Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting was less likely -- storage it was. Nowadays that worry seems rather quaint. But the story makes sense within the context of that time. There are still plenty of people who worry about naming and how to explain new technical concepts in clear, understandable language. Apple, for example, just introduced a retina display on their new iPhone 4. That's a good example of inventing a new term to describe and highlight a distinctive technical feature. To pick another example, the zEnterprise 196 is the first and only server to feature a Redundant Array of Independent Memory (RAIM) subsystem. All memory -- er, storage -- on the system is RAIM-protected. RAIM is close to RAID, and that's intentional (I assume). A lot of people know what RAID is, and so they can quickly understand the basics of RAIM from that frame of reference. HiperDispatch is another example. The System z10's designers came up with some wonderful new technologies to steer work toward the processors that are most likely to have relevant data accessible in more proximate caches, but quite frankly the technical engineering names for those technologies weren't so wonderful. (I don't remember exactly, but it was yet another nondescript acronym with an embedded slash.) So after a bit of discussion the term HiperDispatch was born, and that's a lot easier for everyone to understand and appreciate. I think since more than 10 years have passed it's OK to relate another product naming story publicly. In the run-up to Y2K IBM was working on some patches and updates to PC-DOS. At the time PC-DOS Version 7 was the latest version available. My recollection is that the marketing team initially wanted to call the new product PC-DOS Version 7.01 (Year 2000 Ready) or something very, very close to that. I thought their proposed name was a bit -- how do I put it politely -- awful. I suggested PC-DOS 2000. Not exactly breakthrough thinking, I admit, but sometimes only outsiders (outside the marketing team in this case) can see the obvious. Fortunately the marketing folks liked that name, and so it was that PC-DOS 2000 was born. It's hard to say exactly what that naming change meant, but it was worth at least several million dollars because people could actually find the darn product and understand what it meant in an instant. In a lot of sales catalogs and other listings the (Year 2000 Ready) parenthetical would have been chopped off. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com wrote in message news:ofc10eae10.b2df0377-on48257774.001cdedf-48257774.00282...@us.ibm.c om... I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting was less likely -- storage it was. Nowadays that worry seems rather quaint. But the story makes sense within the context of that time. There are still plenty of people who worry about naming and how to explain new technical concepts in clear, understandable language. Apple, for example, just introduced a retina display on their new iPhone 4. That's a good example of inventing a new term to describe and highlight a distinctive technical feature. To pick another example, the zEnterprise 196 is the first and only server to feature a Redundant Array of Independent Memory (RAIM) subsystem. All memory -- er, storage -- on the system is RAIM-protected. RAIM is close to RAID, and that's intentional (I assume). A lot of people know what RAID is, and so they can quickly understand the basics of RAIM from that frame of reference. HiperDispatch is another example. The System z10's designers came up with some wonderful new technologies to steer work toward the processors that are most likely to have relevant data accessible in more proximate caches, but quite frankly the technical engineering names for those technologies weren't so wonderful. (I don't remember exactly, but it was yet another nondescript acronym with an embedded slash.) So after a bit of discussion the term HiperDispatch was born, and that's a lot easier for everyone to understand and appreciate. I think since more than 10 years have passed it's OK to relate another product naming story publicly. In the run-up to Y2K IBM was working on some patches and updates to PC-DOS. At the time PC-DOS Version 7 was the latest version available. My recollection is that the marketing team initially wanted to call the new product PC-DOS Version 7.01 (Year 2000 Ready) or something very, very close to that. I thought their proposed name was a bit -- how do I put it politely -- awful. I suggested PC-DOS 2000. Not exactly breakthrough thinking, I admit, but sometimes only outsiders (outside the marketing team in this case) can see the obvious. Fortunately the marketing folks liked that name, and so it was that PC-DOS 2000 was born. It's hard to say exactly what that naming change meant, but it was worth at least several million dollars because people could actually find the darn product and understand what it meant in an instant. In a lot of sales catalogs and other listings the (Year 2000 Ready) parenthetical would have been chopped off. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html If inventing a good name is one thing, reusing it is apparently still better. I know at least 3 IBM products/features that were/are called Hydra. Apparently this is a 'monster'ly well working term. Kees. For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
