System i NEWS UK archive from November 2007
| Tindirect sets up midrange hardware engineers service Tindirect has formalised its growing service area by launching a division called tinservices to meet the needs of a skills gap. | |
| IBM is server revenue top dog, but HP is No. 1 in terms of shipments IBM continued to lead the worldwide server market in terms of revenue in the third quarter according to the latest figures from Gartner. | |
| Aircraft engineer replaces Intel-based apps with System i and Lawson Lawson Software has secured a major contract for its M3 7.1 application suite to run on an i5 model 520, supplied by Business Partner Syan and replacing Intel-based systems. | |
| Are you ready for “cloud” computing? IBM has announced that it is to follow up its attempts to commercialise models such as utility and grid computing with a “cloud” computing initiative. | |
| Help/Systems builds web-based access into more Robot offerings Help/Systems has released Robot Browser Interface 2.0, its web browser-based interface for its System i system management solutions. | |
| System i suits Arcadia with WebFOCUS and DB2 Arcadia has improved business intelligence (BI) capabilities through utilising WebFOCUS and DB2 on its System i 570, according to a report from IBM. | |
| POWER-driven Blue Gene/L is still supercomputing top dog IBM’s POWER processor-driven Blue Gene/L supercomputer has set a new world record by topping the official TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list for the fourth year running. | |
| Mrc adds Web 2.0 capabilities to development tool Mrc has updated m-Power, its Java-based web-application development tool with a number of what it describes as Web 2.0 abilities. | |
| RPG web services reuse strategy delivers new e-commerce solution Looksoftware’s UK partner Simply Computing, working with its customer Alexandra plc, has delivered a new web-based procurement system driven in real-time by its RPG-based System i back-end. | |
| BCD revamps web application development tool System i application development tool provider Business Computer Design (BCD) yesterday revealed details of a new version of its WebSmart ILE web application development tool. BCD’s UK distributor is SoftLanding Europe. | |
