Planning for Power7: Some technology considerations
Posted by: Mark Fontecchio
IBM has published a statement of direction on its web site that starts to spell out the direction it's going with the System i. Hat tip to IT Jungle for pointing...
IBM has published a statement of direction on its web site that starts to spell out the direction it's going with the System i. Hat tip to IT Jungle for pointing...
System i fan but realist Bob Cancilla, who runs the i-Nsider blog that has stirred the System i masses as of late, had this to say about the future of the platform while talking to IT...
Bob Cancilla, a former executive in the Rational division of IBM, has started a new blog up in representation of his new company, Reno-based application modernization provider Oxford International. Cancilla opened up his blog with a bang, saying that the IBM i operating system and the RPG...
At the end of last month, the two writers at iDevelop described their visit to Rochester, Minn., the technological home of the IBM System i platform, and a place close to the hearts of many System i...
Big Blue has slashed prices for most of 20 different upgrades on Power Systems, some by as much as 54%. Some of the upgrades include moving from a Power 5+ processor to a Power 6, and adding memory. There are two upgrade changes that are price increases.
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The writers at iDevelop bring up an interesting analogy: Is the IBM i -- and its many feature sets -- becoming like the tree falling in the forest with no one to...
We reported on the IBM Smart Cube i back in December, noting that IBM seemed to want to keep the product secret from many, though it was rolling it out mainly in India. The Smart Cube is almost...
Timothy Prickett Morgan has a good, detailed article on Power6+ midrange servers -- the 520, 550, 560 and JS23 and JS43 blades. The servers will be available on May 22 and run on System i 6.1, but unavailable on i5/OS V5R4. The new...
Trevor Perry has a belated analysis of the merger between System i and System p into Power Systems, but it comes about because of a recent trip he made in South Africa last month. Bottom line:
