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Re: 2005 best year for iSeries in a DECADE

This probably not the answer you looking for.
Pages 14-47 of IBM's annual report has "Management Discussion" comparing 2005 to 2004 
* IBM sold the Hard Drive part of the business
* IBM divestiture of PC business
* IBM profited from the settlement with Microsoft
* improved demand in the hardware business not including iSeries
* improved demand in many areas not mentioning iSeries
* Discussion of pension plan impact on IBM finances
They talk about how great on-demand is for their customers, failing to mention how it reduces IBM expenses to be able to make more standardized hardware packages. 

I am not finding anything here about
* The Ernst & Young breach that stabbed 100% IBM employees in the back
* Continuing threat from SCO lawsuit
We also want to take a look at IBM form 10-K filed with SEC, especially item 1A on "Risk Factors"
After the general discussion and list of IBM products and services we get to the financials with explanations. 

from 2004 to 2005 IBM revenue increased 0.8 % for iSeries
The best such increase was 39.2 % for Engineering and Technology Services while the worst was NEGATIVE 23.0 percent for Retail Store Solutions. Just looking at the eServers 
zSeries NEGATIVE 7.6 %
iSeries 0,8 %
pSeries 14.6 % due to POWER architecture
xSeries 5.9%

iSeries growth was due to increased demand for the POWER5 products
In 2005 IBM got 2,500 new iSeries clients


Joe,

any feef for where a lot of this growth is coming from?

Is it companies upgrading a lot of aging kit, or compianies that are new to
as400's

cheers
Colin.W
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