So Inovis has a new blogger on the block, Gwyn Madsen, whose first post was to talk about some of the issues our TrustedLink iSeries customers face.
Anyway, while we were talking about TLi and System i machines, we started to reminisce about the good old days and how this all started with the AS400 machines, and how these have evolved and changed names over the years.
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Zephyr Corp reminds us that “In 1988, IBM introduced the AS400® as a server solution for midsize businesses and departments within larger enterprises. Over time, IBM realized that in order to fulfill their vision of replacing PC and Unix servers throughout organizations worldwide, the AS400 would need to be easily integrated with distributed networks and web applications. To accomplish this, IBM redesigned the AS400 to use eServer i5 servers with POWER5T processors, and rebranded the AS400 as the IBM iSeries®.”
Has it really been that long, and were we invited to the 21st birthday party?
Although between AS400 and iSeries, it did go via the name System i. Now they are known as the IBM BladeCenter, and IBM have many pages devoted to the new machines
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At the end of the day, AS400 or System i or iSeries or Blade Centre, I still think they are the most reliable and easy to use servers out there. Supporting Inovis customers, who are using TLi on this platform, is easier because of ease of use of this platform. I wouldn’t want it any other way.
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