On February 26, 2008, IBM announced the System z10 EC. As part of that announcement IBM issued a statement of direction indicating plans to release Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z in the second half of 2008.
I am pleased to pass along the fact that IBM has just announced (at the Information On Demand conference in Europe) that Cognos 8 BI for Linux on z will be made generally available later this month, well ahead of schedule. Cognos 8 BI significantly expands the range of powerful business intelligence and information analytics capabilities for System z. (In other words, this is a BIG DEAL for the platform.) Cognos 8 BI for Linux on z will enjoy the unique benefits of high speed/low latency secure HiperSocket access to your most valuable enterprise data. And as the most highly virtualized environment, System z will offer special cost-saving and operational benefits to Cognos 8 BI customers, many of whom have growing resource needs that are rapidly stretching power, cooling, and space limits in their data centers. If you'd like more information about Cognos 8 BI for Linux on z, please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include at least your name, title, organization, e-mail address, and telephone number. There is a beta program running right now, for a short time longer, so you may wish to inquire about that. There's also a new IBM Business Intelligence on System z portal which you may want to visit here: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/businessintelligence/systemz/ Standard IBM practice for its middleware running on Linux on z is to extend cross-platform licensing rights. That is, if you already have Cognos 8 BI running on another platform, you may move those licenses (Value Units) to System z without even contacting IBM so long as you have a sufficient quantity. Please confirm that particular detail in the formal announcement, however, just to make sure. As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm seeing a lot of evidence that IBM is investing heavily in beefing up the mainframe's business intelligence and data warehousing capabilities. This early Cognos availability is one more example. Cognos was IBM's priciest acquisition to date, and IBM really wants to get this product onto System z urgently. I hope this good news is helpful., - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
