Archive: March, 2007

IBM Director Multiplatform Now on System i

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM Director is both a remote systems management tool and monitoring solution which was made for both servers and PCs on Intel platforms. The idea was to be able to provide multi-systems management where administrators could easily keep an eye on their hardware and at the same time monitor anything critical. The basic layout was [...]

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IBM System i Updates March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM are withdrawing OS/400 V5R2 from support as at 30/04/2007. OS/400 V5R3 withdrawn from marketing on January 2008. Support is expected to continue into 2009. #5096 and #5296 expansion tower announced. They are essentially #5094 #5294 with just the PCI/X slots, ie no disk slots. #5786 and #5787 (EXP24 Disk Enclosure) announced holds up to 24 disks [...]

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Leasing Your Equipment Through IBM Global Financing

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

If you are about to purchase a new System i server or other IT infrastructure, you might want to consider leasing your purchase through IBM Global Financing (IBM GF). A number of our customers have done this. Why? Here are some of the reasons why you’d consider leasing: You need to purchase new equipment but [...]

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Interaction New President, Dermot O’Daly

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

My name is Dermot O’Daly and as well as working for Momentum Utilities, I am the President of Interaction Australasia. I would like to take a few minutes of your time to introduce myself and tell you about Interaction. Then… I originally trained as a Mechanical Engineer in England, but don’t hold that against me, [...]

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What Is AIFRS & How Does It Affect Me?

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

The Australian Equivalent of International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS) are the result of several significant Corporate failures over the last 5 years or so and are an attempt to better inform people andsuppliers who are dependant on large organisations. No longer is it sufficient for large or listed organisations to supply the usual Financial Reports [...]

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Interaction 2007 Dates To Remember

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Launch of Interaction Canberra Interaction will hold its first meeting in Canberra since the unification of Common and Share/Guide some 8 years ago. This meeting will be held at IBM in Barton and will have a focus on System z. Tuesday March 6th 11.30am. Dates To Remember Feb 27 Sydney meeting. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Sydney [...]

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IBM Large & Open System Specials March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM FC Disk IBM 1815-82A DS4800 4GB Cache $30,800 IBM 1740-710 EXP710 $7,580 IBM 1740-1RU EXP700 $4,520 IBM 5206 [...]

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Welcome Alex Martens

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

June 2006 saw the arrival of Alex Martens, who joined the Customer Service Team in the role of Software Support. Alex comes to us with experience in programming in the RPG language and operations on IBM iSeries machines, having worked for another IBM business partner in Brisbane, and software houses in Sydney, Brisbane and Europe. [...]

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Sun Storage Options

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Can storage solve your problem? I know it could at my home as I am continuously searching for storage solutions! If only my wardrobe could fit into 300 GB compressed! (If you hadn’t already guessed this article was written by Dimitra!) If you’re finding this problem in your business and you’re looking for more space [...]

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Dear Margaret, March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Dear Margaret,I’m so scared! My boss has just told me that I’ve got to go. He’s telling me that I am getting too old and complains that I’m too difficult to look after. She’s already found a replacement for me – I saw her yesterday all dressed in black (talk about high maintenance).After working here [...]

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Buy, Sell Or Upgrade Your IBM z800 And z900 Machines

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

In the past, IBM z800 and IBM z900 systems have been difficult to find from the broker market. However, quite recently the face of the mainframe market has been on the move. When these machines were first released, the price tag on them was a big deal! These systems are finding their way into the [...]

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IBM 9034 ESCON Converter For Mainframe Upgrades

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Did you hear the one about the politically correct, gender neutral, politically impartial, racially non-aligned, unbiased, person of non-specific address… it wasn’t very funny. And it’s not funny at all when you upgrade high value IBM mainframe equipment and are no longer able to attach many of your older peripheral devices. There has been a [...]

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We Want Your IBM Mainframe Controllers, Terminals And Tape Units

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

We’re on the look out for IBM mainframe equipment… …especially IBM 2074 controllers, IBM 3472 or IBM 3192 terminals. It’s funny how these items now have more value than the processors used to run them! We’re also interested in IBM 3480/3490 and IBM 3590 tape units. Auto loaders are fairly tight on the broker market [...]

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Rewarding Our Customers With Macadamia Nuts

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Imagine this… you’re sitting at your desk, head down bum up, as usual and in the back of your mind you’re feeling a little peckish. As you turn to look around to see what else has taken up space upon your desk you notice a little white box. You open up this white box, slowly, still [...]

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IBM LTO3 Tape Drives And Libraries 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

To help put some clarity around the current range of IBM LTO3 tape drive we have put together a summary. LTO3 is the third release of LTO technology offering 400GB native capacity per cartridge, 800GB compressed. The latest release of IBM drives as shown below offer multiple cartridge capacity on all models. All models support [...]

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University Of South Australia Upgrades Their Sun V880s

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Success Story  We received a phone call late last year from the University of South Australia asking about the Sun V880 System Boards that we had offered to many of you several months earlier. The guys at the University were concerned that as they had all of their maintenance with Sun Microsystems, they might not be [...]

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Reduce Landfill – Call Us When You Decommission Hardware

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Success Story  Recently one of our customers was looking for a Sun E420R. He had a tight budget, so to try to meet his financial constraints, I asked my co-workers to look for a machine locally. By purchasing a machine in Australia we’re able to save on the cost of freight. Our Customer Record Management system [...]

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Sun Specials March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 “Sun Specials” for more information on the following items. Sun Servers Sun V880 2 x 750 MHz CPU, 4 GB Memory, 2 x 73 GB HDD $7,500 Sun [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 “IBM Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Complete Systems IBM 9406/825 – 0/3600 cpw OS5.3 2GB Memory, 210GB disk, Ethernet/Raid/ Twinax – $25,000 IBM 9406/810 [...]

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Crossword March 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

ACROSS  3 We always guarantee the equipment we supply will be eligible for _______.  5 Your Premium Supplier of IBM, Sun, HP and Cisco Hardware (2).  9 Who presented Computer Merchants with the System i Partner of the Year Award for 2005? 10 If Equipment weight is over 100kg, we always build a crate for [...]

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*noMAX Product Releases For 2007

16 March 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

This year will see a range of new releases for *noMAX, the biggest step forward in the software for quite some time. It is the result of careful analysis of the DR/HA marketplace over the past two years and suggestions made from the existing customer base. The planning, coding and testing has taken the best [...]

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