SYSI_INEWSWIRE UK_ A Penton Media Property October 28, 2009 367 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/systeminews/v/987 --Avnet and Infor join iManifest EMEA Seamus Quinn UK Power i hardware distributor Avnet Technology Solutions (http://www.avnet.com/ts/uk) and ERP giant Infor (http://www.infor.co.uk/systemi) have joined the iManifest movement in EMEA. The iManifest EMEA pressure group was founded in July by LANSA EMEA general manager Martin Fincham in response to the work of the original iManifest organisation in Japan. Like the Japanese group of 71 i-centric vendors, iManifest EMEA seeks to fly the flag for the Power i platform independently of IBM. The aim is to show the business world the depth of vendor support the platform enjoys, dispel legacy-type myths and hammer home its strengths. Explaining why his firm has joined, Anthony Greenhalgh, Avnet's business unit director for IBM systems, says: "As the sole distributor of System i in the UK, Avnet is keen to support channel initiatives whose objective is to promote the value of the i platform." To view the full article go to: http://systeminetwork.com/article/avnet-and-infor-join-imanifest-emea ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT Nov. 19 -- iAdvantages: Modernise, Integrate, Protect -- EMEA Virtual Conference Network with peers, chat with sponsors and attend educational webcasts in a lifelike environment. Hear from Soltis, Pelkie, Johnson, Paris, Klement and others. FREE REGISTRATION! http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=166035&s=1&k=95DB3F8C5729785C51E5B462D03EB467&partnerref=enl ---------------------------------------- --Industry experts discuss new Power i announcements Seamus Quinn IBM i 6.1.1 hit the streets last week as Big Blue announced support for an expanded range of storage hardware, a mid-price SAS disk controller, new VIOS options, solid-sate disk enhancements and more. Some new features simply bring the i up to speed with its AIX counterpart. However, the mini-release of OS i and the other announcements that went with it have been received fairly well by industry insiders. One highlight, according to Power Consulting (http://www.powerconsult.org.uk)'s Richard Field, is a new mid-size (and therefore mid-price) 380MB Cache SAS Disk Controller for 12X PCIe I/O drawers and Power6 system units. He says: "Previously, the choice for a disk adapter for the latest SAS disk drives, standard in the Power6/6+ servers and widely adopted in expansion unit disks too, was either a controller intended to support external SAS Tape which did not contain the cache to drive disks adequately, or the 'jumbo-cache' disk controllers which are over the top for many small to mid-size installations and also are very expensive -- _10,000-plus. To view the full article go to: http://systeminetwork.com/article/industry-experts-discuss-new-power-i-announcements --Power i users can still get Connected, says Big Blue Seamus Quinn Power i users can still go to the social software business ball, even without a direct port of the latest 2.5 version of its Lotus Connections application, says IBM. Although IBM issued a statement of intent to run Connections on OS/400 when the social software debuted in 2007, it now says there are no plans for a native i port. That's not to say that i users can't benefit from its many features which include micro-blogging, community/wiki creation and sophisticated file sharing, says IBM's vice president of social software, Jeff Schick. Schick points out that the new 2.5 version of Connections runs on Windows, different flavours of Linux, AIX, and supports Oracle, SQL Server as well as DB2. It can plug into SharePoint, Outlook, Notes and Sametime and has portlets built for SAP and BEA and WebSphere Portal. To view the full article go to: http://systeminetwork.com/article/power-i-users-can-still-get-connected-says-big-blue --New solutions: Linoma goes cross-platform, mrc gets graphical Seamus Quinn Linoma Software (http://www.linomasoftware.com)'s GoAnywhere file transfer solution has been validated to run on the Power p and System z and mrc ( http://www.mrc-productivity.com) has given its m-Power application modernisation tool a new graphical interface. Linoma worked with IBM's appropriately named Chiphopper programme to verify that GoAnywhere operates on Linux and AIX operating systems for the Power p as well as Linux on the System z mainframe without any adverse effects to functionality or performance. To view the full article go to: http://systeminetwork.com/article/new-solutions-linoma-goes-cross-platform-mrc-gets-graphical iNEWSWire UK, published bi-weekly on Wednesdays, brings you System i industry news, product news, and IBM announcements from the UK and EMEA You are subscribed as: #email# (not #email# ? Subscribe Now (http://www.systeminetwork.com/myprofile).) For questions, comments, and reader feedback about an item or product covered in iNEWSWire UK, please e-mail Seamus Quinn (mailto:seamus@iseriesnetwork.com) or +44 (0)7846 102192. 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