4 posts tagged “ibm”
I'm not sure I would go quite that far, but a very interesting article at Red Herring:
One day, we may look back on Sept. 17 as the official beginning of the end for Microsoft's dominance. Two separate events signaled the shift; one was the European Union court's harsh ruling against Microsoft itself, charging that the world's No. 1 software maker had abused its monopoly power to harm competitors. The verdict was expected -- and showed that European bureaucrats had more courage than the U.S. Justice Department.
The other important announcement was IBM's offering of Lotus Symphony, a suite of office applications, for free. This is just the latest bullet to the head of Microsoft's cash cow. ...
It is clear now that Microsoft has become the legacy company of the 21st century, playing the kind of defensive role that IBM played when the upstart from Redmond outwitted the incumbent in Armonk and walked away with the best parts of OS/2.
Oh, and guess who registered http://lotussymphonyblog.com ;-)
Well I never, not just IBM, but the normally conservative IBM System i (think AS400) business seems to have taken Digg to their hearts. The System i hompage now has "Digg This" links on all their news stories, isn't that quaint!
Can't quite image Alex and Kevin talking about the "Secure and affordable. System i5 520 for SAP® applications." news story come the next Diggnation podcast!
The Four Hundred (and others) are reporting on IBM's storming Q3 numbers...
Mark Loughridge, IBM's chief financial officer, ... said that the company's Software Group contributed the most to the bottom line in the quarter. Software Group posted sales of $4.4 billion, up 9 percent ... WebSphere middleware sales increased 30 percent in the quarter, and Tivoli systems management tools showed a big recovery, with sales up 44 percent. (It wasn't that long ago when Tivoli sales were very poor, and IBM started to focus on provisioning and security to turn this line around.) Sales of its information management products--DB2 and IMS databases and related tools--increased by 12 percent in the quarter. Lotus groupware and collaboration product sales were up 8 percent in the quarter, even with intense competition from Microsoft Exchange and myriad open source alternatives. Rational development tool sales were more muted, up only 2 percent. But these key branded software products grew in aggregate at 20 percent and accounted for 52 percent of IBM's software sales in the third quarter. (accents mine)
It really is a great time to be involved in IBM Software, especially in the resurgent Lotus brand. This will continue through Q4 and 1H07 I am sure...
Yup, thats right, I'm back on the certification trail...
Finally, I have had a chance to bring my IBM Lotus Principal Certified Lotus Professional, Systems Administration (PCLP for you and me) certification up to the latest version (R7):
and while I was at the testing centre, it seemed sensible to get my IBM Tivoli Storage Manager cert up to date too, that is now up to v5.3:
That makes the set as follows:
