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Blade Servers Barely Nick IBM i Market
by Dan Burger
After nearly four years of sales, IBM finds itself with a blade server for the IBM i-based Power Systems midmarket that is unwanted and as yet unable to build a following. Adjustments have been made, incentives have been provided, but this product still seems destined to be ignored by a large majority of users. Why? The answer is complex. This product is too complex compared to the servers the community is familiar with and has come to count on. READ MORE >
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TSM and IBM i: Not What It Could Be
by Alex Woodie
It is not unusual in the IBM i world to discover that IBM as a whole pays more attention and spends more time developing solutions and utilities that run on and support third-party operating systems rather than its own IBM i OS. Call it the nature of i beast. But when it comes to IBM's strategic backup and recovery product, Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), at least one IBM business partner wonders whether it's time that IBM i becomes a fully supported TSM client. READ MORE >
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Small Biz To Boost IT Spending In 2012, Says Computer Economics
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
Small businesses are like birch trees: they are the first to wander out into a new field and turn it into a forest. And as such, small business spending can be thought of as a leading indicator for economic recovery, and perhaps more importantly, create new jobs and, even more importantly for IT vendors, they also tend to invest in computers, software, and other gadgets at a faster pace than larger organizations during economic downturns. READ MORE >
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As I See It: The Artist And The Pragmatist
by Victor Rozek
Gather around, boys and girls, Uncle Victor is going to tell you a story. And what a story it is, full of greed and generosity, cooperation and betrayal, respect and disdain, and even death. Scheherazade would be envious. OK, maybe not, but the stakes were higher for her. READ MORE >
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Cooling Server Sales Reach Pre-Recession Levels
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
It looks like the data centers and data closets of the world, which have been eating servers like crazy in the second half of 2010 through now, are starting to get full. The appetite for system buying was starting to slow in the third quarter, according to statistics from Gartner, but was still pretty healthy nonetheless. The question now is whether the market can have a bumper fourth quarter and beat last year's high, and while this is possible, it seems unlikely. 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
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Victor Rozek,
Jenny Thomas, Hesh Wiener, Alex Woodie
Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed
November 26, 2011: Volume 13, Number 12
November 19, 2011: Volume 13, Number 11
November 12, 2011: Volume 13, Number 10
November 5, 2011: Volume 13, Number 9
October 29, 2011: Volume 13, Number 8
October 22, 2011: Volume 13, Number 7
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