System i NEWS UK archive from October 2007
| Bytware launches online System i security game System i systems management and security-focused company Bytware has created a viral marketing campaign designed to draw attention to PHP and security issues the open scripting language might bring to the System i world. | |
| Even large firms need to allow for risks, says IBM survey It is not just smaller businesses or even middle-ranking firms that are unprepared for disruption to their systems, according to a new survey from IBM. | |
| IBM revenues up, but System i sales fall IBM revealed its third quarter trading results last week and reported that its revenue from the System i had declined by 21% compared to the same period last year. | |
| Big Blue presses home its green data centre message IBM is continuing to focus on green computing. At this month’s Power and Cooling for Data Centres Summit 2007 conference in London, John Easton, senior consulting IT specialist and technical staff member, IBM systems & technology group infrastructure innovation, gave a presentation on energy efficiency in the data centre. | |
| Last call for the Rochester Roadshow This is the last call for our readers to take advantage of a special offer on the price of attending the Rochester Roadshow, which takes place at Brighton’s Old Ship Hotel on Tuesday, October 30, and Wednesday, October 31. | |
| Avnet takes over the UK System i channel Avnet has bought the enterprise infrastructure division (EID) of Magirus Group following approval from the European Commission, giving it a monopoly over System i hardware distribution in the UK. | |
| UK System i supremo to speak on platform’s future at Rochester Roadshow Mark Batchelor, IBM’s System i director for the UK, Ireland & South Africa, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker of this month’s Rochester Roadshow in Brighton. His topic will be the “Status of the System i marketplace and is my investment safe?”. | |
| EASY VIEW 8.0 exports and transfers files Help/Systems has released a new version of its System i database file display package, EASY VIEW 8.0. The updated version offers multiple options for exporting or transferring data. | |
| IBM webcast to address Domino 8 furore IBM has succumbed to pressure to explain its decision not to support the i5/OS version of DB2 to store Domino documents in Domino 8 and is due to host a webcast on the issue on Wednesday, November 14. | |
| IT Impact makes in mark in the warehouse A South Manchester System i specialist is helping firms get more out of their System 21 software. | |
| Vision Solutions upgrades Director systems management solution Vision Solutions has released a new version 7.0 of its Vision Director systems management solution aimed at the enterprise and SMB markets. | |
| Major UK System i solution provider is merged with financials specialist UK System i powerhouse Computer Software Group (CSG) has been merged with IRIS. As of Monday, October 1, the combined business became known as IRIS, with CSG’s System i-focused sport ticketing division now known as IRIS Software4Sport. | |
