly this summer, based on technology from OuterBay Technologies Inc. And Sybase Inc. in Dublin, Calif., has just begun offering OuterBay's ILM technology, joining PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., EMC Corp. and other companies anxious to get users to migrate their dusty data from high-priced proprietary servers to cheaper Linux machines. But Michael Howard, CEO of Cupertino, Calif.-based OuterBay, thinks these software giants want to prod you toward "a Linux nirvana," where even your pricey production machines, not just the ones with archived data, are low-cost, commodity Linux boxes. Howard claims the software vendors are discovering that their products run plenty fast on Linux systems once the old data has been moved elsewhere, so they're encouraging you to dump virtually all of your proprietary Unix systems. "For software vendors, every dollar you take away from hardware procurement leaves you more to spend on software," he says. A diabolical plot? Or a gift from heaven?
Linux Lovers Should Forget Feud With ...
Windows and think above and below the operating system. That's the advice from Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media Inc. in Sebastopol, Calif. The publisher of open-source books and the impresario of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention being held later this month in Portland, Ore., argues that by emphasizing the operating system struggle, open-source zealots overlook opportunities to build successful business alternatives to proprietary technologies. He points to Google, Amazon.com and other successful Internet businesses that are built on top of Linux, as well as Indianapolis-based hardware maker Progeny Linux Systems Inc., which builds its business below the operating system. "A lot of the Linux community is fixated on beating Microsoft," he says. "But value is moving up and down the stack, as these companies show." In contrast to what was written here two weeks ago , O'Reilly thinks the desktop opportunities for Linux are alive and well. Especially with Novell Inc.'s purchase of SUSE and Ximian, which enables the Orem, Utah-based company's brand-name recognition in the enterprise to be used as ammo in the desktop wars.
Michael Howard, CEO of OuterBay Technologies Inc.
IT Departments Worry That Chargeback ...
systems "will expose them much more internally," says Richard Simons, chief operating officer at MBG in New York. Once internal customers learn the minutiae of how much IT is charging them, they have critical data by which to measure IT against external offerings. However, the greater the detail, Simons argues, the less time CIOs will waste in acrimonious meetings justifying budget assessments. "Breaking out the costs shows the value users get," he says. "Visibility is what helps keep IT honest." MBG offers tools for detailing everything from IT to telecommunications charges. In the latter category, telcos have cut delivery costs nearly to the bone, so they're looking to automate on business processes using XML, he says.
Automate Multisource Information ...
workflow in a high-volume environment with Interchange, a new product from Captaris Inc. in Bellevue, Wash. Set to ship the first week of September, .Net-based Interchange takes vast numbers of files, like e-mails, faxes and spreadsheets, and routes them to the appropriate recipients, tracks their progress, handles exceptions and delivers reports to management on workflow status. Pricing will start at $20,000.
GIS Data Shifts IT Landscape ...
for tools in the field. Today's modern civil engineers plant stakes equipped with global positioning systems, and this year Caterpillar Inc. made GPS standard on all of its earth-moving equipment, observes Chris Bradshaw, vice president of the information solutions divisions at Autodesk Inc. in San Rafael, Calif. He says these are only some of the changes occurring in geographic information systems that are forcing IT to rethink the way it outfits systems deployed in the field as well as the way the data gets processed back in the data center. First, Bradshaw points out, real-time information isn't necessary for GIS users who carry laptops in the field -- a daily update back at the office works fine. That means less concern about wireless problems. Another point that Bradshaw raises is the lack of a standard for storing GIS data. "Oracle is way ahead of the game," but only on the high end, he says. If an industry standard does appear, Bradshaw says Autodesk will support it. In the meantime, buy lots of disk drives; GIS data eats them like candy.
Chris Bradshaw, vice president of the information solutions divisions at Autodesk Inc.
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