Mar 12 2009 3:27PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
IBM,
POWER Systems,
Buying from IBM
The world is a buzz with talk from Economist about the sour economy. Everyone has a opinion on what we should do and yet you don’t see many CEO’s talking what to do? I find that bit hard to pathom. I think every CEO should be telling the world how they plan to increase sales, or at least rub the market the right way.
IBM has been particularly quiet, and while I didn’t expect them to put up a huge “SALE” sign on the web site, I did expect to see some huge bit of information about the POWER platform being on sale, or at least drop the price a little so that people start to really look a bit longer. Now if you head over to IBM’s site you will see some new prices listed in GREEN that are looking pretty good.
My other beef with IBM is this. Say I want to buy a DELL or HP Server I log into the site and find the specs I want and then buy the server. Recently I needed a small 1U web server for my personal use. I went to a few sites, found the server I wanted, changed some of the specs and started to think, Why can’t I log onto IBM and buy a POWER server running Linux right off the site? I could, I take that back, but it’s going to cost me well over $7000 for the unit and it’s not a 1U or 2U unit?
My gut feeling is IBM is not changing the way they interface with the public, they seem to make it as hard as possible to purchase anything from them. I don’t want to contact a business partner, I want to order from IBM, I want a reasonable price and I want it to ship in the next two weeks!
Is anyone at IBM listening, the market has changed and IBM is not, and they are still wondering why sales are sucking?
Feb 19 2009 7:37PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
IBM i,
COMMON,
AiX,
POWER Systems,
Reno,
NV,
COMMON in RENO,
COMMON Anuual Meeting,
COMMON.org,
IBM,
Users Groups
Are you going to be in RENO? I am!
COMMON is having it’s convenetion in RENO and you need to be there. If you are an IBM i or an AIX person looking for POWER solutions, please come to the COMMON Annual Meeting in RENO, NV this year. We would love to have you.
LINK :: COMMON in RENO
Jan 9 2009 4:51PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
AIX on Power,
POWER Systems,
USB Flash Support,
AiX
<!– div.lotusnotesemailheader{display: none;} –><!– div.lotusnotesemailheader{display: inline;} –> This feature has been available in Linux on POWER, but is now available in AIX:
USB flash drive support was included in AIX 5.3 TL9 and 6.1
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ20000
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ19954
Jan 5 2009 7:11PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
Linux on POWER,
Linux,
POWER Systems,
IBM i,
David on Linux,
David on the IBM i,
Search400.com
The IBM i is a great platform. Not many of you out there will argue that point. It’s solid, robust and very powerful. Part of that power is just that power or the hardware that we now call Power. The operating system (OS) is nothing unless it has rock-solid hardware to run on. So part of the IBM i’s stability is the hardware. Another fine example of a powerful OS that runs on Power is AIX. The problem is that not everything needs an IBM i or an AIX partition. Sometimes, you just need a file and print server or maybe a DNS or mail router. Of course you could do this all on Windows, but that gets really expensive and it does not run on Power. So, what do you do? Linux on Power: It’s easy, cheap and very powerful, much like its AIX cousin.
The next hurdle is the OS and how it works. If you have never seen Unix or Linux, your first few weeks can be painful. So lets take this one step at a time and talk about Linux, you the Administrator and what to do with your new best friend.
LINK :: Linux for IBM i: Introducing Linux to IBM i people
Jan 5 2009 7:06PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
David on the IBM i,
Linux,
POWER Systems,
Linux on POWER
I wrote a little something for Search400.com, this is PART 3 of the Linux for the IBM i Admin Series.
Link:: Linux for IBM i: Authorities and permissions
Nov 13 2008 1:20AM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
i on Power,
POWER Systems,
David on IBM i,
Fire Side Chat,
iSociety
Ross Mauri is the new POWER SYSTEM Exec at IBM over all the POWER SYSTEMS. iSociety held a fireside chat with him to find out how things are going at IBM with the new single hardware platform, POWER!
Here is the Transcript @ iSociety
Oct 16 2008 1:34PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
David on System i,
IBM News,
i on Power,
POWER Systems,
i for business,
IT Jungle News
LINK :: IT Jungle - IBM Doubles the Cores on Midrange Power Systems
“Well, the rumor going around that IBM is doubling up the processor core counts on its Power Systems servers, which are based on the company’s dual-core Power6 processors, turns out to be true. Last Tuesday, IBM announced that it has doubled up the cores in the Power 570 to a maximum of 32, and now is also offering a 16-core box called the Power 560 that slides in underneath it in the product line. As expected, IBM also doubled the core count on entry Power 520 and midrange Power 550 machines when running the i 6.1 (formerly OS/400 and i5/OS) operating system to four and eight cores, respectively, bringing the i variants to parity with AIX and Linux boxes that shipped in April.” - IT Jungle
This is good news, more power is always good. Companies who need more CPU and more capacity are probably really happy today. This is what a midrange system today should look like and for those shops that upgraded recently to the new POWER 570, sorry, but if you wanted the best and fastest hardware you should have waited until tomorrow to purchase….
Aug 23 2008 9:52PM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
Linux in System i,
David on System i,
i on Power,
AIX on Power,
Linux on POWER,
POWER Systems,
i for business
It’s been a few months and not much has come from the POWER Equation. I don’t see what I expected to see from IBM over the new POWER thingies and I really wanted to see more. I have been on the IBM Power site every week for about 5 months now waiting for something cool to happen.
The two solutions I know the best are IBM i and Linux. I do know something about AIX but not as much as I would like.
I can tell you that I am working ona site like IBM to pull POWER and experts together in one place. I do think the future of the POWER community is in unification and COMMON and the AIX Convention (If there is one?) should merge and come together.
Jun 22 2008 2:48AM GMT
Posted by: David Vasta
Linux,
Lotus,
SUN,
FreeBSD,
Apple,
System i,
Ubuntu Linux,
Linux in System i,
Domino on System i,
David on System i,
Lotus News,
i on Power,
AIX on Power,
Linux on POWER,
POWER Systems,
i,
i for business,
OpenSolaris,
IBM i
I am working on a new site, so between work, this site, writting for Search400 (which I hope they change the name of soon) and family, I have also found little time to start building a new site that will in the end be a hub for all things POWER based. I have to bring the community together under one web site.
So with that said, I am going to need people to provide content for the site. I need really dedicated insane people to help build the community from all parts of this equation. IBM i, AIX, Linux on Power, and POWER hardware. We need to come together in a big way and share. I am also going to cover Lotus, Ubuntu, OpenSolaris, OpenSuSE, FreeBSD and other things that interest me that I think are changing the way IT does IT.
Please send me an email and I will get you in on the fun, and if you know Joomla that would be great too…I am no expert on that CMS kit.
