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Grab your beverage of choice, get comfortable, and read this newsletter.
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 BCD INT'L
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It's Time for an iSeries BladeCenter
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
I spent a day last week up at Somers, New York, where most of IBM's marketing plans are hatched. Somers, which has four buildings with glass pyramids on top, designed by IM Pei, is also where the top brass of the Systems Group get together to create the products that IBM will make and to hatch the plans to sell them. If you were going to do a hostile takeover of IBM, this, not Armonk, is where you would start. READ MORE >
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Has IBM Raised iSeries Model 800 Prices?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
If you get IBM's announcement letters, you might have thought that Big Blue raised prices on entry iSeries Model 800 servers on September 5. It sure looked that way when I saw the announcement. But apparently the $4,000 price hike on two entry iSeries models is the result of a misunderstanding. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 TRAILBLAZER SYSTEMS
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For more information call (770) 850-6966
or visit: www.trailblazersystems.com/ms
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Sponsored By
 QUADRANT SOFTWARE
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Gartner Ranks Worldwide, U.S. Server Sales for Q2
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
IDC recently gave IBM the leadership position in revenue market share for the second quarter of 2003, and analysts at rival Gartner seconded that top ranking last week, putting Big Blue at the top of the heap, too, for the quarter. According to Gartner's estimates, IBM's lead over rival Hewlett-Packard was smaller in the United States than in the overall worldwide market, across all server platforms. READ MORE >
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Admin Alert: The Ins and Outs of iSeries Time Synchronization
by Joe Hertvik
Setting time on an iSeries box is easy, but there are a few pitfalls to OS/400 time synchronization in three specific situations: when your box is communicating with other servers, when it's running the Management Central server, and when it's running native Java programs. In these scenarios, you need to know the drill for setting up time synchronization. I'll walk you through an example of OS/400 time synchronization breaking down, and will then explain how to set things properly. READ MORE >
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Sponsored By
 ITERA
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For your Free whitepaper, "An Introduction to iSeries High Availability," call 1-800-957-4511, email us at info@iterainc.com, or visit www.iterainc.com.
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Sponsored By
 FAST400
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Tired of paying too much for Interactive Cards for your iSeries server?
With Fast400, you will never need to pay IBM's interactive tax again.
Fast400 "tunes" your iSeries so you can use the full power of your processor.
For a free demo, visit www.fast400.net.
For personal assistance please call Colin Wells in London at (44) 7766 072 578 or send an
e-mail to cwells@fast400.net.
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Mad Dog 21/21: Gravity's Drain Bowl
by Hesh Wiener
"Niagara Falls . . . slowly I turned . . . step by step. . . ." The speaker is a homicidal maniac, about to grab Lou Costello and wring his neck. The setting is a jailhouse. How the lunatic, Costello, and Abbott got there is irrelevant. But every time Costello says "Niagara Falls," he sets off the madman, who relives the crime of passion he once committed there. A similar scene involving power transmission apparatus occurred on August 14, and 50 million people had their electricity choked off. READ MORE >
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But Wait, There's More
Get the Latest OS/400 PTF Guide . . . The Lowdown on new iSeries Feature Pricing . . . A Game Plan for Competing Against Offshore Services . . . IBM, Microsoft Continue Web Services Collaboration . . . Manhattan Associates Adds Item Synchronization to Warehouse Management . . . IBM and Kimberly-Clark Study Radio Frequency Technology . . . READ MORE >
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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 >
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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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