IBM Fired Up About Power7-Based Smarter Systems
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

You are probably wondering why IBM started the Power7 systems rollout in the middle of the line instead of rolling the line out at once as it did in days gone by with the AS/400 and RS/6000 machinery. It is really simple. IBM has dominant market share in the high-end of the midrange lineup represented for the past six years by the 570-class machines--iSeries, pSeries, System i, System p, and Power Systems all--and the company wants to keep it that way. READ MORE >

A Little Insight Into the Rest of the Power7 Lineup
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

As part of the rollout of the first wave of Power7-based Power Systems servers last week, IBM provided a little insight--and mind you, I did not say a lot of insight--about what the future entry and high-end products would look like. As usual, Big Blue issued some statements of direction concerning these bookends of the Power Systems lineup, and as usual, they didn't really say enough to help customers make plans. READ MORE >

Power7: Yields Are Good, Midrange Systems A Go
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Whenever a new chip comes to market, there's always a question about how many good chips are coming off the wafer baker lines--what is known in the chip industry as the yield. Whenever a company shifts its chip making processes at the same time as the overall design changes radically, this is a bit nerve wracking. But apparently not with the eight-core Power7 chips that are the brains in the new Power 7XX line of servers from IBM. READ MORE >

Mad Dog 21/21: The Lotus Reposition
by Hesh Wiener

One of the products that helps drive i/OS users forward is the Lotus Domino family of communications servers. IBM has been rolling out quite few new or enriched features lately, and argues that the new technologies, which cost more, pay their way by improving productivity. But there's catch: IBM's most advanced Domino features can require new operating systems. Basically, the latest Lotus announcement can mean that your operating system, which could have run any version of Domino a year ago might not support the Domino you want a year from now. READ MORE >