Have you reviewed your IBM Power System yet? I know, I know, it seems a bit weird because it’s not like an IBM Power System is a consumer product you find on some retail outlet site. Still, might enterprise-oriented reviews become useful down the road?... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 01/11/2012 12:36 PM By Chris Maxcer
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LANSA has announced the availability of LongReach, an Apple iOS mobile application for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices. LongReach is not dependent on LANSA’s technology stack. So what is LongReach, anyway? LongReach provides file and folder creation, management, and secure data transfer between mobile devices and IBM i servers.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/11/2011 11:50 PM By Chris Maxcer
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COMMON's annual meeting is May 6-9, 2012, and if you register by December 31 with discount code "DECO" you'll save $400.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/11/2011 10:16 PM By Chris Maxcer
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The IBM Smarter Computing Workload Simulator tool reveals how Power Systems with POWER-based architectures can be vastly more efficient and cost effective than commodity x86-based architectures.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 12/05/2011 1:01 PM By Chris Maxcer
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Whoa baby, IBM is actively soliciting IBM Power Systems user reviews! Maybe you’ve actually reviewed a system before, but I doubt it -- now is your chance for a little grassroots opinion sharing. Of course, alongside the Power Systems hardware, IBM is looking for reviews on System z and its storage systems, too.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 11/28/2011 12:49 PM By Chris Maxcer
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I don’t know if outgoing IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano is a stirring speaker or if he has excellent speechwriters or what, but the keynote address he gave in Rio earlier this month at the SmarterCities forum works pretty well online in print.... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 11/16/2011 12:28 PM By Chris Maxcer
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IBM has posted its client experience video that it was filming at COMMON earlier this year--attendees to the conference likely remember seeing IBM filming individual attendees in a section on the Expo floor. IBM had a professional film crew on site, and it shows in the finished product--it's well worth five minutes of your time to watch it.
The IBM i “A system designed for business†splash page describes the video and links to it on YouTube, but we’ve also embedded for you below:
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Posted @ 10/28/2011 10:43 AM By Chris Maxcer
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The IBM board of directors has elected Virginia a.k.a. “Ginni†M. Rometty president and chief executive officer of the company, effective January 1, 2012. She was also elected a member of the board of directors. Rometty is currently IBM senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing and strategy. She will succeed Sam Palmisano, who currently is IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. Palmisano will remain chairman of the board, IBM announced... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 10/26/2011 11:46 AM By Chris Maxcer
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In addition to the recent news about the new Zend DBi database for IBM i and IBM’s ongoing investment in PHP, I’ve been reaching out to industry experts for their take on PHP in our industry these days. The bulk of that content will appear in the November issue of System iNEWS magazine, but whenever I work on a larger article, especially one that’s slated for print, I have to make some hard choices to leave out some good points, tips, and explanations.
Fortunately, I can share online, so... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 10/10/2011 12:03 PM By Chris Maxcer
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For years, IBM and Zend had been collaborating to offer all the tooling and server editions necessary to run PHP on IBM i. Now the two companies have extended their relationship and commitment, and perhaps more importantly, Zend has committed to create a new drop-in replacement for MySQL on IBM i, which is an answer to Oracle's move to freeze the MySQL code from future support. The new database, Zend DBI, will shipped with IBM i OS as well as freely available for independent download. ... Read the rest of entry >>
Posted @ 10/03/2011 12:15 PM By Chris Maxcer
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