Re: IBM and Infor announce hardware/software partnership

It might resonate a little better here at Bergquist if IBM did any kind
of adequate job in giving us a path forward for BI after they announced
the demise of Essbase on the iSeries. Offering Cognos at list price was
kind of cold. It has management here doubting the viability of IBM as a
vendor. How the mighty have fallen...

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Subject: [BPCS-L] IBM and Infor announce hardware/software partnership

Cross posted with BPCS and Midrange Lists.... due to its relevance to
the
overall health of the IBM i's market and IBM's dedication to it that
sometimes comes into question...

Thought you guys might like this Manufacturers Gain Better Data
Intelligence with Integrated ERP Platform from IBM and Infor

This Forbes article spurred me to find the above announcement on the
Infor
site. IBM Adds ERP Specialist Infor to its Deep Bench

I think that these kinds of moves can only strengthen and hopefully
bring
to light the power of the IBM i. What do you guys think? Will this
have
any significant impact?


Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
570-546-4777
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