September, 2007

New System i high availability resource

High availability and disaster recovery for IBM System i provider, Vision Solutions, announced a new online HA and DR blog today. Leading Vision's blogging effort, which has been christened

iSociety chat about i5/OS V6R1

We've talked a lot on this blog about the iSociety, that MySpace-like page for System i fan(atic)s. Every once in a while, the iSociety hosts a "fireside chat," which is basically the same as an online chat except....well, there are no differences except...

IBM System i making splash with Infor, Siemens

IBM continues to make partnerships that strengthen the System i platform, Lee Kroon writes in an article about IBM, Infor and Siemens.

Kroon references two recent conferences,

Common Focus closing in

Common, the System i users group, will be holding its second conference this year. Called Common Focus, it is part of the group's refocusing of its efforts to have one main show in the spring and then a more...

Websydian announces CA Plex web development tool

Programmers will have new model-based development options when Websydian Web Developer+, the web...

IBM the SMB follower with Shorty now out

Timothy Prickett Morgan at IT Jungle has a great column reviewing Hewlett-Packard's release of the BladeSystem c3000, nicknamed "Shorty." The new HP chassis can hold eight blades, sits 10.5 inches high and draws from a regular...

The iSeries mainframe

Check out this quote from a local story in the Dodge City Daily Globe, which serves southwest Kansas. The quote refers to some purchases the local government recently made (bold type is my...

Solaris on System i?

IBM and Sun recently announced that IBM System x and BladeCenter will be able to run Solaris, and the two are also working to get

LANSA and Avnet Partner Solutions offer new System i packages

System i application developer LANSA announced Wednesday a partnership with IBM distributor Avnet Partner Solutions in order to bring...

BCD’s WebSmart PHP now available

After four months of beta testing, System i application tool developer Business Computer Design Int’l Inc. (BCD) released WebSmart PHP for general availability today. WebSmart helps System i developers create PHP-based...