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Experience may stymie Oracle’s Power play

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Oracle put the boot into IBM’s Power Systems last month but it may find its users are unimpressed. Oracle launched a new programme called Exa Your Power at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. The idea is to wean Oracle database users off their AIX-flavoured Power Systems hardware with proof-of-concept promises of 15 times better […]

i-UG expands its winter conference in Wolverhampton

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i-UG, the UK’s IBM i user group, is to hold a big event in Wolverhampton next month. Its winter conference will take place at the city’s Mount Hotel (pictured, above) on November 26 and is free to all i-UG members. Colin Spofford, i-UG secretary and treasurer, says: “This event would normally be a single stream […]

SoftLanding launches Columbus content manager

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SoftLanding Systems, the IBM i software division of Unicom Global, has launched Columbus, an enterprise content management solution for Power Systems. Columbus was developed by Macro 4, Unicom’s document management arm, and runs on IBM i, AIX or Linux. It takes output from existing apps, including spool and data files, transforms it into new digital […]

NSPCC revamps IBM i-based supporter system

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Britain’s biggest children’s charity has completely revamped a crucial IBM i-based application that looked like it was up for the chop. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is one of the UK’s best-known third-sector organisations. Founded in 1884 and headquartered in London, it employs around 2,500 staff and 1,700 volunteers […]

IBM i Marketplace Survey goes multilingual

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Once again, PowerWire is getting behind HelpSystem’s mission to find out what’s going on in the wonderful world of IBM i. Yup, it’s time to fill out the 2016 IBM i Marketplace Survey. The multifaceted midrange specialist’s annual questionnaire provides an intriguing snapshot of the global i ecosystem. What’s more, this year you can choose […]

IBM i Services session added to UK conference

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Organisers at next week’s International i-Power conference have made a last-minute addition to an already jam-packed agenda. American expert Scott Forstie will present a 45 minute session entitled Introducing IBM i Services. International i-Power 2015 is British midrange user group i-UG’s biggest event of the year. PowerWire is media sponsor. It will be held at […]

Sauce-maker puts ordering online with STREAM

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The company behind some of the UK’s best-known culinary brands has used STREAM from Proximity to improve its order-taking. Leigh, Lancashire-based AB World Foods produces Patak’s, Blue Dragon and Levi Roots sauces and condiments. It runs Infor’s IBM i-based LX (née BPCS) ERP package on Power7 hardware to process orders from Britain’s big supermarket chains […]

UK conference expands agenda

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i-UG is gearing up for its strongest-ever conference in terms of technical education with an expanded agenda of workshops. The UK IBM i user group hits Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire, for International i-Power 2015 on September 9 and 10. PowerWire Europe is media sponsor. The first day of the Common Europe-affiliated organisation’s event will feature six […]

IBM i/Linux combo pays off for ERP player

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An Italian solution provider has doubled its ERP sales by betting on IBM i and Linux. Sanmarco Informatica, based near Vicenza, has consolidated on model S814 Power hardware. The company is also doing a brisk trade in what it calls “cloud-on-site” systems, whereby it installs S814 servers at customers’ premises and manages them remotely. Sanmarco’s […]

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