RE: RODIN and other DW, DM, BI implementations on iSeries

Dave,

Customers that I am aware of who have deployed BI natively on the iSeries 
successfully include Caterpillar, Hyundai, Boyd Gaming, Wells Fargo and Harley 
Davidson.  I am sure if you dropped a note to the ISVs or look at their case 
studies online, you could find more success stories.  I bet a quick email would 
get you even more.  

You are right about BI on the iSeries not getting a lot attention. From what I 
have read and heard, IBM recommends AIX as the preferred platform for BI even 
for the iSeries.  The Rochester iSeries BI marketing team was dissolved and 
even the Dallas BI Competency Center was eliminated.  This is consistent with 
IBM standardizing, such as  Linux and AIX as the preferred OS, Java as the 
preferred language and WebSphere as the preferred application server.  

The other problem with BI on the iSeries is cost.  To put in something like 
RODIN, for example, is about twice the price of deploying IBM's solution on 
AIX.  And an AIX solution is usually about 5 times as expensive as putting in a 
Windows-based solution.  This is just for the software licenses and does not 
factor in TCO of course.

Hope this helps...
 
David deLisi ● DP&E ● 425.706.1899 ● 425.753.4141 (cell) 
 

 
 

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Dave Odom
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:51 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RODIN and other DW, DM, BI implementations on iSeries

If any of you know of implementations of RODIN (the good, the bad and
the ugly) or other actual implementations of Data Warehouse and Business
Intelligence environments (same thing, good, bad...) on the iSeries, I'd
like to hear about them.   I don't think the iSeries is being taken
seriously in this world but I could be mistaken.  Implementation numbers
and business benefit will tell the tale, to date.

Thanks in advance,

Dave Odom
Arizona