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The iSeries Regatta Model 890 Sets Sail a Little Early
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As was widely rumored for weeks, IBM has moved up the
iSeries "Regatta" Power4-based server announcement, and will unveil the machines today. While the high-
end Regatta-H servers will make their debut in 16-way, 24-way, and 32-way configurations under an early-
release program running OS/400 V5R2, don't expect those entry Regatta-L and midrange Regatta-M
servers any time soon. IBM does not have any other plans for server announcements for the remainder of
2002 in the iSeries line.
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IBM Cuts Prices on Memory, Disk, and Selected iSeries Servers
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
In a move that is sure to make iSeries customers breathe a sigh of relief, IBM will this week announce that it has cut iSeries memory and disk
drive prices. In addition, IBM has chopped interactive capacity prices on selected iSeries Model 270
servers, and took a chainsaw to prices on the zero-interactive Model 820 machines. All of these cuts are
intended to make the iSeries line more competitive with Wintel and Lintel servers from IBM and other
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Single Sign-On Capability to Debut with OS/400 V5R2
by Alex Woodie
Users won't have to remember separate user names and passwords for accessing
applications on various servers when OS/400 V5R2 becomes available later this year.
That's because V5R2 will be the first release of OS/400 to provide Enterprise Identity
Mapping, an IBM eLiza initiative for
providing single sign-on capabilities, which means that a user can be given access to a
range of servers and applications by using a single user name and password.
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Special Report: The State of OS/400 User Groups, Part 2
by Alex Woodie
Like many user groups across the country, Midrange
Users of Mid-Michigan has experienced a decline in participation during the last few years. Where
once there were 150 companies paying MUMM their annual membership dues, now there are between 70
and 80, with monthly meetings sometimes attracting fewer than 15 people, according to group officials.
How MUMM decided to address this drop in participation is fairly typical of what many of the country's
local user groups have done.
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Admin Alert: Bringing V5R1 DST Passwords Under Control
by Joe Hertvik
After last week's
"Admin Alert" on starting Dedicated Service Tools without an IPL, several readers wrote asking me
how to reset the QSECOFR service tool user profile password in OS/400 V5R1. The problem is that, while
IBM initially sets this password to a default value of
QSECOFR, you must change it the first time you use the QSECOFR service profile on your system. And for
a lot of V5R1 users, that's where the problems begin.
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Zeitler and Duncan Speak Out on iSeries Strategy
by Dan Burger
Many people have questioned the strategic role that the iSeries plays in IBM's server strategy, as well as the company's strategy overall. To
address the buzz within the iSeries and AS/400 community, and put the issues to rest, IBM put its two top
server executives on the spot in an iSeries Nation chat last week. Bill
Zeitler, IBM senior vice president and group executive of IBM's Server Group, did most of the talking, but
was joined by Buell Duncan, general manager of the MidMarket Server Division.
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Mad Dog 21/21: Hieronymus Bosh
by Hesh Wiener
IBM once tried to combine all of its midrange
computers into one. The single machine that would replace all IBM midrange products of the early
1980s was called Fort Knox. Fort Knox, had it been successfully built, would have absorbed System/3
and its children, System/32 and System/36. It would have supplanted System/38 and its eventual
descendants, the AS/400 and iSeries.
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But Wait, There's More . . .
IDION, Vision Solutions Slam Latest DataMirror Bid . . . Infinium Stock Leaps at Earnings Report . . .
Gauss and Proficient Team for Content Management on WebSphere . . . IBM Partners with Peregrine for
Infrastructure Resource Management . . . Big Blue: America's Top Corporate Citizen . . . Fiserv Enters
OEM Agreement with Sedona for CRM . . . Learn Something New on the iSeries Solutions Express . . .
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Correction
The article
"Division at FORMation mg Spawns Two New Companies"
has been edited since its original publication to correct several errors. The article incorrectly stated that Andy Rackauckas
was a programmer at FORMation mg. He was, in fact, vice president of engineering and chairman of the board at FORMation mg.
The article also incorrectly stated that when FORMation was dissolved, in January, the company had an estimated
600 to 800 customers. The number of customers was, in fact, closer to 600. The article also incorrectly stated that Elite
Document Solutions has five employees. The number of employees is, in fact, 10, according to Rackauckas. Midrange
Server regrets the errors. [Corrections made 4/25/02]
Guild Companies Corrections Policy
Guild Companies strives to publish accurate information at all times. Minor errors of spelling, punctuation,
and the like will be corrected on our Web site without notice. When we correct significant errors of fact or
substance, we will note the correction on the page containing the corrected version of the original article, as
well as in the next issue of the newsletter.
If you think Guild Companies has published something in error, please e-mail us at
editors@itjungle.com.
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Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors:
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Joe Hertvik
Kevin Vandever
Shannon O'Donnell
Victor Rozek
Alex Woodie
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