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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
Please read the May 13 issue of Midrange Stuff for important iSeries announcements.
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pSeries Power4+, On Demand Features Preview Possible iSeries Future
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IBM last week upgraded its pSeries 655 midrange and pSeries 670 and pSeries 690 enterprise servers with significantly faster Power4+ processors, while at the same time extending the On Demand features it offers in the pSeries line. The expanded performance and On Demand features, such as memory Capacity on Demand (CoD), are previews of technology that could soon appear in the iSeries line. The pSeries now has trial and temporary CoD, mimicking capabilities already in the iSeries midrange lines. READ MORE >
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ITAA Says Demand for IT Workers at Historic Lows
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
According to a recent survey by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), unless there is a dramatic recovery in the US economy within the next year, a return to normal levels of hiring and compensation among IT workers in America is not likely to happen. This will make it tougher for anyone looking for new work as a manager or a programmer, but companies will probably have a large pool of candidates to choose from because of the downturn in hiring. READ MORE >
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PeopleSoft's Linux Support Should Get Its Apps Back on the iSeries
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
If you grew up as the middle child, like I did, the next sentence is going to make sense to you. How come the kid in the middle always gets overlooked? In this respect, the OS/400 platform, clearly the middle kid in the eServer line, and I have something in common. Last week, ERP software maker PeopleSoft, said it would port 170 software modules to Linux. But only on Intel processors. READ MORE >
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SSA GT Announces Another Acquisition and New Integration for BPCS
by Alex Woodie
SSA Global Technologies is on the acquisition path again. Last week Elevon, a publicly traded company that develops e-business applications for IBM mainframe systems, announced that it has agreed to be acquired by SSA GT. The acquisition would be the third in the last year for SSA GT, which also announced last week that Warehouse BOSS, an OS/400-based warehouse management system it acquired last year, can now be directly connected to BPCS, its flagship ERP system. READ MORE >
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COMMON Announces Details for September Conference in Orlando
by Dan Burger
Officials at COMMON's Chicago headquarters last week began releasing information about the fall IT education conference and expo in Orlando, Florida, scheduled for Sunday, September 7, through Thursday, September 11. Tom Bittman, a well-known Gartner vice president and research director, is giving the keynote address. The meeting will also have a behind-the-scenes tour of Universal Studio's AS/400-based IT department, a security-oriented conference within the conference is being planned, and changes in the hotel-and-conference-registration process were explained. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guides . . . ICS Acquires MDLINK from Sirius to Bolster Barcode Line . . . MAPICS Weeds Out the Wannabes with Certified Partner Program . . . PowerTech Group to Resell Tango/04 Products . . . Key Webinar Makes the Linux on iSeries Points . . . HP Reorganization Consolidates Server, Storage Units . . . HP Announces Two New Entry Servers for SMB Customers . . . Microsoft Previews Virtual Server, As Promised . . . READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights on the OS/400 market. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. We will consider your letter a candidate for the reader feedback column for this newsletter, but we will contact you before we make your e-mail public. READ MORE >
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Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Managing Editor: Shannon Pastore
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Kevin Vandever,
Shannon O'Donnell, Victor Rozek, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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