Archive: October, 2007

Due to be released in November 2007, with promises to deliver new and exciting advances to the current AIX portfolio is AIX 6. The planned AIX release will allow full binary compatibility with previous releases of AIX 5L, and will work on any hardware supported by AIX6 including POWER4, PPC970, POWER5 and POWER6. AIX6 is [...]

As some of you may have heard, last year in June I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Yes, it was a long shot and I got the short end of the stick, but as things go, I got through it and I am ok. I have just had my 12 month check and I am [...]

Since 1979 and throughout its history, Computer Merchants has been helping the environment by recycling used equipment, making it available for reuse by our customers. In a recent deal a large Australian, environmentally friendly corporation went one step better. When they accepted our offer to purchase some no longer required tape equipment, they asked that we [...]

Here’s a handy overview of the latest range of IBM System x Intel servers, including the types of applications each model is ideally suited to. IBM System x3250 The IBM System x3250 is an efficient, dense, 1U, single-socket, rack-optimised server for Web and infrastructure solutions. Ideal applications: Web serving, network infrastructure and load balancing. Processor: [...]

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. HP Servers HP rp7400 with 2 x 440MHz CPU, 4GB Memory, 2 x 73GB Drives $4,320 HP rp5470 with [...]

Our sales team are committed to providing you with up-to date information and advice to assist you and your business in finding the best solution available. In doing so we are constantly participating in IBM courses, conferences and new product release information sessions. With the new financial year here there are a couple of events [...]

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 x3250 2.40GHZ X3220/2GB/SATA/3YR Ideal applications: Web serving, network infrastructure and load balancing Includes: 2 x IBM 160GB 7.2K [...]

CONSOLES! Any of us that has ever had to set up an operations console, or change your System i from Twinax to operations console, would know that sometimes it can be a challenge. Refer to this link for troubleshooting a console. Recently I was configuring a HMC on a new i525, with HMC 7.3 installed. [...]

Computers Merchants are delighted to announce some exciting news with one of our established technology partners – NetBox Blue. NetBox Blue are an award winning, Queensland based Internet Security and Management company with over 55,000 users throughout the world benefiting from their solution, including the team at Computer Merchants and a number of our customers! [...]

Well the Computer Merchants team certainly did this! We held a PINK morning tea which involved: Pink Food, Pink dress up, Pink decorations and Pink drinks. In fact the only element that wasn’t pink was our hardware! Think Pink Week is held each year to raise funds for the Kim Walters Choices at the Wesley [...]

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If you or one of your colleagues has a Windows background and you need to get up to speed on the IBM System i platform, we’ve got good news for you! IBM is running some FREE half day courses to introduce Windows professionals to the System i platform. Between now and the end of the [...]

Quite a few of our customers have business units in both Australia and New Zealand, so we receive numerous calls from our customers in Australia asking us to help them source equipment for their NZ business, and vice-versa. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Australia or NZ, or whether it’s new or used equipment you’re after, [...]

If you are in a position where an upgrade or refreshment of equipment is due and you are considering your DR plan we can help you. We have completed several of these types of installations recently and with the right planning it is very easy to manage. Each situation is of course different. We ensure [...]

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 9406/520 #8954 #7455 (3300/3300 cpw), V5R3, 12GB Memory, 980GB Disk, Raid, Ethernet, #0595 disk expansion [...]

In our last newsletter we said farewell to David McDade who retired after 22 years. As we move forward I would like to share with you our vision so that you know what to expect from us in the future. We have learnt over the last 28 years that our success has been built on [...]

IBM introduced the new System i Model 570 POWER 6 Edition to the Australian market in mid September The 570 model will be the first in the System i family of servers to make use of new processing technology, using up to 16 POWER6 processors (running at 4.7GHZ) in each machine. The advantage of the [...]

The i515 proved to be a life saver for one organisation recently when their 9406-170 almost ground to a halt.