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“Delivering great personalized service since 1979, our people, values and systems guarantee you are happy with the end result.” Our Mission Statement was developed by our current Managing Director, David McDade who has always believed that our people come first. With this in mind, it is with much sadness that we are about to see [...]
Like most of us, the time comes when we need to upgrade our machine and often our first thought is how much is that going to cost me? Let’s face it, if I’m buying some new equipment, I naturally expect it’ll cost me money. Well, that’s not always the case. Success Story Recently, we had [...]
Too many projects on the go at once? Not enough money to go around to complete all the projects? Sound familiar? Success Story We have recently been able to buy approximately 18 months of time for a customer, saving them from the dilemma of what to do when they don’t have the budget to purchase [...]
New Entry System Offerings Model 515 Model 525 User based pricing Cache and Disk packages Disk Price Reduction Up to 50% off on disk units Enterprise System Enhancements 595 faster POWER5+ processors (2.3GHz) Higher CPW, Same Editions available 595 32GB DIMM update may have a long lead time 4mm Tape Drive Entry level Tape unit [...]
IBM have introduced new i5/OS licensing on the new IBM System i models 515 and 525. This was done to allow customers to take advantage of the full capability of the operating system on these newer models. It works by simply licensing the number of concurrent-only authenticated users on i5/OS. Importantly, an i5/OS user is [...]
Yes, you know we rent, sell, buy and lease new and used IBM, Sun, HP, Cisco and other hardware. But we’re also able to help with your Software Technical Support and Programming. Computer Merchants have experienced staff available to help you - not only with your iSeries modifications and enhancements – but also in other parts [...]
A number of our customers find that they need to upgrade their System i server but they don’t have the budget for a whole new server. They often find that they can “buy some time” inexpensively by purchasing a processor upgrade for their existing machine. By spending a bit of money now they can further [...]
DID YOU KNOW? The sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the alphabet. DID YOU KNOW? The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak‘ and ‘level‘ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). DID YOU KNOW? “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends [...]
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 9406/810 #2466 #7407 750/750 cpw OS5.3 2GB Memory 560GB Disks Raid LTO 3 Includes [...]
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 – Machines IBM 7025-F50 Base Machine $1,000 IBM 7025-F80 Base Machine $2,500 IBM 7026-H50 Base Machine $1,250 IBM [...]
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 “HP Specials” for more information on the following items. HP – Servers HP rp7400 with 2 x 440MHz CPU, 4GB memory, 2 x 73GB drives $4,320 HP rp5470 [...]
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 Fire V480 Server, 2 x 900MHz, 4GB Memory, 4 x 73 GB HDD $7, 770 [...]
Dear Margaret, I’ve been watching The Biggest Loser and I want what they are getting, but instead I just can’t help myself. The fact is that I keep getting fed more and more and am just expected to pack it away. I’ve actually outgrown my mirror. And when they say stripes are supposed to be [...]
I am new to the Computer Merchants team Many of you I have not as yet seen. A small introduction I’ve been asked to write So here it is I trust you will like… I grew up in a small town out west A career in sales I liked the best Tourists and locals I [...]
At Computer Merchants, we are committed to ensuring that your installation is completed to your absolute satisfaction We will ensure that we provide every assistance to make sure you’re “completely happy with the end result” as our standard Plain English Sales Conditions state. Our systems have been developed over many years to make sure we avoid [...]
Do you run multi core CPUs in your server and run Oracle Databases? If you do here’s some good news for you. Oracle has changed the way they calculate their pricing for software. The old licensing model was based on CPUs or Cores. The new method is based on Sockets which can have multi core [...]
The Computer Merchants Team are feeling the heat! We’re currently moving two of these servers every week. Are you looking to add to your current hardware? If you are then you can’t go past a V440. With the possibilities of 1 – 4 CPUs, 2 – 32GB Memory and up to 4 x 36GB, 73GB [...]
Can you believe the end of the financial year is nearly upon us? We have been very busy at Computer Merchants. Life here has been a buzz of activity with the end of the financial year approaching. Here’s a snapshot of what has been going on: IBM have announced a new range of System i [...]
You may have heard that the Computer Merchants Team have recently welcomed the addition of Prue and Sonya to their System p Team. In fact you may have had the pleasure of speaking to them in person. The two little “rays of sunshine” have been welcomed on board to help you with your needs as the [...]
You may recall in our last edition we had a crossword competition. And the Winner is… Michael Gribble at Interactive Maintenance Services in Melbourne. Michael is our crossword champion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our valued clients who sent in their completed crossword. Well Done!
There has been lots of talk around the water coolers about Blade technology This article is for those of you who have missed all the talk because you haven’t been drinking your recommended 8 glasses a day. The blade server market is projected to grow over 300% to $11 billion by 2010. It is expected [...]
Christina Manion joined the Customer Service Team in late January. Christina has a Bachelor of Business (International Business) degree at QUT. Her current role as a Customer Service Team member includes, data entry, accounts receivable and payable, filing, photocopying, banking, reception, switchboard and most importantly answering the telephone. You may have heard her already “Welcome [...]
Well what a start to the year! It has been an exciting time for the Production Department here at Computer Merchants. Here’s a little of what has been going on. It started with two i520s in racks for one of our customers. These machines required 3 LPARs each and that was exciting. Then I was off [...]
As an IBM user with an Inventory System, our processes need to track over 5,000 items in our warehouse plus the items on their way to you, our customers. We do this by the use of Bar Codes All of our Applications run on an IBM iSeries. The challenge we had was to interface the [...]
We thought we might tell you a little about today’s Customer Service Team… Kylie Kylie Mills joined our Customer Service team six and a half years ago as our receptionist. After moving from Reception, Kylie took on the Logistics role before moving up to her current role as Accounts. This means Kylie is a backup [...]
Hi everyone, Phew! . . . almost half way through the year and it really doesn’t seem like it was that long ago I was sunning myself on the beach at Christmas. Now alas, the winter is upon us and the darker shorter days are here. However, for those eternal summer sports fans, there is [...]
