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IBM says changes it made to the iSeries reseller channel program last year are working, and it doesn’t plan to make any significant changes for 2004. In 2003, IBM eliminated the coverage value added enhancements (VAEs) for 150 of its smallest business partners, which hampered their ability to sell iSeries upgrades as they had in the past. IBM executives say it was a necessary move in order to protect the profit margins of resellers who invested in new skills and software solutions, and to make the overall partner ecosystem healthier. In previous issues of this newsletter, Guild Companies has reported on the difficult conditions that smaller iSeries resellers are facing today. Downward pressure on prices for iSeries hardware, combined with an abundance of resellers, has hurt profit margins at many reseller shops and is driving significant changes in the channel, they say. (See the first two articles in this series, “iSeries Resellers Struggling to Survive in Overcrowded Channel” and “IBM Faces Tough Choices to Bring iSeries Channel Back to Health,” for more information on this issue.) Last week IBM responded to our numerous attempts at seeking comment. Paulo Carvao, vice president of iSeries sales, and John Guido, who left Carvao’s job in 2002 to become an executive in IBM’s Partnerworld organization, say the problem is not that there are too many resellers in the iSeries channel or that there are too few. It’s not a problem of quantity of business partners, but their quality. Current business partners do not have the right mix of technical skills and software offerings–the two main ingredients in selling “solutions”–to compete in today’s channel, IBM says. “Our business partners account for close to 90 percent of iSeries business, so the health of this business partner channel is of paramount importance,” Carvao says. “The reality of the market we live in is that hardware margins are under pressure. Many resellers in the channel, when confronted with this, have incorporated non-hardware elements–software, services. Having said that, the fact is, over the last year, we’ve restored growth to the iSeries business. In the United States, the reseller business has grown 6 percent. This leads to hope that decompressing [the IT market] will restore growth to this business. And with growth comes enthusiasm, and it’s easier to command profit margins.” This rising tide theory would work well if the iSeries business as a whole was growing strongly. And while 6 percent growth is nothing to sneeze at, the fact remains that while revenues are up, profit margins at many of IBM’s resellers–particularly the mom-and-pop shops selling “onesies” and “twosies”–are down significantly from prior years. IBM attributes this to a phenomenon called stacking, which occurs when too many resellers in a given geographic region are competing in the same accounts. IBM addressed stacking by making changes to the iSeries channel program in 2003. “In the channel, we’ve tried to take a few key steps to minimize stacking and to have fewer partners to meet the demand,” Guido says. In 2000, IBM started the transition from the services value added enhancement–a type of credential IBM gives that allows a reseller to compete on certain types of contracts–to the coverage value added enhancement. In 2003, IBM went a step further and removed the services VAE from 150 “member” level business partners, which meant they could no longer make a living just by selling iSeries upgrades. IBM says it has grandfathered in the resellers, though, so they can continue to sell upgrades for the same iSeries serial numbers among their existing customers. Cannot render the file. “When we went from services VAE to coverage VAE, it was just one action to improve channel health,” Guido says. “What we ended up with was having more skills, more successful partners, we minimized the stacking, and protected partners investments.” While it trimmed the bottom of its reseller roster, IBM also grew the number of “advanced” and “premiere” business partners, and it made changes to the special bid process that protects resellers who have invested in software and skills, which tend to be higher-level business partners. When taken together, the moves were intended to force resellers to get new skills or to find a software solution to sell, if they wanted to continue in this iSeries business. Guido says the changes were made for two reasons. First, it was intended to bring more value to customers, and second, it tried to minimize stacking. “The challenge is, you don’t make everybody happy,” Guido says. “Not everybody gets [coverage and support VAEs]. If they were relying only on coverage VAE and didn’t have solution VAEs, it’s potentially not a very profitable situation. It’s a very dangerous situation to be in.” IBM offers hundreds of different VAEs. There are VAEs for WebSphere, for high availability, and for iSeries-based SAP implementations. For just about any type of conceivable workload, there’s a VAE addressing it. It is through the VAEs, and other institutions such as the bid process, that IBM controls which resellers can compete on a given contract and the amount of profit a reseller can make. Some resellers are unhappy with changes IBM made to the special bid process in 2003. Guido defended the changes, saying they were necessary to protect resellers who have invested their resources in the software and skills IBM wanted them to invest in. “When multiple partners come in on a special bid, the bid goes to certification. We look at the certification around the opportunity–who developed the opportunity, who made investments,” he says. “There’s a process there not to declare a winner but to protect who made the investment.” Resellers who lose the bids in these situations often complain, Guido says, but that’s the cost of making the channel healthy. “We’re looking to grow this business quite a bit more, but the other side of that is, how do we protect our partners when they do make an investment,” he says. “If we’re going to help the channel, and make it a healthy channel, we’re going to need to protect the margin. If I can have a healthy channel, and 80 percent are doing extremely well, and 20 percent don’t get on the bandwagon . . . it’s hard to please