Great post, Timothy. Now if only they'd talked to you before renaming System i to IBM i -- perhaps the worst name ever for a product in this Google age! On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.comwrote: I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting was less likely -- storage it was. Nowadays that worry seems rather quaint. But the story makes sense within the context of that time. There are still plenty of people who worry about naming and how to explain new technical concepts in clear, understandable language. Apple, for example, just introduced a retina display on their new iPhone 4. That's a good example of inventing a new term to describe and highlight a distinctive technical feature. To pick another example, the zEnterprise 196 is the first and only server to feature a Redundant Array of Independent Memory (RAIM) subsystem. All memory -- er, storage -- on the system is RAIM-protected. RAIM is close to RAID, and that's intentional (I assume). A lot of people know what RAID is, and so they can quickly understand the basics of RAIM from that frame of reference. HiperDispatch is another example. The System z10's designers came up with some wonderful new technologies to steer work toward the processors that are most likely to have relevant data accessible in more proximate caches, but quite frankly the technical engineering names for those technologies weren't so wonderful. (I don't remember exactly, but it was yet another nondescript acronym with an embedded slash.) So after a bit of discussion the term HiperDispatch was born, and that's a lot easier for everyone to understand and appreciate. I think since more than 10 years have passed it's OK to relate another product naming story publicly. In the run-up to Y2K IBM was working on some patches and updates to PC-DOS. At the time PC-DOS Version 7 was the latest version available. My recollection is that the marketing team initially wanted to call the new product PC-DOS Version 7.01 (Year 2000 Ready) or something very, very close to that. I thought their proposed name was a bit -- how do I put it politely -- awful. I suggested PC-DOS 2000. Not exactly breakthrough thinking, I admit, but sometimes only outsiders (outside the marketing team in this case) can see the obvious. Fortunately the marketing folks liked that name, and so it was that PC-DOS 2000 was born. It's hard to say exactly what that naming change meant, but it was worth at least several million dollars because people could actually find the darn product and understand what it meant in an instant. In a lot of sales catalogs and other listings the (Year 2000 Ready) parenthetical would have been chopped off. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect STG Value Creation Complex Deals Team IBM Growth Markets (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
Timothy Sipples wrote:
I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred
to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is
possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers
could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting
was less likely -- storage it was.
I heard a similar story about BDAM; it allowed random access. Random?
You mean you don't know where it is? So it became direct access, Oh
yes, in fact we can go directly to the record you want.
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Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
On 3 Aug 2010 00:19:10 -0700, timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples) wrote: I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting was less likely -- storage it was. Which is why so many of us thought of RAM (with the M standing for Memory), as memory, with disk tape as Storage. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
I don't remember where I read or heard the story, but I think IBM preferred to use the term storage because memory implied that forgetting is possible. Therefore, to avoid conveying the impression that IBM computers could forget precious information -- or at least to suggest that forgetting was less likely -- storage it was. I don't know why this is considered 'new'. Ever since I started doing Capacity Planning, in 1981, it was called 'Storage'. We called it Real Storage, as opposed to Virtual. Then it became Central Storage, as opposed to Expanded. Now, it's Real Storage, again. (Of course, all my Capacity Courses were taught by IbM, so that's probably where I caught the habit of calling Storage) - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 11:23 -0400, Ted MacNEIL wrote: Ever since I started doing Capacity Planning, in 1981, it was called 'Storage'. Hell, I was still calling it core 'til 1991 - when Ehrman chided me for it. (Like Aldo Cella, I am no slave to fashion.) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
In 3310ac9d797ec94db8d89ccabdea47a702a7f...@kl1221tc.cs.ad.klmcorp.net, on 08/03/2010 at 10:33 AM, Vernooij, CP - SPLXM kees.verno...@klm.com said: If inventing a good name is one thing, reusing it is apparently still better. Well, reusing RAMAC conveyed an image of seek times in excess of half a second, which mat not be good branding ;-) -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Memory v. Storage: What's in a Name? (Was: IBM zEnterprise)
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:39 AM, David Andrews d...@lists.duda.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 11:23 -0400, Ted MacNEIL wrote: Ever since I started doing Capacity Planning, in 1981, it was called 'Storage'. Hell, I was still calling it core 'til 1991 - when Ehrman chided me for it. (Like Aldo Cella, I am no slave to fashion.) Actually, core was non-volatile, so you could read your core storage after a power outage. Not with the S370 transistors. The Challenger space shuttle computers had core and the memory was read after the crash. -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) writes: ITYM when did memory become storage. Certainly the use of memory predates the S/360. there was big deal with announcement for 370 virtual memory ... about having to change all virtual memory references to virtual storage references ... and resulting DOS/VS, VS1, VS2, etc. vague fading memory was the excuse given had something to do with patents or copyright. cp67 (history) wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/CMS in the above article ... there is some amount of FUD claimed with regard to mention of M44/44X ... some claiming that it is little more than claiming os/360 supervisor services (SVC interface) provides an abstract virtual environment. -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
