Ummmm, the "they stole all our the servers..." IBM TV commercial (google: IBM television commercial "stole") which eventually focused on a single box at the back of an empty center data was definitely for an IBM mainframe. A techie walks in as the manager is being questioned by two detectives, telling the manager something along the lines of "they were all replaced by that one box", and IIRC calmly walks off with a cup of coffee, munching a donut.
It was a GREAT IBM commercial, a classic for all mainframers. It cheered us all. But did it actually sell any mainframes? That's the difficult question that almost all advertising results in. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Edward M Martin" <[email protected]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 04/02/2010 10:04 AM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: acm/vmware Yep, and remember the commercials about how someone ?stole? the servers, and it turned out they were all together on the IBM Blade servers. You do not see any commercials for any IBM z boxes or z software. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: acm/vmware Well the simple reason you see VMware all over the place is because there are 10-100 times or more PC type computers and IBM server type computers which can easily run VMware. Seton Hall University dumped their mainframe and now is running the entire IT operation on some what larger IBM servers and blades; seems to be working for them. BTW, they tied me to the mainframe when they rolled it out the door along with my job. It is what it is? --- On Wed, 3/31/10, Barton Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Barton Robinson <[email protected]> Subject: acm/vmware To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 11:07 AM The listserv sent me a message my post didn't go out, so try again. If you go to conferences such as CMG (Computer Management Group), that has been a mainframe organization (meaning MVS or z/OS) since it started, our VM has never been represented, but VMWare now has many sessions. It's depressing to see 80 people in entry level performance session for VMWare and no z/VM sessions on the agenda of a mainframe conference. Early this year I was hearing ads for VMWare on the local radio station. I can only assume that VM is being outmarketed worldwide (or at least that VMWare is being marketed worldwide and VM is not marketed publicly at all). It doesn't matter if our mousetrap is better if nobody is out there trying to get mindshare (marketing). Preaching/grumbling to the choir doesn't change anything. So when was the last time that any of you tried to get a case study published showing how great your accomplishments are using z/VM? There are very few published stories (sorry games on "z" don't impress bean counters or executives, it's rather demeaning), we need REAL business case studies showing the value of "z/VM" to real companies. If we get enough and executives do a google search on VM, maybe they will find something useful? There are many places to post and publish. Even twitter or blogs would be helpful in getting mindshare. The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
