January 28, 2008 10:06 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System i hardwareArthur Cole at IT Business Edge has a blog post speculating over whether IBM is "looking to get out of the server hardware market before virtualization sends it crashing to the floor."
Cole's argument is that despite IBM's denials, its...
January 21, 2008 1:54 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System i hardware,
System i softwareThe IT Jungle has a bunch of user feedback regarding the System i, where it's going, and where it should be going. This comes in the midst of a small revenue increase for the platform announced by IBM last week. Still, the platform...
January 21, 2008 9:00 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System i hardware,
System i revenueIn its earnings report last week, IBM announced that revenue for System i was up 2%. It's the first time System i revenue has been up year-over-year in two years. The chief financial officer at IBM, Mark Loughridge, said the rise was due to...
January 17, 2008 8:52 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
ProgrammingThe iSeries COBOL programmer explains how to use the INITIALIZE statement for the System i. This is an add-on to an earlier...
January 17, 2008 8:46 AM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Web DevelopmentChris Hird has a post detailing how he upgraded his WebSphere Development Studio Client, and it's interesting to see all the steps and downloads he had to endure in order to get there.
Hird said he'd been working with Remote Systems Explorer (RSE),...
January 16, 2008 3:41 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Operating systemsTimothy Prickett Morgan has an article over at the IT Jungle taking a look at product cycles for i5/OS and OS/400 -- in particular, how long users can expect to receive support and upgrades on V5 releases when i5/OS V6R1 comes out,...
January 9, 2008 9:20 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
Programming,
System i softwareThe way that RPG handles files on the System i requires intricate knowledge of how RPG works in order to make sure that references to a certain record field point where they should.
iDevelop has a good post...
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January 9, 2008 8:38 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System managementIBM often touts System i as an easy-to-manage platform, and for good reason. But still, IT gets more complex, and complexity can breed chaos without some level of control.
MC Press Online, which just recently redesigned its site, has a
January 9, 2008 7:50 PM
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
System i hardwareIn mid-December, we published an interview with Marc Dupaquier, who was the general manager of IBM's Business Systems division. Well, it looks like it was just a one-year contract. An IBM reorganization at the...
