Re: Search400 IT Briefing

This is the same approach to "modernization" that Microsoft were taking on
the Midrange Modernization Tour in 2005. The same MAP (Midrange Alliance
Program) is available today: http://www.microsoft.com/midrange

There were enough of us iBigots to welcome .NET to our platform for
modernization with i as the DB and the core apps, that the 'migration' pitch
did not stick. Migration pitches are loud, and they appeal to
Windows-leaning DP managers. CIOs who are actually C-level executives (and
don't report to a CFO) tend not to believe a migration away from the i
platform is sensible, cost effective or has any ROI.

This push tends to re-appear on a cyclical basis, and Fujitsu and Microsoft
are certainly out to get us. Of course, we should advertise our own
modernization strategy - move from 400 to i5/OS, and upgrade for free!





On 8/9/07 11:48 AM, "davidson_l" <DAVIDSON_L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Get a load of this... now we're a "legacy platform",
lacking in flexibility and scalability? I've gotten lots of
helpful and useful stuff from Search400 in the past, but
this sort of "marketspeak" is a good example of the negative
image that the System i community has to contend against.


Arrgh!


Dear Search400.com member,

Read this IT Briefing to learn how moving away from System i
(iSeries) can allow your organization to enhance application
performance, developer productivity and overall IT agility.

Click here to download:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1959745/264997