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| The Surprising Power and i Pro: Marketing |
| For years, the bane of the System i world has been marketing. Overshadowed by other systems or pushed to the side, many felt the System i did not get its due from IBM, causing the uncertainty of recent years. "Those days are gone," says blogger Chris Maxcer on System i Network. Maxcer continues, "The odds that potential i customers will see Power on top and come to recognize that Power Systems and POWER6 processor represent top-notch technology, the more meaning it will have when an IBM Business Partner tries to sell an i-based solution. So when the issues of operating systems and hardware come up, the point that IBM i runs on IBM’s most versatile and powerful Power servers can only help." Maxcer concludes saying, "Overall, the System i’s strength was that it was so different – and ultimately that was its Achilles’ heel, too. In IBM’s new Power world, IBM i running on a hardware system that is sure to gain both mind and market share is a good thing." Read More |
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| Introducing Power Rewards |
| Power Rewards is the newest marketing effort from IBM, geared at switching people from HP or Sun UNIX shops to the new Power server, including the System i 595. The program, similar to an airline rewards program, offers a certain amount of points for competitive servers that are traded in. According to the press release, "Each core traded in will earn reward points that can be redeemed for high value IBM migration expertise, services and products. For example, a client who trades in a 64-core HP 9000 Superdome could earn 256,000 points. These points could be redeemed as 680 hours of Migration services. That is 680 hours of experienced consultancy which has a list price of $255,000 that can help reduce the risk of migration." Read More |
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| Bally Technologies Betting High on Quadrant Software for Paperless Processing Solution |
| Bally Technologies, a leader in slots, video machines, casino management systems and networked solutions for the global gaming industry, recently selected Quadrant Software to help streamline its business and transform the company’s Journal Entry, Accounts Receivable, and Purchase to Pay processes into paperless operations. IntelliChief, Quadrant Software’s document management, imaging and workflow solution, is being implemented in conjunction with their FastFax and Formtastic solutions for enterprise faxing and electronic forms respectively. This Paperless Process Management solution suite will work in conjunction with Bally’s Infor XA System i business application. According to the press release, the total annual return on investment from the Paperless Process Management project with Quadrant Software is expected to be around $780,000. Bally Technologies also identified benefits in increased turnaround times on critical processes, improved response rates to customers and vendors, and enhanced employee productivity. Read More |
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| The i5virus Backstory |
| Over 1,600 System i professionals have participated in Bytware’s innovative online marketing campaign, "i5virus: A Game of Espionage and System i Security," and it is now garnering outside attention with a nomination in the 2008 Webby Awards. The online game combined a YouTube video filmed on location in Tokyo, Japan, with gameplay centered around hunting down System i cyber criminals. In an interview on System i Network, Bytware executives gave the details on the how and why behind the i5virus game. "Bytware developed the game for two primary reasons: First, to offer a fun experience for the System i community, and second, to deliver educational messages about security issues important to System i, specifically potential issues that may occur when running PHP on System i." According to Christopher Jones, marketing director for Bytware, "We hope that participants become aware of some issues that may not have been on their radar before and that this awareness gives them the ability to boost their security or take stronger measures down the road when they decide to implement PHP on their System i." Read More |
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| MKS Releases Implementer 2008 |
| MKS, Inc. recently announced the availability of Implementer 2008, an integral part of MKS Integrity for IBM i. MKS Integrity for IBM i is an enterprise software platform that covers all facets of the application lifecycle from IT help desk, requirements management, software change and configuration management, test management, and release management. With the release of Implementer 2008, MKS delivers major improvement for IBM i users, including streamlined development within IBM WebSphere Development Studio Client for System i (WDSC) 7.0 and new support for IBM Rational Developer for System i, tighter security in support of PCI compliance-to meet the needs of security conscious customers, and greater application availability during database promotions-faster database promotions for all SQL tables. "In this release of Implementer 2008 we focused on simplifying the developer experience,"said Marty Acks, MKS product manager. "Our main objective was to let the developer work within WDSC/RDi in the most natural way possible." Read More |
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