Tag: OS/400

PGP – Email And Data Encryption Software

31 July 2009 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Highlights of PGP PGP Corporation encryption software and support provides a comprehensive solution that helps protect sensitive data across endpoints – removable storage media, and e-mail – against loss, theft or unauthorised access Designed to protect sensitive data on endpoint devices including laptops, handhelds, and removable storage devices against unauthorised exposure Safeguards email where it [...]

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IBM BladeCenters – Open, Easy And Green

22 September 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants
IBM BladeCenter S

Here at Computer Merchants we, like IBM, have noticed the growth over time in the Blades and BladeCenter market. Many of you have heard about blades, in fact, many of you are probably running blades. However for those of you wanting to know more about this new technology, please read on! What is a BladeCenter Blade [...]

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From The Archives: Great Articles of July 2006

29 July 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Since the relaunch of our web site in December 2007, we’ve been slowly adding our older newsletters. This month, we added our newsletter from July 2006. Even though these articles are 2 years old, there is still quite a lot of information that is just as relevant as ever. Highlights of July 2006 15 Point [...]

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IBM System i Rentals June 2008

5 June 2008 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 “Web Rentals” for more information on the following items. IBM 9406-810 750/750 CPW, OS/400 V5R3, 2GB memory, 175GB disk, 30/60GB QIC tape, RAID, Ethernet and operations console 6 month [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials June 2008

3 June 2008 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 “Web Specials” for more information on the following items. IBM Features IBM 9406/4494 16GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $12,800 IBM 9406/4454 8GB Main Storage for 9406-570 $4,650 IBM [...]

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2 Tonnes Of i570 With 5 LPARs? No Worries

7 April 2008 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Success Story Our engineer Richard recently had the pleasure of travelling to Papua New Guinea to work with the great people from Bank South Pacific at their Port Moresby office. Richard was responsible for the installation and set-up of their new i570 Power 6+ System i, with 2 Frames, 5 LPARs and over 5 TB [...]

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Services

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Computer Merchants have experienced staff available to help you with not only your IBM iSeries modifications and enhancements but other parts of your business. Some of the services we provide that you may not be aware of are: Consultancy on solutions upgrades and consolidations Relocations of data centres with shut down and restore Software platform [...]

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Maxava HA Data Stream

17 October 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Maxava HA Data Stream is an entry level one-way data only replication engine Maxava HA Data Stream is a highly efficient data replication solution that ensures business critical data is backed up in real time and fully recoverable *noMAX sentry is a scalable High Availability solution that ensures you have the ability to keep your [...]

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What Else Can We Do For You?

15 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 [...]

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Will You Be The 1 In 6 Buying Blades?

14 June 2007 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 [...]

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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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How We Converted Our OS/400 Output To PDF

20 December 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

In recent years there has been increasing demand from our customers to receive our purchase and sales agreements via email. You will be familiar with this paperwork from when you have either purchased equipment from us or we have bought your redundant gear. This paperwork is produced from a contract system which runs on our [...]

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Keeping Up With IBM Server Brands

23 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

IBM enjoys rebranding products to keep them relevant and current to the user population. For anyone who is yet to ‘catch up’ the following is a quick summary of some products that share ‘dual personalities’. System 390 = zSeries = System z (Mainframe) AS/400 = iSeries = System i (Midrange OS/400) RS/6000 = pSeries = [...]

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IBM System i (iSeries & AS/400) Specials July 2006

17 July 2006 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 Systems IBM 9406-800-2463-7400 OS V5R2 CPW 24/300 CPW Tier: P05 2GB Memory 140GB Disk 30/60QIC Tape Raid, DVD-ROM, [...]

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Issues When Upgrading From System 36 Mode To OS/400

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

Still in System 36 Mode? Do you still run in System 36 mode and plan to upgrade to a newer machine “sometime”? If so, here is a very important piece of information you need to be aware of… S/36 and S/38 Migration (OS/400 Option 4) and S/36 Migration Assistant (OS/400 Option 11) have both been [...]

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How We Prepare Your IBM iSeries For Delivery To You

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

When you purchase a second-hand IBM iSeries server from Computer Merchants, you can be confident that you receive it ready to turn on and start loading your data right away. The key steps we take when preparing an iSeries machine for you First of all the disks are initialized. Licensed Internal Codes (LIC’s) are loaded. OS/400 [...]

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Important Dates For IBM OS/400 V4 And V5 Support

14 July 2006 No Comments by Computer Merchants

We are often asked the question: “How long will my Hardware and Software be supported with IBM?” As we have recently seen, the models 170, 250, 7xx and earlier members of the iSeries or AS/400 family have been taken off support for V5R4. That is, V5R3 is the last version of operating system that is [...]

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IBM Support Line

15 December 2005 No Comments by Computer Merchants

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 [...]

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