August, 2008

ISVs sluggish on getting their apps ready for IBM i 6.1 (V6R1)?

Jon Paris and Susan Gantner have an interesting article this month in the IBM Systems Magazine about how some independent software vendors have been a little behind the eight ball in getting their applications ready for IBM...

Spoof: Ancient Egyptians ran the AS/400

Mid-deranged.com's "article" is called "Egyptians More Advanced than Earlier Believed." Turns out they were running a data center with an AS/400. But I've got some problems with this piece. Clearly it...

Thinking of switching from i to p?

If your company is considering a switch from the iSeries to pSeries and you are skeptical, you may find a story that John M. Willis recently shared on his IT Management and Cloud Blog interesting (and even helpful to use in any discussions with CEO's who want to "change" things). In,

System i news roundup – 8/7/08

• IBM designates PTF security group for i OS: For years, IBM has stuck System i operating system program temporary fixes (PTFs) into other groups. Now it has its own, which could help i users find the PTFs they need instead...

High-end and midrange defined

Last week I spoke to Ross Mauri, the IBM general manager of Power Systems, who talked some about the IBM financial numbers that recently came out. Mauri did some bragging about how Power Systems, which IBM called the "converged...

What the heck is converged System p?

If you're like me, the recent IBM financial numbers had you wondering. Big Blue gave figures for the "converged System p" servers, which was up 29 percent, and "System i" servers, down 47 percent. In a word, ouch. But it's...