Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Monday, August 22, 2011 - 354 views
In the future, IBM will be known as the PC maker of choice for most people, and those PCs will be running a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based on CP/M. Well, that was the view of some people 30 years ago when IBM gave birth to its first PC.
It was on 12 August in a ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria, New York that the IBM 5150 made its first appearance. And because IBM was known for making mainframes, this device was called a ‘personal computer’.
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 206 views
IBM and Apple give customers what they want, whether it’s a mainframe or a tablet — but RIM gives customers what they used to want
Apple and IBM — two very, very different companies — have learned to listen to their customers and give them what they want, whether it’s a stodgy mainframe or a supercool tablet. Read more…
Posted by Trevor Eddolls on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 1,020 views
I don’t know whether you’re going to be at the SHARE conference in Anaheim (California) from 27 February to 4 March, but one of the interesting things to see is the William Data Systems stand (booth 211).
They are showing how their ZEN z/OS network management suite of product integrates with popular smart phone technology – Apple, Blackberry, and Android. What you’ll see is ZEN monitoring z/OS networks and then reporting the results to a mobile device. The user can then evaluate what’s happening on the mainframe and take appropriate action immediately. As a consequence, z/OS support staff can get on with their lives and be out and about, but still be able to monitor their mainframes and react to alerts.
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 304 views
After Apple (AAPL) reported blockbuster earnings of 70.5 percent year-over-year revenue growth, anything in comparison seems lackluster. And yet, you can’t knock IBM’s (IBM) results, reported yesterday: Q4 revenue up 16 percent, year over year, to $29 billion and annual revenue up 4 percent to $99.9 billion. READ MORE
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 161 views
(had to get an Apple Tablet mention on here somehow… LOL)
Twenty-five years ago, we moved from centralized, mainframe-based computing to localized, desktop computing as computing power became cheaper. …
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 151 views
In Silicon Valley, the decade brought the rise of Google, the resurgence of Apple, and drama involving HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Facebook and other technology titans. MORE
