I have send the IBM PureFlex pdf doc to Kerneels, Radoslaw, and David Crayford offlist, because the List does not accept PDF attachments or Snagit Graphics.
Anyone else who wants the PDF, please just email me offlist and I will be glad to send it to you. Sorry for the inconvenience. On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:06 PM, George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> wrote: > ty, Kerneels. > > This is why IBM announced PureSystems, April 11, and PureFlex, the next > generation of zBx, April 19. > > I met with our IBM Rep today and their Hybrid SME and they admitted that > zBx was more IBM facing, less flexible, and that is why they came out with > PureFlex which is much more opensystems facing though it still has > excellent, even improved, IBM MF connectivity. > > IBM-MAIN does not allow PDF attachments, so I snaged some key pages below > from the IBM PureFlex pdf. > > I believe PureFlex addresses many of not most of the shortcomings noted > here by Radoslaw, David Crayford, and others. > > IBM's presentation today was very convincing, very competitive with Cisco, > Oracle, EMC, HP, etc, etc, etc :-)� (Sorry I could not resist that). > > I do appreciate your critique and that of the others, but the more I look > into the merits of them, I find that IBM is rapidly addressing the > shortcomings. > > Please do check out the following docs and let me know what you think. > > These are exciting times. > . > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:21 PM, George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> ty, Kerneels. >> >> This is why IBM announced PureSystems, April 11, and PureFlex, the next >> generation of zBx, April 19. >> >> I met with our IBM Rep today and their Hybrid SME and they admitted that >> zBx was more IBM facing, less flexible, and that is why they came out with >> PureFlex which is much more opensystems facing though it still has >> excellent, even improved, IBM MF connectivity. >> >> I have attached their doc and the pertinent pages are 8,17,37-40. >> >> I believe PureFlex addresses many of not most of the shortcomings noted >> here by Radoslaw, David Crayford, and others. >> >> IBM's presentation today was very convincing, very competitive with >> Cisco, Oracle, EMC, HP, etc, etc, etc :-)� (Sorry I could not resist that). >> >> I do appreciate your critique and that of the others, but the more I look >> into the merits of them, I find that IBM is rapidly addressing the >> shortcomings. >> >> Please do check out the attached and let me know what you think. >> >> These are exciting times. >> . >> >> >> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Kerneels < >> kerne...@absoftwareconsultants.com> wrote: >> >>> George, >>> >>> Before you start shouting "wolf,,, wolf" again : >>> - IBM published the following video on Facebook today. >>> - The video was uploaded to YOUTUBE on 27 March 2012 : >>> >>> Payment Solution Providers moved to zEnterprise with DB2 for Linux to >>> handle thousands of transactions a second >>> Payment Solution Providers move to IBM System z >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=YenjXCd-7Rs<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YenjXCd-7Rs> >>> >>> Business success came with IT challenges for Payment Solution Providers >>> (PSP), an industry-leading provider of e-payment solutions. Executive Vice >>> President ... >>> >>> >>> Explanation ? >>> >>> It happened ONE YEAR ago in CANADA and according to the article : >>> - PSP has never used "IBM" before >>> - PSP thought it would allow them to grow their business in North >>> America... >>> >>> So, after ONE year.. this is the best the IBM marketing department can >>> come up with ? >>> >>> http://www.channelinsider.com/**c/a/IBM/Payment-Solutions-** >>> Replaces-Oracle-<http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/IBM/Payment-Solutions-Replaces-Oracle-> >>> HP-System-With-IBM-Mainframe-**608058/ >>> >>> Payment Solutions Dumps Oracle, HP for IBM - IBM news from Channel >>> Insider >>> www.channelinsider.com >>> Payment Solution Providers will use an IBM mainframe system running z/OS >>> and DB2 over HP servers running Oracle database software. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >>> ---------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> George Henke >> (C) 845 401 5614 >> > > > > -- > George Henke > (C) 845 401 5614 > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
