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Volume 16, Number 9 -- March 5, 2007
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What's IBM Cooking Up for RPG and the Web?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

As part of its WebSphere Development Studio Client Version 7.0 announcements last week, IBM buried some statements of direction at the tail end of the announcement letters that indicated that it was working on making it easier for RPG programmers to create Web applications. To be blunt, many people were expecting such features in WDSc 7.0 last week, and they told me they were surprised when these features were not there. READ MORE >

System i Marketeer Chats with iSociety Members
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The general manager of the System i division, Mark Shearer, hosted an online chat with the members of the iSociety System i advocacy group last month, and this month, it was Elaine Lennox's turn. Lennox, who has been the vice president of marketing for the division for a little more than a year, gave chat listeners (readers?) a sneak peek at how IBM will be marketing the System i platform in 2007. READ MORE >


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Midrange Boxes, Big Iron Drive Server Growth in Q4 2006
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The server market watchers at IDC have built their models of the business for the final quarter of 2006, and this time around, some interesting things seem to have been a-foot as last year drew to a close. IDC reckons that for the first time in a long time, the midrange and high-end server markets are outgrowing the volume server space (which is mostly X64-based machines these days). Moreover, revenue growth far outpaced shipment growth in the fourth quarter of 2006, which is a reverse of the usual trend. READ MORE >


The X Factor: How Many Servers, How Much Juice, How Much Money?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Data center managers around the world are complaining about the fact that they are running out of electricity to build out their server farms, and processor and server makers have been struggling in past years to deliver high performance products that can be virtualized and therefore be used more efficiently. The problem of power and cooling for servers seems to be a big problem, but nailing down exactly how big of a problem has been difficult. READ MORE >




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But Wait, There's More:

Reader Feedback on Gartner CIO Survey, Disorderly Conduct . . . COMMON Extends Deadline for 2007 System i Innovation Awards . . . IBM Offers System i5 Shops Single Sign-On Services . . . Oracle Buys Hyperion Solutions for $3.3 Billion . . . Magic Software Ekes Out a Profit in Q4 . . . IBM Tosses Google Gadgets Into WebSphere Portal . . .


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
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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The Linux Beacon
Server Sales Up a Bit in 2006, But Q4 Looks a Bit Weak

Many Top Open Source Projects Still Lack Enterprise Support

Ballmer Dismisses Linux Threat, Talks Up Intellectual Property

Mad Dog 21/21: Paved With Good Intentions

Four Hundred Stuff
Approva Automates Compliance Efforts with BizRights

PowerTech Unveils New Password Utility

New BOSaNOVA Appliance Encrypts Tape Backups

S4i Gives DASD-Plus a New GUI

Big Iron
Server Sales Up a Bit in 2006, But Q4 Looks a Bit Weak

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

Four Hundred Guru
Determining the Value of Built-in I/O Functions

Customize the Tab Key in WDSc

Admin Alert: Better Subsystem Throughput Via Multiple Job Queues, Part One

System i PTF Guide
February 24, 2007: Volume 9, Number 8

February 17, 2007: Volume 9, Number 7

February 10, 2007: Volume 9, Number 6

February 3, 2007: Volume 9, Number 5

January 27, 2007: Volume 9, Number 4

January 20, 2007: Volume 9, Number 3

The Windows Observer
Microsoft Competing Unfairly on Virtualization, VMware Says

Server Sales Up a Bit in 2006, But Q4 Looks a Bit Weak

Google Launches Business Applications

HP Buys Clustering Software Maker, Launches D2D Backup Solution

The Unix Guardian
Server Sales Up a Bit in 2006, But Q4 Looks a Bit Weak

HP's Unix Biz Is Flat in Fiscal Q1, Hurd Disappointed

Many Top Open Source Projects Still Lack Enterprise Support

The X Factor: How Many Servers, How Much Juice, How Much Money?

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
What's IBM Cooking Up for RPG and the Web?

System i Marketeer Chats with iSociety Members

Midrange Boxes, Big Iron Drive Server Growth in Q4 2006

The X Factor: How Many Servers, How Much Juice, How Much Money?

But Wait, There's More:

Reader Feedback on Gartner CIO Survey, Disorderly Conduct . . . COMMON Extends Deadline for 2007 System i Innovation Awards . . . IBM Offers System i5 Shops Single Sign-On Services . . . Oracle Buys Hyperion Solutions for $3.3 Billion . . . Magic Software Ekes Out a Profit in Q4 . . . IBM Tosses Google Gadgets Into WebSphere Portal . . .


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