iSeries SNA Software Support Continues with Enterprise Extender
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Two weeks ago, I told you about how IBM was winding down support for adapters that do not use TCP/IP networking as their core means of interconnection, including twinax adapters for linking dumb tubes and PCs to AS/400 and iSeries computers and various networking cards that support Systems Network Architecture (SNA) traffic. Because this is the kind of thing that makes people jumpy, I printed the entire announcement in the newsletter to avoid confusion. As it turns out, this was only half the story. READ MORE >

IBS to Port OS/400 Apps to Unix, Windows, and Linux
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

There are very few big application software developers left in the midrange market that can claim to being exclusively available on the iSeries platform and written in the RPG programming language, and the list will soon be a little shorter. Stockholm, Sweden-based International Business Systems, which is one of the largest software companies in the world, announced last week that it would create Java versions of its Application Soft Ware (ASW) suite of supply chain applications so it could expand into the Unix, Windows, and Linux markets. READ MORE >

IBM to Cut Up to 13,000 Employees, Mostly in Europe
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

As expected after its surprise to Wall Street a few weeks ago where it did not meet its profit targets, IBM said late last Wednesday that it would cut up to 13,000 employees from its corporate payroll as it seeks to streamline its management and get more power into the hands of the sales people who are making the deals these days. The cuts are in line with the Street's expectations, so the company will not be faulted for not cutting deep enough. READ MORE >

As I See It: IT, the Early Days
by Victor Rozek

If the name Wilhelm Schickard doesn't mean anything to you, you're probably not alone. After all, the man has been dead for nearly 400 years. But while he was with us, Wilhelm was an accomplished fellow, managing to get his BA at the age of 17, and his MA two years later. An eclectic scholar, Schickard became a Lutheran minister and professor of Aramaic and Hebrew at the University of Tubingen, where his curiosity eventually turned to the study of astronomy, surveying, and mathematics. READ MORE >

   But Wait, There's More

IBM Tweaks Red Hat Linux on Power Prices Up and Down . . . BEA Attempts to Quantify and Qualify IT's Acceptance of Service-Oriented Architectures . . . MindTree Acquires iSeries Outsourcer LINC Software . . . NetManage Improves in the First Quarter of 2005 . . . DataMirror Partners to Push Sales . . . Wyse Picks New CEO After VCs Buy $35 Million Stake . . . World Community Grid Reaches 100,000 Devices . . . READ MORE >

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