Sirius to Top $1 Billion in Sales with MSI Systems Acquisition
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The availability of cheap money gathered up by private equity firms to make acquisitions has combined with an IT industry consolidating on so many fronts it can make you dizzy. And that is why it is really not much of a surprise that Sirius Computer Solutions acquired MSI Systems Integrators for an undisclosed sum. Both are among the largest players in the IBM Power Systems market, and have histories that stretch back to the AS/400 days. READ MORE >

iManifest Web Cast: Looking for IBM i Loyalty
by Dan Burger

Let's hope iManifest can become the catalyst for change that so many people in the IBM i community have been hoping for. The hoping part is easy. It's the consensus part that causes the community fits. Before there's consensus, there needs to be participation and before that awareness. I see iManifest working on building its awareness level. Tomorrow's Web cast is a step in that direction. READ MORE >

A Second Opinion on Third Quarter Server Sales
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

With server revenues being a kind of leading indicator for overall IT spending, the health and wealth of server vendors and various product lines within the systems racket are something that bears paying attention to each quarter. Which is why the market researchers at Gartner and IDC spend so much time trying to figure out what it going on with servers. READ MORE >

As I See It: The Longevity Paradox
by Victor Rozek

People born at the beginning of this century have a realistic chance of living into the next century. That's great, but I'm going to hold my applause. Longevity is one of those mixed blessings, and it's hard to know whether to celebrate or to weep. Having seen a representative number of so-called assisted living facilities, I can easily imagine a huge, doddering population wearing soiled Depends, sitting in tiny, overheated rooms, staring blankly at the television, waiting for someone to come in and speak loudly to them. READ MORE >