Deep Inside Rochester

I used to own an IBM polo shirt with the slogan "64 Bits, No Buts!" on the sleeve. That was over 10 years ago.

Earlier this week, an article called "Why 64 Bits Will Soon Matter" was published at IT-Analysis.com. The article talks about a 64 bit Revolution where a new generation of applications will have a single view of data in memory and divorce themselves of assumptions that the primary copy of the data is held on a spinning disk.

Beneath System i's machine interface, we call this single-level store. Applications built on this technology make no distinction between data in memory or on a "spinning disk."

Some days, the i just stands out.

C-level, adj,

Used to refer to an executive-level officer, such as the CEO, CIO, CFO, COO, etc.

The LUG was in Rochester last week (despite the snow), and several members made a reference to their "C-levels."

IBM released a series of IT Revenge videos on YouTube (my favorite is Hard Boot Pinata).

This is new for System i, and I found it to be an entertaining way to make a point about System i's reliability and robustness (yeah, there is an alternative to running your business on a PC).

The end of each video points you to the "iwantcontrol" site, which has more information about i.

Check it out.