everybody.” There’s nothing new about IBM’s control over the channel. The carrot and the stick enable IBM to lead the channel in the direction that it sees best, by rewarding resellers who spend money to grow the business and holding back resellers who don’t meet quotas or who haven’t invested in skills and software. What is new about the approach IBM is taking is the level of change and the rising chorus of dissatisfaction from being left behind. Some resellers say there are simply too many resellers in the iSeries channel and that changes IBM has made to the channel rules are intended to cull the number of resellers. In effect, the changes ensure healthy margins for those who followed IBM’s lead. Carvao says the problem is not that simple. “I would say it’s difficult to say if we have too many or too few resellers,” Carvao says. “We don’t want to oversimplify the problem. I don’t believe this is about reducing the number of partners. We want to establish a balance in the partner ecosystem.” IBM says the changes were necessary to ensure the overall health of the iSeries channel. “In general, the feedback we’ve been receiving has been we’ve taken steps in the right direction,” Carvao says. “At the end of the day, we’re generating healthier margins for those in the channel, and providing quality coverage in front of the customers.” Other Articles in this Series |
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Developer | IBM |
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OS family | OS/400 |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Closed source |
Initial release | 1988; 31 years ago |
Latest release | 7.4 / April 23, 2019; 2 months ago |
Marketing target | Minicomputer and enterprise server |
Available in | English |
Platforms | IBM Power Systems, IBM PureSystems |
Kernel type | shares many Microkernel (SLIC) and Virtual machine (TIMI) design philosophies |
License | Proprietary |
Official website | IBM i |
Apk for blackberry 10. IBM i is an operating system that runs on IBM Power Systems and IBM PureSystems. It was named OS/400 when it was introduced with the AS/400 line of computer systems in 1988, was later renamed i5/OS, and was renamed IBM i in 2008 when IBM Power Systems was introduced.
It is one of the operating systems supported on IBM Power Systems alongside AIX and Linux as well as on IBM PureSystems alongside AIX, Linux and Windows.
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History[edit]
The early IBM System/36 and IBM System/38 series customers were a key target of the AS/400, so OS/400 (now known as IBM i), has built-in subsystems that provide backward compatibility with these earlier IBM general business systems. IBM i programs, like System/38 programs before them, contain both processor-independent 'virtual' binary code and processor-dependent executable binary code. Compilers for IBM i produce the processor-independent code as their output; the operating system automatically translates the processor-independent code into the processor-dependent code as needed, without the need for source code or attention by IT personnel. Notably, when migrating from a legacy processor, the only effect that most organizations notice is that the program runs somewhat longer when it runs for the first time on the new computer. Migration consists of taking a backup from the old computer, and restoring it on the new.[1]
In 1999, IBM introduced logical partitioning (LPARs) with i5/OS to support multiple virtual systems on a single hardware footprint.
In 2014, IBM ported Node.js to IBM i.[2]
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In 2018, IBM made available the Yum package manager and the capability to install open-source software via RPM packages.[3][4]
Features[edit]
IBM designed IBM i as a 'turnkey' operating system, requiring little or no on-site attention from IT staff during normal operation. For example, IBM i has a built-in DB2 database which does not require separate installation. Disks are multiply redundant, and can be replaced on line without interrupting work. Hardware and software maintenance tasks are integrated. System administration has been wizard-driven for years, even before that term was defined. This automatic self-care policy goes so far as to automatically schedule all common system maintenance, detect many failures and even order spare parts and service automatically. Organizations using IBM i sometimes have sticker shock when confronting the cost of system maintenance on other systems.[1] However, the overall total cost of ownership for IBM i on IBM Power Systems is dramatically lower than other platforms. This is due to the integrated DB2 database and other components, system autonomy and lack of management personnel needed. [5]
Another remarkable feature is that this system was one of the earliest to be object-based. Unlike traditional operating systems like Unix and Windows NT there are no files, only objects of different types. It implemented one of the earliest-known systems for persistent objects. Further, the objects persist in very large, flat virtual memory, called a single-level store.[1]
Management Interfaces[edit]
IBM Navigator for i is a web-based tool for administration of the system, database, Apache web server, and WebSphere Application Server.
IBM i Access Client Solutions is a Java-based client and a user, development and systems management interface.
PASE[edit]
IBM i also provides an environment for AIX applications to run natively on the OS without the need for an AIX LPAR.[6]
AIX programs are binary compatible with IBM i when using its PASE (Portable Applications System Environment). PASE is essentially 'an operating system within an operating system', supporting the most recent stable version of AIX. Most AIX 5L compatible binaries may be executed without modification or recompilation in the PASE environment. Exceptions to this are programs that contain direct calls to AIX kernel based APIs as there is no AIX kernel in PASE. If necessary an AIX program may be built directly in PASE using a standard AIX XL C/C++ compiler, for example if native APIs are to be used. In that case APIs are provided to translate between the AIX style pointers and the native 16 byte pointers. Support is provided for running both 32-bit and 64-bit AIX executables.
