How much of that business was US based as opposed to off-shore? --- On Wed, 2/16/11, Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> wrote:
> From: Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> > Subject: Re: Watson > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 10:11 AM > The mainframe certainly isn't dying, > from "Big-Iron Brouhaha" > (http://esj.com/Articles/2011/02/15/Big-Iron-Brouhaha.aspx?Page=1): > > "Systems and Technology had fantastic performance, with 21 > percent > growth. We had growth in every platform, but the most > impressive growth > was in our System z mainframes, which were up almost 70 > percent," said > CFO Mark Loughridge, in Big Blue's Q4 earnings conference > call. > > and... > > Also during Q4, IBM picked up two dozen new System z > customers > > I, too, wished IBM would do more to highlight the z series > capabilities > in public forums, but Watson is a massively parallel system > (2K+ cores, > I believe), and I have my doubts as to whether or not a > collection of > z10s could be integrated together tightly enough to meet > the software's > requirements. I could be wrong, however. :-) > > DJ > > On 02/16/2011 08:23 AM, Larry Macioce wrote: > > I am a little disappointed that IBM chose p7s to play > on rather than a > > mainframe loaded with Linux. > > I think it would have given the mainframe a boost. I > am in a PM class and > > heard from a classmate yesterday how the mainframe is > dying. > > By placing watson on blades this just lends fuel to > the fire of the > > mainframe can't handle it. > > > > Just my .02. > > Mace > > > > -- > Dave Jones > V/Soft Software > www.vsoft-software.com > Houston, TX > 281.578.7544 >
