More on the July 13 i5 Announcements
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Last week we told you about the major July 13 eServer i5 announcements, the arrival of the fully extended Model 570, and the lack of a Model 550. This week, I want to go through some of the other announcements that IBM made on that same day for the eServer i5 platform. You won't find most of this information in the announcement letters. READ MORE >

IBM Boosts Earnings As Sales Come In a Bit Shy
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Given the choice between having lower sales and higher profits or higher sales and lower profits, Wall Street would prefer that any vendor choose profits. And that is what IBM's new chief financial officer, Mark Loughridge, said Big Blue did in the second quarter. IBM reported revenues of $23.2 billion, up 7 percent compared with this time last year, and net earnings of just under $2 billion, up 16.6 percent. READ MORE >

Dubious Achievement: iSeries Gets Some Attention From Hackers
by Hesh Wiener

A presentation on the iSeries was one of the many topics featured at the Fifth HOPE conference, held at New York's Hotel Pennsylvania from July 9 through 11. This would be just another of many talks about the product line at gatherings, except for one difference. HOPE stands for Hackers On Planet Earth. READ MORE >

As I See It: What I Did on My Summer Vacation
by Victor Rozek

We are, therefore we gripe. Griping is the universal human pastime, and IT professionals are not immune from it. Like members of other occupations, people who shepherd computers have their own set of work-related complaints. Slow systems, inadequate software, glacial connectivity speeds, dizzily changing technology, unstable operating systems, spotty technical support, spam, viruses, downsizing, outsourcing, sliding wages, economic uncertainty, and restrictive budgets are among the usual grievances. And that doesn't include all of the interpersonal and management gripes discussed with kindred complainers over Friday night beers. READ MORE >

  But Wait, There's More

The eServer p5 "Squadron" Servers Take Flight, Too . . . IBS Acquires JGI's Supply Chain Software Unit . . . StorageTek's New SL8500 Library Supports up to 300,000 Tape Cartridges . . . Open Source Proponent JBoss Partners with Seagull . . . And the Winner Is: COMMON Announces Speaker Excellence Awards . . . IDC: Software Piracy Cost Developers $29 Billion in 2003 . . . READ MORE >

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