When I saw that PowerWire had hit the virtual newsstands, I naturally wondered whether it was short on material about AIX. As it turns out, the editor was more than happy to add some antipodean Unix articles to the mix. As an AIX techie from way back (I worked on

IBM may not be selling its processor businesses to GlobalFoundries after all, according to a Bloomberg report. On Friday, the American news agency posted a story that said IBM had walked away from the negotiating table because GlobalFoundries’ offer for its chip operation was too small. Neither party had been

IBM is rumoured to be on the brink of selling its Power processor manufacturing business. According to reports in American media outlets, Big Blue is going to offload its entire chip-making arm to California-headquartered GlobalFoundries. GlobalFoundries was spun out of AMD in 2009 and is owned by the Emirate of

The whole of the UK’s IBM i community has been invited to join staff at LANSA on this year’s Palace- to-Palace charity bike ride. A flagship annual fixture to raise funds for The Princes Trust, the event features 4,000 cyclists riding 45 miles from Buckingham Palace to

Power Systems running AIX cost less to run than Oracle’s new Exadata boxes, according to a new report published by IBM. American analyst International Technology Group (ITG) weighed up the three-year costs and performance of the two heavyweight combatants slugging it out in the Unix server war. And while

Big British IBM business partner APSU is holding three major events to fly the flag for Power Systems. Its Technology Showcase events take place at Manchester United FC’s Old Trafford ground on June 24, London’s Canary Wharf on July 9 and the Silverstone racing circuit in Northamptonshire on

PowerWire has been appointed as official media partner of NiSUG’s International i-Power conference to be held later this month. The UK National iSystems User Group’s two day event takes place on June 18 and 19 at the Beaumont House Hotel in Windsor. Frank Soltis (pictured), the father of