Exit C4040-250 Power Systems with POWER8 Sales Skills V1
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An existing POWER8 customer with an E870 recently acquired a small company with an x86 Linux server running a scripting Java application. They would like to run that application on their E870, but are concerned about the porting effort.

How should the salesperson respond?

  • A

    Well-written Linux on x86 applications written in scripting Java or most interpretive languages will run as is, with no changes.

  • B

    IBM Bluemix is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering that creates a hybrid OpenStack environment of

    AIX, IBM i and Linux.

  • C

    POWER8 systems come with Nvidia coprocessors designed specifically to run most x86 Linux applications in their native modes.

  • D

    PowerKVM is an open-source virtualization solution designed to run Linux-only applications written in C
    ++ and Java applications from x86.