Use IBM Development and Production Software on Amazon Cloud
IBM and Amazon teamed up for providing pay-as-you-go IBM development and production versions of IBM Information Management database servers, IBM Lotus content management, and IBM WebSphere portal and middleware products, all running on Novell’s SUSE Linux on Amazon EC2. Developers can also use their existing licenses of IBM software with Amazon cloud computing platform. IBM Passport Advantage Customers can install and run IBM Programs in the Amazon EC2 cloud environment using Program licenses obtained from IBM on a Processor Value Unit (PVU) basis. The table below lists the number of PVU licenses required per IBM Program for each Amazon EC2 Instance Type currently available as of the table publish date. Charges for the Amazon Web Services EC2 service are separate and remain the responsibility of the customer.
IBM DB2, IBM Informix Dynamic Server,IBM Lotus Web Content Management Standard Edition ,IBM WebSphere sMash and IBM WebSphere Portal Server will be available in AMI (Amazon Machine Image) form.
ISV (Independent Software Vendor) developing a service that will be commercially available, you are eligible to access these AMIs at no charge (other than the usual EC2 charges, plus nominal setup and monthly fees) for development purposes, via IBM developerWorks. Everything that you’ll need to get started can be found in the new Cloud Computing Resource Center. You may also want to read the white paper, IBM’s Perspective on Cloud Computing.
