Re: IBM and the vanishing System i

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Since there has been some major opposition to SOA in the System i World - 
including here on Midrange-L, why would IBM consider it a value proposition 
to run on System i?

I hear a large Chicago user group named OMNI has dropped SOA from its 
upcoming conference. If SOA is dropped from System i conferences, no wonder 
IBM SOA documents ignore the System i platform.

Trevor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: IBM and the vanishing System i


> Far be it from me to want to intentionally give Steve any more ammo for 
> his
> cannon, but here's a little piece that really pisses me off.  It's an IBM
> Redpaper entitled "Powering SOA with IBM Data Servers".  If you read the
> abstract below, you'll see NO mention of the System i or of i5/OS.  Nor is
> there anything in the entire 754 page Redpaper, either.
>
> It's possible that we're left out because this is all due to cool DB2 V9
> features, but I guess I don't understand why those features are available
> for z/OS and not for i5/OS.
>
> Joe
>
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247259.html
>
>
> Abstract
> Flexibility in business has become equal in importance with operational
> efficiency. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help businesses 
> respond
> more quickly and cost-effectively to the changing market conditions by
> promoting reuse and interconnection of existing IT assets rather than
> time-consuming and costly reinvention.
>
> SOA has been the top fashionable topic in IT for a few years now. This is
> because there is a consensus of opinions among enterprise architects that
> SOA is the key to making the IT department a catalyst for growth and
> innovation.
>
> This IBM Redbook helps you get started with SOA by showing the
> implementation of the minimum requirements: The creation of Web services
> that allow access to data that is stored in data servers or applications 
> and
> the realization of interaction services for business to consumer
> integration. The data servers included in our scenario are DB2 for z/OS, 
> DB2
> for Linux, UNIX and Windows, Informix Dynamic Server and IMS.
>
> This redbook is a roadmap showing how SOA can significantly improve the IT
> business value.