IBM's DB2 Pure Scale--Not Quite iDatabase V1
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

A few weeks ago, in the wake of the launch of the Exadata V2 database machine from Oracle and Sun Microsystems, I got all excited about the possibilities that IBM might remember that it had similar database clustering technology back in 1996 for the AS/400 and that it could take today's Power Systems and build a powerful, yet relatively inexpensive, database cluster for i shops, something I dubbed iDatabase V1. READ MORE >

Early Views on iManifest: ISV Expectations, Public Misconceptions
by Dan Burger

The results of those with knowledge and a little money who act are worth far more than the results of those with knowledge and much money who remain idle. I think that's an appropriate way to describe the current state of the iManifest U.S. initiative. The match has been struck. It just needs a little gasoline to light the bonfire. READ MORE >

News Flash: IT to Drive Economic Recovery
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

As long-time readers of The Four Hundred, you know that I like to take a look at how the different server ecosystems stack up and how they have changed over time. As part of some cheerleading about the IT industry in general as the world tries to put together an economic recovery and to help tout its important (but still not completely dominant) position in the general IT ecosystem, Microsoft commissioned the box counters at IDC to case the IT ecosystems of 52 countries and reckon the impact of Microsoft's products on those ecosystems. READ MORE >

As I See It: The Greening of IT
by Victor Rozek

One of the persistent annoyances of the Do-Unto-Others-While-You-Still-Can era is polluters pretending that global warming has nothing to do with them. Not coincidentally, the loudest deniers are also pumping greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere at record levels, while their lobbyists pump record amounts of cash into congressional pockets. Meanwhile, as the world heats, hucksters would have us believe that 20 mile-per-gallon SUVs are planet-friendly, and dirty coal can produce clean energy. READ MORE >