Will New Rebates on Standard Edition i5s Boost Sales?
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Last week, on the same day that IBM announced that sales of System i5 servers were down 22 percent in the third quarter, the company also announced a rebate deal that gives significant cash back to customers with older iSeries gear as well as newer i5 gear running i5/OS Enterprise Edition if they move to a new System i5 machine running i5/OS V5R4 Standard Edition. The two events are almost certainly connected. READ MORE >

Software, Unix and Mainframe Servers Boost IBM's Profits in Q3
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The effect of changes in its hardware, software, and services product lines in the past year and layoffs last summer helped IT juggernaut IBM post a 5 percent increase in sales in the third quarter, hitting $22.6 billion in sales, and pumping up profits by 46.5 percent to $2.2 billion. Sales of software across its brands, exploding growth in emerging markets, and a resurgent market for mainframes and Unix servers were the key drivers in the quarter. READ MORE >

System i Awareness Campaign Depends on Print Advertising Effectiveness
by Dan Burger

Are you feeling out of control? Within the confines of the data center, IBM says it can fix that. And to the extent that reducing IT complexity can simplify the goal of reaching business objectives, Big Blue is saying it has the silver bullet. It's called the System i and its current advertising message is "i want control." The idea is to attack server sprawl, attack IT complexity, and reduce the pain and suffering of those whose lives are devoted to babysitting a 24-hour IT care center. READ MORE >

The System i VOIP Solution: Now Ready for Prime Time
by Mary Lou Roberts

At the spring COMMON user group meeting this year, IBM and 3Com piqued audience interest with the announcement that the two companies were developing an integrated voice over IP (VOIP) solution that would run natively on the System i. Today, the two have delivered on that promise with the announcement of the first-ever IP telephony solution designed to run on a single system along with a customer's business applications. That single system is the System i. READ MORE >