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Developer Roadmap. "WebSmart overlays the central part of the roadmap which is where 75 -80% of our install base is today. It's one of the leading tools for developing Web apps in the iSeries space." Doug Fulmer, IBM WW Sales Exec iSeries e-biz infrastructure
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iSeries Top Brass Commit to the Platform and Growth
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
A year ago, at the May 2004 COMMON in San Antonio, IBM hosted the first party that the user group had seen in many years. While the alcohol was flowing and the loud music was playing, it was almost possible to forget for a minute that the iSeries was facing some pretty big challenges. Fast forward a year to the COMMON show in Chicago. For the first time since the late 1990s, there is actual cause for optimism concerning the iSeries business. This is much better than a party. It is a living. READ MORE >
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Soltis and Friends Give Their Vision for the iSeries
by Joe Hertvik
Frank Soltis is the chief architect of the iSeries line, and he is not afraid of controversy or of speaking his mind on whatever issue it might be that affects the product line that he, among dozens of others, helped bring to life 30 years ago. In the past decade, as the AS/400 and iSeries line came under intense competitive pressure, IBM has put forth Soltis as the key visionary and mouthpiece for the technology used in the iSeries line. Soltis took the stage once again at COMMON last week. READ MORE >
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COMPUTER KEYES
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iSeries Users Sound Off, Sometimes with Praise, at COMMON
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
If the iSeries Town Hall meeting, formerly known as Sound Off, is any barometer, then the climate in the iSeries community is changing--and changing for the better. While some may think the iSeries base might be mellowing with age--which is a preposterous idea, unless you are talking about the kind of mellowing that oak does as it ages (yes, that is respectful sarcasm)--it is not. What is happening is that IBM is finally, after years of protests, addressing the issues that most concern iSeries shops. READ MORE >
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IBM Buys Other Half of Informix with Ascential Acquisition
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Four years ago, in April 2001 to be precise, IBM bought the relational database business from the former Informix for $1 billion in cash and boosted its market share in the database market in one fell swoop. Four years later, IBM is paying $1.1 billion in cash to buy the other part of Informix, which is known as Ascential Software and which sells data transformation and integration software. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
AFFIRMATIVE COMPUTER
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Affirmative Computer Products has the most complete thin client product line optimized for IBM iSeries and zSeries users as well as older AS/400 and S/390 models.
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For more information on our wide range of thin client and terminal emulation solutions, visit www.affirmative.net.
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But Wait, There's More
Microsoft Gets Into the Collaboration Groove with Acquisition . . . Merrill Lynch Pegs iSeries Sales at $1.5 Billion for 2004 . . . Petition Dr. Frank to Start His Own Blog . . . IBM Is Taking Oracle's Tepid Endorsement for the iSeries Seriously . . . iSeries Education Is Still a Problem, IBM Admits . . . SSA Global Sees Sales Rise, Profits Flatten in Most Recent Quarter . . . IBM Issues Patch to Fix WebSphere Security Hole . . . 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
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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