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Managing iSeries Development in the Application Modernization Era
A common trend today is application modernization -
are you planning a modernization initiative?
Be sure to consider how your modernized application will be deployed and maintained in a cost-effective fashion and in a way that minimizes impact on your IT infrastructure. This MKS white paper outlines the role of application lifecycle management solutions in ensuring a successful implementation:
www.mks.com/go/modernizingapps
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Are you managing your downtime effectively?
Managed Availability and Business Continuity center on the elimination of downtime or, at least, mitigating its impact on an organization.
Download Vision Solutions' white paper "Understanding Downtime" and explore common topics associated with downtime. Use the Annual Cost of Downtime Worksheet (included) to help calculate downtime costs relative to your business.
Download the white paper today at
www.visionsolutions.com
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Power6 Gets Second Silicon, IBM to Crank the Clock
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Some of the mystery surrounding the future Power6 processors from IBM, due in 2007 in a new generation of pSeries, iSeries, and OpenPower servers, has been dispelled as Big Blue presented a bunch of papers at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco last week. The Power6 chip is in second silicon, and IBM felt comfortable enough about the state of the chip to do a little bragging. READ MORE >
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Q&A with Elaine Lennox, VP of System i5 Marketing
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As we all know, IBM has a new vice president of iSeries marketing, Elaine Lennox. She took over two weeks ago from Peter Bingaman, who left Big Blue to take a job at LexusNexus, and she comes to the job with quite a bit of experience in the small and medium business space that used to be the hallmark of the AS/400 line. She took some time to chat with me about her new job and what she sees as the challenges the System i5 line faces. READ MORE >
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IT Rentals Solve Your Short-term Needs. Click below to read a short white paper and find out how!
Want to test that software package before you buy it? Are you sure your disaster recovery plan will hold up during a real emergency? Need increased seasonal computing capacity? IT rentals are the answer to these questions.
Canvas Systems can build and deliver custom iSeries rental solutions that are a cost-effective alternative to purchasing equipment for short-term projects.
Call us at 1-877-799-8226.
www.canvassystems.com
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Need to send payroll data to your bank? Want to upload your 401(k) information to your financial services provider? Concerned about Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA compliance? Finally, there's one solution for every FTP need - nuBridges. A leading provider of automated, secure FTP on the iSeries, nuBridges offers truExchange FTP with unmatched PGP and SSH encryption support.
Over 2,000 customers use our solution for direct, secure partner connections, financial institution transactions, HIPAA and SOX compliancy, as well as VAN connections.
Contact us or visit our Web site.
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The iSeries is Comfort Food for the Food Industry
by Mary Lou Roberts
Who would have thought that the iSeries was behind the manufacture and distribution of so much comfort food? It seems only fitting that the quiet, low-hassle platform that so many have come to trust for its simplicity and ease of use should be instrumental in delivering our snacks and treats. But for decades, many companies in food distribution have seen the iSeries as a sort of comfort food of its own. READ MORE >
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IBM, Freescale Reunite for the Sake of the Power Processors
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
The launch of the PowerPC Alliance was nearly 15 years ago, and one of the partners on the Power chip, Apple, has abandoned the three-way partnership and shacked up with chipmaker Intel. For the past several years, as IBM went its way with Power4, Power5, and PowerPC 970 chips for servers and Cell and other custom chips for games and electronics machines, it has drifted away from former PowerPC partner Motorola, which actually went so far as to spin out the PowerPC chip business as a standalone unit called Freescale Semiconductor. READ MORE >
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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 >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Mary Lou Roberts, Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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