Archive: December, 2005

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM zSeries 2064-1C6 zSeries Z900 1271MIPS with: 16GB, 4xFICON SW, 4xGB OSA, 24xESCON, MSQ – $309,000 2064-1C1 zSeries Z900 [...]

Many of you are now familiar with the first clause of our standard Plain English Sale Conditions To ENSURE YOU ARE HAPPY with the end result. Judging by the feedback we are receiving from customers who have purchased the new i5 Series machines, this certainly is being met. Here are a few brief customer comments on [...]

IBM iSeries Technical Update was held in Brisbane in mid November The two day technical training was packed with useful information and attending was certainly time well spent. With the ever increasing ability of the iSeries to support a large variety of operating systems (like Windows, Linux or AIX) running in partitions on the same [...]

IBM recently announced that the eServer i5 now supports the placement of the load source disk in an external storage array Prior to this, the i5 would support external disk, however the requirements were that at least one disk remained under the i5 covers to act as the load source (see IBM Redbooks – iSeries [...]

IBM have not yet officially announced the exact release date of their next Operating System to replace V5R3. Rumour has it that this new version, tipped to be called i5/OS V5R4 will be released in the first quarter of 2006. Some of the new features that are believed to be included are: RAID 6 – [...]

Thank you to all those who attended our Christmas Luncheons in Sydney and Melbourne in November We thoroughly enjoyed hosting these lunches. The venues were superb and we trust you all took the opportunity to network with some new and old friends. Melbourne turned on the weather for us, or as we believe, we brought the [...]

What’s Hot Right Now? When we talk to our customers we often get asked “What’s hot at the moment?” Or “What have you got in stock?” At the moment the iSeries models 800, 810 and 825 represent very good value in the market. In the brokerage cycle they are in the pricing “sweet spot”. It [...]

What Are Hardware Management Consoles? A hardware management console (HMC) is an Intel based PC appliance that is used to configure and manage partitions on IBM Power 5 systems (i520 etc). The main applications of a HMC include server and partition management and licensed internal code maintenance. When Are They Required? You will need a [...]

IBM has always set the standard for high quality software Support Line Services Just a reminder, we can now tailor your support line services to suit your critical business needs. With a choice of business hours or 24 x 7 coverage, Support Line can be accessed via local telephone or electronic services. IBM has an [...]

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Systems 9406 8002463-7400 25/300 cpw OS5.2 512MB memory, 5 x 17GB disks, Raid, Ethernet, 30GB ¼” Tape + [...]

As many of you are aware, all iSeries machines built and sold by Computer Merchants have default passwords pre-loaded with accompanying documentation outlining the rack configuration, software installed, information about license keys etc. Many of our clients change these passwords upon delivery of their new equipment and we do encourage you to change these. In [...]

Recently, Computer Merchants purchased some equipment from one of our customers. Our customer requested that instead of paying them for the equipment, we donate the money to a charity on their behalf. We donated the funds to Red Cross Australia which was much appreciated, especially at this time of year. A big thank you goes [...]

You might remember us mentioning in previous newsletters that we send out customer satisfaction surveys with our invoices. We really appreciate the time you take to complete the survey and tell us how you rate our goods and services. If you would like to request a copy of the survey please email us. It is [...]

Hello, my name is Paris Proszynski and I have been working in the Customer Service team for 3 months at Computer Merchants. Prior to joining the crew, I had been working for 3 years in Administration, Retail and Hospitality as well as finishing my schooling in Melbourne. I am a social butterfly as I am [...]

Cargo Management Re-engineering Delays Through Customs Many of us have read or heard about the delays Customs have been experiencing lately. There have been numerous media reports on a new clearing process called Cargo Management Re-Engineering (CMR). CMR has been running for the past couple of months, and promises to be a much more streamlined method [...]

Samuels Courier Services (SCS) has been a success because SCS really cares about the service they provide. As it is a small operation, parcels are not passed on from one vehicle to another before eventually arriving at their destinations. In this way SCS are able to provide express services that really are express – delivered [...]

Hi, my name is Wilhelmina Ramakers. I have recently joined the Customer Service team here at Computer Merchants. Prior to joining the team here, I had a casual position at “The Warehouse”, working in customer service and ‘doing time’ behind the registers! I completed grade 12 at Mabel Park High School only two years ago, [...]

Businesses around Australia and New Zealand depreciate their IT hardware at all sorts of different rates. Some can be over a few years and others up to 8 years plus. Very often, within a particular depreciation schedule there comes the need for extra disk, memory or processors. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense to purchase brand new [...]

I would like to say a big thanks to all the people that I have spoken to since I started here. For the people I have not spoken to, I will be in touch in the very near future. I have come from a software development background, spending 2 years studying at Swinburne TAFE. My [...]

At Computer Merchants, we put a lot of importance on the “value” you obtain when you purchase your equipment through us. Here’s just a few of the points you should think about when determining value and how you go about buying your used equipment: All of the equipment that you purchase from Computer Merchants is [...]

The IBM 2074 console support controller replaces the console support functions of the IBM 3174 establishment controller. One 2074 can replace multiple 3174′s. For example you would need one 3174 for every OS/390 LPAR on a system, whereas a single 2074 can manage up to 32 LPARs or system images. In fact, the 2074 model [...]

A Performance Chart is a tool for comparing different servers It allows you to know the improvement you can expect from an upgrade of your machine. Each machine is rated on performance criteria such as: floating point calculations, web server performance, client/server interaction, or raw computing power. Results are then displayed in an easy to interpret [...]

The IBM 3490 drive celebrates 15 years in the market in February 2006 Throughout this time it has proved itself as a solid and reliable performer in tape technology. It is still being used widely in a range of settings with customers running legacy systems and also in the geo-seismic industry. The demand for these [...]

Current Sun technology is available on the used market Many Sun users have thought that only equipment that has reached end of life is good to buy used, but that’s not the case! Current Sun systems are now readily available on the used market. Of course, as they’ve become more available, the machines have become [...]

As you know, we like to keep in regular contact with you throughout the year. Often our calls are to see if you may be interested in a certain product that we know would be of use in your particular situation. We try to keep an updated record of your equipment base so that we can make [...]

Customers often remark to us that their RS/6000 just sits in the corner and chugs away giving them little or no trouble One such customer recently reported that in the 12 years that they have been running a particular RS/6000 they have made 5 service calls to IBM – 4 of them being for their [...]

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. See our Current Specials for the latest pricing. Sun Systems V210 with 1 x 1.34GHz CPU, 512MB Memory, 1 [...]

Pricing does NOT include the following: GST Delivery Installation Plain English Terms and Conditions Apply. Subject to prior sale. Call us on 1800 777 111 and quote “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM pSeries Specials 7026 H80 4 x 450MHz Processor, 2GB Memory, 2 x 18GB Disk – $6,000 5208 1.45GHz [...]