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IBM Gets Webtop From eyeOS, Eyes Google Chrome OS

2009-12-16T22:45:21Z

IBM is teaming up with eyeOS, the maker of an open-source, web-based operating system. We've had our (ahem) eye on eyeOS for quite some time. It's receiving renewed interest in the wake of the much anticipated launch of Google Chrome OS.

IBM will offer eyeOS 2.0, available in January, to all customers who buy IBM's System Z mainframe servers. SystemZ servers are used mainly by large organizations for data processing purposes. So eyeOS will be used as a desktop in the cloud for potentially thousands of enterprise users.

]]> This is a huge win for eyeOS, making it one of Google's biggest competitors in the web OS or "webtop," space. IBM has a huge channel for distributing eyeOS, which will better position the Barcelona-based company in the enterprise market.

Questions still remain about the eyeOS platform. IBM is adopting the software for availability on its servers, which raises questions about eyeOS as a true cloud offering. The beauty of cloud computing is its ease of use, with the Web as its backbone.

As our own Sarah Perez wrote in September about eyeOS:

"Besides, offering the host-your-own solution almost misses the point of being a web OS. The promise of cloud computing is that it's supposed to make our lives easier - our data lives on the web now and not on our fallible hard disks and CDs. We don't have to backup, because Google (or any other cloud vendor) does that for you. We don't have to worry with hard drive space either - we use the cloud, sometimes even for a fee, and we can get to our data from anywhere using any device. And all this is provided to you within your browser."

Nonetheless, this is a big step forward for eyeOS and validation that this kind of "webtop" solution may have legs after all.

Comment from şişme bebek on 2010-08-18

2010-08-18T08:58:10Z

So now the new future is a web OS. The technology sounds really promising. eyeOS has definitely a win and makes it Googles biggest competitor

Comment from Turkcell kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T18:42:55Z

The beauty of cloud computing is its ease of use, with the Web as its backbone.

Comment from Avea kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T18:41:45Z

We don't have to backup, because Google (or any other cloud vendor) does that for you.

Comment from seks shop on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T18:40:17Z

Nonetheless, this is a big step forward for eyeOS and validation that this kind of "webtop" solution may have legs after all.

Comment from Vodafone kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T18:39:10Z

So eyeOS will be used as a desktop in the cloud for potentially thousands of enterprise users.

Comment from erotik market on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T18:38:06Z

The beauty of cloud computing is its ease of use, with the Web as its backbone.

Comment from Cep telefonu on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:48:49Z

IBM has a huge channel for distributing eyeOS, which will better position the Barcelona-based company in the enterprise market.

Comment from erotik market on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:47:42Z

Nonetheless, this is a big step forward for eyeOS and validation that this kind of "webtop" solution may have legs after all.

Comment from kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:45:51Z

And all this is provided to you within your browser."

Comment from seks shop on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:44:39Z

We don't have to worry with hard drive space either - we use the cloud, sometimes even for a fee, and we can get to our data from anywhere using any device.

Comment from turkcell kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:43:38Z

We don't have to backup, because Google (or any other cloud vendor) does that for you.

Comment from erotik shop on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:37:13Z

Questions still remain about the eyeOS platform. IBM is adopting the software for availability on its servers, which raises questions about eyeOS as a true cloud offering.

Comment from avea kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:35:53Z

The beauty of cloud computing is its ease of use, with the Web as its backbone.

Comment from sex shop on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:34:26Z

. So eyeOS will be used as a desktop in the cloud for potentially thousands of enterprise users.

Comment from vodafone kontör on 2010-07-31

2010-07-31T16:33:24Z

We've had our (ahem) eye on eyeOS for quite some time. It's receiving renewed interest in the wake of the much anticipated launch of Google Chrome OS.

Comment from seks shop on 2010-07-29

2010-07-29T09:23:08Z

IBM will offer eyeOS 2.0, available in January, to all customers who buy IBM's System Z mainframe servers. SystemZ servers are used mainly by large organizations for data processing purposes.

Comment from Cep telefonu on 2010-07-29

2010-07-29T09:22:03Z

We don't have to worry with hard drive space either - we use the cloud, sometimes even for a fee, and we can get to our data from anywhere using any device. And all this is provided to you within your browser.

Comment from seks shop on 2010-07-29

2010-07-29T09:20:37Z

The beauty of cloud computing is its ease of use, with the Web as its backbone.

Comment from kontör on 2010-07-29

2010-07-29T09:19:13Z

Questions still remain about the eyeOS platform. IBM is adopting the software for availability on its servers, which raises questions about eyeOS as a true cloud offering.

Comment from şişme bebek on 2010-07-02

2010-07-02T08:07:41Z

So now the new future is a web OS. The technology sounds really promising. eyeOS has definitely a win and makes it Googles biggest competitor

Comment from Alex Williams on 2010-05-22

2010-05-23T06:05:20Z

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Comment from sex shop on 2010-04-15

2010-04-15T07:12:16Z

So now the new future is a web OS. The technology sounds really promising. eyeOS has definitely a win and makes it Googles biggest competitor

Comment from sesli chat on 2010-03-27

2010-03-27T14:46:50Z

After all, there are such things as private "corporate clouds", and the IBM SystemZ servers are very much in that marketplace. In fact, the corporate cloud is expected to be a big growth area in 2010 and beyond.

Comment from Thomas Costick on 2009-12-17

2009-12-17T10:48:25Z

I don't see this move as raising questions around eyeOS as a true cloud offering. After all, there are such things as private "corporate clouds", and the IBM SystemZ servers are very much in that marketplace. In fact, the corporate cloud is expected to be a big growth area in 2010 and beyond.

Comment from cartucho r4i on 2009-12-16

2009-12-17T03:06:19Z

So now the new future is a web OS. The technology sounds really promising. eyeOS has definitely a win and makes it Googles biggest competitor.