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Because the System i can run at redline speed all day long . . .

June 17, 2008

Having It Easy with i

So Mike Pavlak over at Zend hasn't forgotten the i, but he's a bit shy -- or perhaps appropriately quiet -- in a crowded room. His second blog post covers the php|tek conference, which occurred in late May, and his post is a great read for IBM i enthusiasts. Here's a snip:

Oh yeah, we got it easy…One of the sessions I attended was given by a network professional who specializes in clustering lots of little Intel boxes in order to scale PHP websites. I guess this is a cool thing for the Intel world. It involves a lot of complicated networking and servers and more. He went on and on about BGP and round robin DNS and all kinds of topics. The room was packed and the entire audience was absorbed! People really wanted to hear what this guy had to say. If only they knew. If only they were aware of the power of the Power systems like the IBM i. It was everything I could do to keep from shouting 'Go get an i'! Maybe I should have.

For the rest, go to Pavlak's post.

Posted by cmaxcer at June 17, 2008 10:33 PM

Comments

It is a BIG concern when "nearly everyone I talked to had not heard of the i5." -- from Pavlak's post.

These are IT people and they have not heard of i5! That says a lot about the visibility and exposure of i5. This is a HUGE warning sign!!

No one will buy something that s/he has not heard of before because that thing does not exist in his/her world.

I certainly hope IBM will invest more on marketing i5 and academic initiative.

Posted by: keng Siau at June 18, 2008 9:04 PM

I think you can glean the level of marketing and investment IBM plans to make from the following article:

http://systeminetwork.com/article/where-are-machines-ibm

Posted by: Steve at June 19, 2008 10:20 AM

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