System i revenue

Power Systems revenue down

IBM reported its second-quarter revenue for 2009 last week, and the news was mostly gloomy. The so-called "converged System p" platform decreased 13%, although believe it or not, that...

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...

And there it is: System i down 82%

Or so say the revenue figures from the IBM press release on the matter, which came out late yesterday. As I wrote yesterday before the revenue numbers came out, this was precisely the reason why Ross Mauri, the Power Systems general...

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...

System i revenues down 21% in first quarter

This may be the last time IBM reports System i hardware revenues on their own. Seeing as the platform is now officially merged with System p into a new Power Systems, future hardware revenue figures will probably reflect...

Congratulations System i, your revenue is up

In 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...

Get ready for a shocker: IBM System i revenues dropped again

For what has now been eight quarters in a row -- that's two years -- IBM System i revenues have dropped in year-over-year comparisons. You would think at some point that the platform's revenue would have hit the bottom of the...

System i revenues drop again

Once again, every hardware platform that IBM sells gained revenue except for the System i, which dropped double digits.

Big Blue released its second-quarter results today. System i is down 15 percent from the same...

System i revenues drop again

This is getting to be like a broken record, but System i revenues dropped again, this time 13 percent, in the first quarter of this year. It is the sixth consecutive quarter that year-over-year revenue has gone down. IBM said weak...