RE: The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No Glitz (andan IBM i :) )

A lot of casinos and hotels were running software from either Hotel
Information Systems or IBM. HIS is now defunct, and IBM's HRGAS code went
the way of MAPICS, DMAS, CMAS, etc. IBM sold it off and the software has
changed hands several times.

I sometimes wonder how different our IT world would look today if IBM hadn't
gotten out of the software business.

Paul Nelson
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Hopwood
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Subject: Re: The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No Glitz
(andan IBM i :) )

I interviewed for a job at Bally's in Atlantic City in the late 90s.
Their data center looked just like ever other one I had ever been in.
From what I remember, they had 10-15 AS/400s. They even had some S/36
code still running.

Glenn

On 7/8/2010 3:46 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No Glitz

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178445/The_surprising_secret_of_a_La
s_Vegas_data_center_No_glitz

And on page two:
"Like many other casinos, Sands uses IBM System i servers because many
core systems used in the gaming industry are written in IBM's RPG
programming language. System i runs financials, inventory and
purchasing, among other systems. "

Interesting enough, I got found the story via a link in an MS SQL
Server newsletter :)

Charles