Re: Info on I-Series standing

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is some good material at
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/news/
this is the iSeries "in the news" for the year.
I did catch on a training session on the etNetwork statellite, that 98% of
the Fortune 100
run AS/400s. There also was some study earlier this year (Gardner or
Aberdeen or someone
rating the iSeries the "best " application server in the market today.
Probably in ibm news or go
to Gardner, etc & look from the studies.
hth - jim

----- Original Message -----
From: <ehankins@purina.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: Info on I-Series standing


> In trying to dissuade mgmt thinking of OS400 as an old and fading
> technology, I have been looking for information or  figures on the
> percentage of total I.S.
> dollars spent for AS/400 I-Series hardware and software, vs. other
> platforms.
>
>   For example,   28 % spent on NT:   35 % on Unix;  15 % on OS390;  8 %
> OS400 .  (As a % of total I.S.  budget)
> You get the idea.
>
>    The thought process I am dealing with , is that AS/400 is on the
backside
> of the technology bell curve.
>    I have searched IBM, sites and many others but have had little
> success......
> I would also be interested any  articles, links  , charts , etc  - that
have
> information on any of the following:
>
>   * percentage Fortune 500 companies utilizing AS/400's in some form
> * total number of AS/400's sold :(upwards of 600K , last time I
> read)
> * Sales numbers VRS . other platforms.
>   I would like to be able to show, from an independent source, that AS/400
> is holding it's market share.
> ( I hope that is the case )
>
> All responses appreciated.
>
> Ellis Hankins
> Ralston Purina Co
> 314 982 2785
> ehankins@purina.com
>
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