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Volume 13, Number 3 -- January 19, 2004


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Two Crazy iSeries Ideas for 2004
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Like many people at IBM, and many loyal iSeries and AS/400 customers who want to see the OS/400 platform survive and thrive in the coming years, I spend a fair amount of time trying to figure out how to help the iSeries business grow. The health and strength of a platform's ecosystem is directly proportional to the number of customers it has and how much money they spend. And I think I have two crazy ideas that might help the iSeries grow a bit. READ MORE >

IBM Ends 2003 Upbeat, Sounds Optimistic About 2004
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

IBM moved up its announcement of financial results a few days, to get ahead of the Martin Luther King holiday in the United States and possibly to talk about sales on the same day as rival Sun Microsystems, which is still struggling. After fighting back any temptation for optimism for years, IBM's leaders allowed themselves a little optimism that an uptick in IT spending is under way. They stopped short of calling a turnaround--but just barely. READ MORE >

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IBM Taps TopSpin for InfiniBand Gear for eServers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

IBM's Enterprise Systems Group, which creates and markets its lines of servers and storage arrays, has picked Topspin Communications to supply it with InfiniBand host adapters, switches, and gateways as it rolls that connection fabric into its eServer line and "Shark" storage arrays. TopSpin, based in Mountain View, California, is emerging as a dominant player in the fledgling InfiniBand market. READ MORE >

As I See It: What Might Have Been
by Victor Rozek

When the value of your dollars is shrinking because of inflation, and your savings are shrinking because of recession, it is neither inappropriate nor self-indulgent to wonder what might have been. The problem is, it's hard to prove a negative. You know how much money you have, but it's harder to estimate how much you've lost over the years due to such things as bad fiscal policy, market manipulation, theft and fraud, or reckless deregulation, all of which invite larceny and price gouging. READ MORE >

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But Wait, There's More

Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . Lotus Hopes Workplace Will Win Accolades at Lotusphere . . . IBM to End Free WAS 3.5-to-WAS Express Upgrade Offer . . . We Can Still Do Business: Wal-Mart CEO Says RFID Thing No Big Deal . . . Island Pacific to Acquire Competitor for $11 Million . . . Patton to Head Clear Technologies CRM Sales Division . . . READ MORE >




Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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THIS ISSUE
SPONSORED BY:

PowerTech
California Software
Bytware
Trailblazer Systems
Twin Data


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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Two Crazy iSeries Ideas for 2004

IBM Ends 2003 Upbeat, Sounds Optimistic About 2004

IBM Taps TopSpin for InfiniBand Gear for eServers

As I See It: What Might Have Been

But Wait, There's More





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