Common 2008 was part of the coming out party for IBM's "new" Power Systems platform that formerly was two distinct systems packages - iSeries and pSeries. Am I the only one who thought the rebranded product would be named System π (or System pi)?
The roadmap for this convergance of IBM's mid-range POWER based systems has been public for sometime. It makes sense for IBM from a product perspective, but it remains to be seen how the marketplace will respond to this move, other than the initial concern of how it effects upcoming projects.
Additionally, after roughly 8 years the operating system formerly known as i5/OS (and more formerly known as OS/400) has gotten another new name, IBM i. This rename is not purely a marketing play as the latest version of this OS with many names does have many new features: virtualization enhancements, and an improved implementation of a 64 bit JVM to name a few.
Link: IBM Power Systems
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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