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Volume 15, Number 30 -- July 31, 2006
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Bang for the Buck: Baby i5 Servers Versus Windows and Linux Boxes
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Ever since IBM announced a revamped Power5+ System i5 line in late January, I have been itching to put together price/performance comparisons with Windows, Linux, and Unix platforms to get a sense of how the new i5s compare to these alternatives in the entry, midrange, and high-end of the server market. But, with so many new processors and server designs coming out the door this summer, I thought it best to wait until everything was out. READ MORE >

IBM Creates a Performance-Based Pricing Scheme for Software
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

In an effort to make its software pricing methods more rational in a world where there are many different kinds of server processor architectures, IBM has put a stake in the ground and marked out a new pricing methodology for software that is more closely aligned to the performance of various processors than current per-socket or per-core pricing methods. The key words here are "more closely." It is not a one-to-one ratio. READ MORE >


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New Vendors Join SOA Collaboration Group
by Mary Lou Roberts

Late last year, IBM and seven other companies--BEA Systems, IONA Technologies, Oracle, SAP, Siebel Systems (since acquired by Oracle), Sybase, and Zend Technologies--all joined forces with the objective of creating standardized specifications for Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) software development, the latest thing that vendors are pushing to make programs more flexible. READ MORE >


As I See It: Productivity and Relationship
by Victor Rozek

It has become an axiom of American life that the more successful you are in business, the less likely you are to have a successful relationship. "The job" is often cited as the villain in relationship failures but, more accurately, it is the single-minded dedication to the job that leaves little time for the demands of partnership. But if jobs can destroy relationships, then the loss of a relationship can also effect a person's ability to perform on the job. People in the throes of dissolution are usually pained, distracted, and performing at less than optimal levels. Simply stated, productivity suffers when relationships fail. READ MORE >





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But Wait, There's More:

Agilysys Blames Fiscal Q1 Sales Weakness on IBM 'Proprietary Servers' . . . Everybody Loves SOA, Aberdeen Survey Says . . . IT Shops Expect iSCSI and Fibre Channel to Co-Exist . . . Lawson Reports Preliminary Q4 Results, Loses CFO, and Buys CAS . . . Logility's Sales Rocket Skyward in Fiscal Q4 . . . The Blogosphere Says the IRS Uses the iSeries to Manage Bill Gates' Personal Taxes . . .



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 >


 
Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
Mary Lou Roberts, Victor Rozek, Kevin Vandever, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Bang for the Buck: Baby i5 Servers Versus Windows and Linux Boxes

IBM Creates a Performance-Based Pricing Scheme for Software

New Vendors Join SOA Collaboration Group

As I See It: Productivity and Relationship

But Wait, There's More:

Agilysys Blames Fiscal Q1 Sales Weakness on IBM 'Proprietary Servers' . . . Everybody Loves SOA, Aberdeen Survey Says . . . IT Shops Expect iSCSI and Fibre Channel to Co-Exist . . . Lawson Reports Preliminary Q4 Results, Loses CFO, and Buys CAS . . . Logility's Sales Rocket Skyward in Fiscal Q4 . . . The Blogosphere Says the IRS Uses the iSeries to Manage Bill Gates' Personal Taxes . . .


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