IBM

IBM AIX Project

This project served as an opportunity for students to explore developing "web" utilities using Web 2.0 technologies on IBM's AIX operating system. AIX is IBM's implementation of the UNIX operating system and runs on IBM's pSeries Hardware. Web 2.0 technologies are designed to work across many different operating systems, including AIX.

IBM VMCloud Project

This project used IBM’s Systems Director, VMControl, and VIOS to create an environment to support a mini-cloud.  With that environment set up, the team created a software interface that allowed users to request a virtual machine on demand.  The requested virtual machine would come with an array of configuration options including operating system, software, and hardware specifications for the amount of time requested.  All this is managed, organized, and maintained by utilities written to interface with the IBM systems.

AIXPert Web 2.0 Interface

This project focused on developing a new security tool for IBM’s AIX operating system, making Changes to the level of system hardening, and the implementation of custom security rules.As part of this project, the team designed a database, GUI and contracts before any coding was done. This solid approach to understanding client specifications, coupled with careful management of team resources, allowed for multiple team members to work on different parts of the project at one time while well defined contracts allowed for minimal plumbing issues between pieces.