There's a New iSeries General Manager in Town
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The iSeries server business got a new general manager last week, and tongues immediately started to wag about what the changing of the chairs among the upper decks at IBM might mean not only for the iSeries but for IBM in general. Al Zollar, the previous GM for the iSeries unit, had that job for about 18 months, which is a little shy of the normal tenure, but is not the shortest time anyone has had that job. READ MORE >

Sun Solaris on the eServer i5?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

IT vendors say the darndest things. The latest comment to raise my eyebrows comes from Sun Microsystems, which hinted during its most recent financial analyst conference call that it is considering porting its Solaris Unix variant to IBM's Power family of processors, used in the iSeries and eServer i5 machines. While Sun immediately backpedaled on the idea during the call, I have inside sources that say Sun is a lot further along in getting Solaris on Power than it admitted. READ MORE >

Migration Time: Emulator Vendors Square Off
by Alex Woodie

This is shaping up to be a good year to get your host access issues squared away. With the strings on IT budgets loosening somewhat, the commoditization of emulation programs, and Windows XP Service Pack 2 just around the corner, OS/400 shops can save a bundle when upgrading Windows 98-era thick client emulators, which won't work well with the improved security of XP SP2. What's more, many vendors offer a variety of migration programs to ease the pain of moving to their wares. READ MORE >

Red Hat Previews Linux 3 Update 3
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat is talking up its forthcoming tweak of its Enterprise Linux 3, Update 3. In Red Hat nomenclature, an update is akin to a dot release for a Unix operating system and what Microsoft calls a Service Pack in its Windows environment. Update 3 for Enterprise Linux 3 will have the usual round of bug and security patches, but it will also include support for new security features and IBM's Power5-based "Squadron" servers. READ MORE >

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