System i hardware

IBM pushes iLoyalty Blitz to customers

In an attempt to convince AS/400, iSeries and old System i users to upgrade, IBM is pushing an incentive program that it has internally dubbed iLoyalty Blitz. The goal of the program is to be able to sell a new Power Systems...

System i hits new low: Revenue down 92%

This morning on the radio I heard that IBM had released fourth quarter and 2008 year end results, with the company reporting net income up 12%. But, the System i didn't fare well in the company's announced earnings, with a...

The System i roundup for 2008

The iDevelop blog, part of the IBM Systems Magazine, has a good 2008 roundup of the System i platform. A lot happened with System i -- er, IBM i -- this year, and not all of it was related to the merger of i and p,...

Frank Soltis is indeed retiring from IBM, but he’s not leaving i

About a month ago, we reported that Frank Soltis was leaving IBM at the end of the year. Soltis is considered the father/grandfather of the System i platform, having been with it basically since it started 40 years ago. First it was the System/38 and System/36, then it was the AS/400, then the...

The Smart Cube: so smart you can’t see it

David Vasta at the System i Blogger blog wonders what all this talk about the new IBM Smart Cube is:

The Smart Cube from IBM has been getting lots of talk around the...

Ross Mauri tackles System i questions in chat

Ross Mauri, the general manager of IBM Power Systems, held forth at a fireside chat at iSociety earlier this week. The full transcript of the chat is worth reading.

Former IBM AS/400 GM Tom Jarosh dies

Tom Jarosh, the former general manager of IBM's AS/400 line (when it was still called that), died Oct. 17 from melanoma. He was 55. Jarosh worked as the GM of the AS/400 line until October 2000, when he moved into other positions within IBM's server and technology group. I personally never spoke...

System i news updates – 10/16/08

Using DB2/400 for MySQL: Alex Woodie at IT Jungle said sources have told her that IBM is working on developing DB2/400 to power MySQL, the open source database. According to the article: "When complete, the new software will enable...

Open letter from Ross Mauri

Ross Mauri, the general manager of IBM Power Systems, recently wrote an open letter to the System i community. The point of the letter was to update System i users on the state of the platform, and perhaps to ease some of their...

Linux wins in straight sets over AIX and System i

Every year IBM issues a press release touting its IT support for the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. In past years, they have always talked about...