Open-source software[edit]
Open-source software available includes Apache HTTP Server, OpenSSL, Java, Ruby, PHP, Python, Node.js, gcc, Nginx, Git, and much more.[7]
Version[edit]
When IBM announced the new Power Systems line of servers on April 2, 2008, they renamed the operating system from i5/OS to IBM i[8] and changed the version identifier format from VxRxMx (Version, Release, Modification, e.g. V6R1M0) to the more standard format (e.g. 6.1).
The latest version of IBM i is 7.3, announced on April 12, 2016 and released on April 15, 2016 (Version Support Schedule).
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With 7.1, IBM started delivering more updates to the operating system via Technology Refreshes. These Technology Refreshes enable further value to the operating system without the need of incurring point releases and allowing customers longer periods between upgrades. For 7.1, Technology Refresh 11 was released in October 2015. IBM i 7.2 Technology Refresh 9 was released in September 2018. IBM i 7.3 Technology Refresh 6 was released May 10, 2019.[9]
Version 7.2 was released in May 2014.[10]
Version 7.3 was released in April 2016.[11]
Version[12] | Release date[13] | End of Program Support[14] | |
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Old version, no longer supported: V1 | 1988-08-26 | 1993-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V2R1 | 1991-05-24 | 1994-06-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V2R1M1 | 1992-03-06 | 1994-06-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V2R2 | 1992-12-18 | 1995-06-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V2R3 | 1993-12-17 | 1996-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V3R1 | 1995-06-21 | 1998-10-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V3R2 | 1996-06-04 | 2000-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V3R6 | 1995-12-22 | 1998-10-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V3R7 | 1996-11-08 | 1999-06-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V4R1 | 1997-08-29 | 2000-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V4R2 | 1998-02-27 | 2000-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V4R3 | 1998-09-11 | 2001-01-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V4R4 | 1999-05-21 | 2001-05-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V4R5 | 2000-07-28 | 2002-12-31 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V5R1 | 2001-05-25 | 2005-09-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V5R2 | 2002-08-30 | 2007-04-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V5R3 | 2004-06-03 | 2009-04-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: V5R4 | 2007-04-20 | 2013-09-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: 6.1 | 2008-03-21 | 2015-09-30 | |
Old version, no longer supported: 7.1 | 2010-04-23 | 2018-04-30 | |
Older version, yet still supported: 7.2 | 2014-11-11 | N/A | |
Current stable version:7.3 | 2016-04-15 | N/A | |
Future release: 7.4 | 2019-06-21 | N/A | |
Old version Latest version Future release |
See also[edit]
- Multics for a considerably earlier system which provided persistent objects
User groups[edit]
User groups have played a major part in the evolution of IBM i. COMMON is the world’s largest professional association of IBM technology users. It provides independent education, certification, advocacy and networking among users, IBM and related third-party solution providers.[15] The Large User Group (LUG),[16] whose membership consists of major corporations, is a major influence for current and future development of IBM i. Both COMMON and LUG work with IBM regularly to help provide constructive feedback and perspective to IBM i platform direction. The Young i Professionals (YIPS)[17] is a subset of COMMON that has been significant in influencing the direction of the IBM i.
References[edit]
- ^ abcSoltis, Frank, 'Inside the AS/400'; Frank Soltis was the AS/400 system architect.
- ^'Node.js'. IBM i Technology Updates - Open Source Technologies.
- ^'Open Source Has Never Tasted So Good!'. IBM Systems Mangazine - Open Your i.
- ^'IBM i Open Source using yum'. IBM i Open Source.
- ^'IBM i's TCO Advantage Widens, According to Reports'. IT Jungle.
- ^'IBM PASE for i'. IBM.
- ^'IBM i Open Source using yum'. IBM i Open Source.
- ^IBM Introduces the First in a New Generation of Power Systems
- ^'IBM i Technology Refresh'. http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/877/ENUSZP19-0254/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en. IBM.External link in
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(help) - ^'Planned Availability Date'. IBM i 7.2 TR3 and IBM i 7.1 TR11 offer performance, usability, and integration enhancements.
- ^'IBM i 7.3'. IBM i 7.3 can deliver significant client value for database and security, and support for industry-leading workloads like analytics and mobile computing.
- ^IBM i Technology Updates
- ^IBM i Software lifecycle
- ^IBM i Upgrade planning:Releases
- ^'COMMON'. COMMON. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
- ^'LUG'. LUG. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^'Young i Professionals (YIPS)'. YIPS. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
External links[edit]
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- RPGPGM.COM — An extensive resource of articles giving examples of RPG code and related programming
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