by Brian W. Kelly Book Description There is no better kept secret in the computer industry than the new eServer i5 from IBM. Another secret of which most modern computerists are unaware is that IBM makes the finest, most architecturally elegant, most usable, most productive, and most affordable computer system of all time. That system is the iSeries i5, the all-everything machine, and though its birth was on May 4, 2004, its advanced underpinnings go back well over 30 years. That's an awful long time for any company to keep such a secret, but Kelly's speculation is that today's IBM is getting ready to change all that. Find out more in The All-Everything Machine. Contents: Chapter 1: What Is The All-Everything Machine Chapter 2: Where Did The i5 Come From? Chapter 3: Voices of Users, Analysts, and Industry Experts Chapter 4: Why Have We Not Heard of All-Everything Machines? Chapter 5: History of Computers from IBM Rochester Chapter 6: IBM's eServers & the IBM i5 Chapter 7: Autonomic Computing from the Start Chapter 8: Advanced Concepts in the All-Everything Machine Chapter 9: Integrated Transaction Processing Chapter 10: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Otto Robinson Chapter 11: The Rise of the RISC Machine Chapter 12: IBM's Future System (FS) Project Chapter 13: Pacific Project: Beginning of the All-Everything Machine Chapter 14: The Fort Knox Project Chapter 15: The Silverlake Project Chapter 16: The Cost of Owning the All Everthing Machine Chapter 17: The Future of the All-Everything Machine Index About the Author Brian Kelly retired as a 30-year IBM Midrange SE in 1999, having cut his eye teeth in 1969 on the System/3 and later with CCP. While with IBM, he was also a Certified Instructor and a Mid-Atlantic Area Designated Specialist. Kelly takes pride in having announced the AS/400 at Marywood University in June, 1988. When IBM began to move its sales and support to Business Partners, he formed Kelly Consulting in 1992 as an IT education and consulting firm. Kelly developed numerous AS/400 professional courses over the years that range from soup to nuts. He has written dozens of books and numerous magazine articles about current IT topics, including articles for The Four Hundred, Midrange Computing, Showcase, News/400, AS/400 Systems Management, AS/400 Internet Expert, and others. Kelly has also developed and taught a number of college courses and is currently an adjunct member of the graduate faculty at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he also serves as iSeries technical advisor to the IT faculty. |
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