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CRN - Computer Reseller News , a CMP publication...
April 28th issue.
IBM insert in the plastic wrap. Its a SWG advert.
Interesting notes:
1) Information Management pillar had 5 products listed. The most of any
bra=
nd ...
2) Note to Jerry K. Does it make sense to sell IDS as "Self Managing data
s=
erver for mid-market business" and sell IBM DB2 Express as the " Ideal
entr=
y level server" ?
I mean no offense, but if the selling point is price (you get what you pay
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for...) how does DB2 Express' TCO stack up to IDS over the first 5 years?
3) And of course there were obvious entries for DB2 (DB2 Express, BCE, DB2
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Warehouse Starter Edition)
Note: BCE is now Balanced Warehouse C1000=20
So the good news is that IDS is getting out there. The not so good news is
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that the position statement isn't a clear as it could be.
Inside the edition, IBM Information Management beat out Oracle, Microsoft,
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MySQL in terms of customer (meaning the var) sup****t.
Its nice to see an IBM SWG advertisement. But it would be nice to see more
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mention of IDS. The press say (DB2 and their other Information products,
no=
t mentioning IDS by name....)
But hey! What do I know?
Client Reps, and SSRs run with DB2 first, if at all. After all, they'd
rath=
er sell IGS,Oracle/DB2, and Websphere and capture more $$$ than sell a
supe=
rior product that doesn't require as much hand holding... ;-)
-G
PS. Where's those TPC.org benchmarks? Any more DB2 TPC-C benchmarks coming
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out? :-P
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CRN - Computer Reseller News , a CMP publication...<br><br>April 28th
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..<br><br>IBM insert in the plastic wrap. Its a SWG
advert.<br><br>Interesti=
ng notes:<br><br>1) Information Management pillar had 5 products listed.
Th=
e most of any brand ...<br><br>2) Note to Jerry K. Does it make sense to
se=
ll IDS as "Self Managing data server for mid-market business" and sell IBM
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DB2 Express as the " Ideal entry level server" ?<br><br>I mean no offense,
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but if the selling point is price (you get what you pay for...) how does
DB=
2 Express' TCO stack up to IDS over the first 5 years?<br><br>3) And of
cou=
rse there were obvious entries for DB2 (DB2 Express, BCE, DB2 Warehouse
Sta=
rter Edition)<br>Note: BCE is now Balanced Warehouse C1000 <br><br>So the
g=
ood news is that IDS is getting out there. The not so good news is that
the=
position statement isn't a clear as it could be.<br><br>Inside the
edition=
, IBM Information Management beat out Oracle, Microsoft, MySQL in terms of
=
customer (meaning the var) sup****t.<br><br><br>Its nice to see an IBM SWG
a=
dvertisement. But it would be nice to see more mention of IDS. The press
sa=
y (DB2 and their other Information products, not mentioning IDS by
name....=
)<br><br>But hey! What do I know?<br>Client Reps, and SSRs run with DB2
fir=
st, if at all. After all, they'd rather sell IGS,Oracle/DB2, and Websphere
=
and capture more $$$ than sell a superior product that doesn't require as
m=
uch hand holding... ;-)<br><br>-G<br><br>PS. Where's those TPC.org
benchmar=
ks? Any more DB2 TPC-C benchmarks coming out? :-P<br><br /><hr />E-mail
for=
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