In 45d79eacefba9b428e3d400e924d36b903bed...@iwdubcormsg007.sci.local, on 07/22/2010 at 01:52 PM, Thompson, Steve steve_thomp...@stercomm.com said: Oops! Vocabulary time warp. When did Storage become Memory? ITYM when did memory become storage. Certainly the use of memory predates the S/360. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:54:23 +0200, Erik Janssen erik.jans...@ing.nl wrote: There is even a (draft) redbook about it already: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247832.html?Open Regards, Erik. There are five new Redbooks and one updated Redbook available at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/pages/zEnterprise Jim -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
IBM zEnterprise
Hi everyone, I just got back from IBM’s announcement of the next mainframe. It’s called the zEnterprise or z196 or 2817. Up to 80 available CP’s Between 32GB and 3TB of RAIM. Lots of other neat stuff. More information at www.ibm.com/systems/zenterprisehttp://www.ibm.com/systems/zenterprise Gadi לשימת לבך, בהתאם לנהלי החברה וזכויות החתימה בה, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על ידי מורשי החתימה של החברה, הנושא את לוגו החברה או שמה המודפס ובצירוף חותמת החברה. בהעדר מסמך כאמור (לרבות מסמך סרוק) המצורף להודעת דואר אלקטרוני זאת, אין לראות באמור בהודעה אלא משום טיוטה לדיון, ואין להסתמך עליה לביצוע פעולה עסקית או משפטית כלשהי. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
There is even a (draft) redbook about it already: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247832.html?Open Regards, Erik. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] Namens gad...@malam.com Verzonden: donderdag 22 juli 2010 14:50 Aan: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Onderwerp: IBM zEnterprise snip It’s called the zEnterprise or z196 or 2817. /snip לשימת לבך, בהתאם לנהלי החברה וזכויות החתימה בה, כל הצעה, התחייבות או מצג מטעם החברה, מחייבים מסמך נפרד וחתום על ידי מורשי החתימה של החברה, הנושא את לוגו החברה או שמה המודפס ובצירוף חותמת החברה. בהעדר מסמך כאמור (לרבות מסמך סרוק) המצורף להודעת דואר אלקטרוני זאת, אין לראות באמור בהודעה אלא משום טיוטה לדיון, ואין להסתמך עליה לביצוע פעולה עסקית או משפטית כלשהי. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html - ATTENTION: The information in this electronic mail message is private and confidential, and only intended for the addressee. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is strictly prohibited. Please inform the sender by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or opening it. Messages and attachments are scanned for all viruses known. If this message contains password-protected attachments, the files have NOT been scanned for viruses by the ING mail domain. Always scan attachments before opening them. - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:50:15 +0300, GADI wrote: Between 32GB and 3TB of RAIM. Oops! Vocabulary time warp. When did Storage become Memory? Is Redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) much different from ECC? Are modules hot-pluggable? -- gil -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:50:15 +0300, GADI wrote: Between 32GB and 3TB of RAIM. Oops! Vocabulary time warp. When did Storage become Memory? A while back. I don't recall exactly when but it's been something like five years or longer when discussing real memory...at least, for announcements and such. Is Redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) much different from ECC? Yes, very different. It's a RAID-like array for memory. So if you lose enough ECC-based memory the hardware can still recover without presenting a machine check. The HW announcement says: Major redesign of memory subsystem for improved availability: IBM's most robust error correction to date can be found in the memory subsystem. A new redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) technology is being introduced to provide protection at the dynamic random access memory (DRAM), dual inline memory module (DIMM), and memory channel level. Three full DRAM failures per rank can be corrected. DIMM level failures, including components such as the controller application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the power regulators, the clocks, and the board, can be corrected. Memory channel failures such as signal lines, control lines, and drivers/receivers on the MCM can be corrected. Upstream and downstream data signals can be spared using two spare wires on both the upstream and downstream paths. One of these signals can be used to spare a clock signal line (one upstream and one downstream). Together these improvements are designed to deliver System z's most resilient memory subsystem to date. Are modules hot-pluggable? Sorry, I don't know. If I happen to run into one of the HW team, I'll ask. snip -- John Eells z/OS Technical Marketing IBM Poughkeepsie ee...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 11:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM zEnterprise On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:50:15 +0300, GADI wrote: Between 32GB and 3TB of RAIM. Oops! Vocabulary time warp. When did Storage become Memory? Is Redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) much different from ECC? SNIP RAIM (Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring - GPS) is used so that if we have cosmic radiation, we will be warned and the triple bit parity will be triggered ;-) Later, Steve Thompson -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: IBM zEnterprise
W dniu 2010-07-22 19:46, John Eells pisze: Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:50:15 +0300, GADI wrote: Between 32GB and 3TB of RAIM. Oops! Vocabulary time warp. When did Storage become Memory? A while back. I don't recall exactly when but it's been something like five years or longer when discussing real memory...at least, for announcements and such. Is Redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) much different from ECC? Yes, very different. It's a RAID-like array for memory. So if you lose enough ECC-based memory the hardware can still recover without presenting a machine check. The HW announcement says: Major redesign of memory subsystem for improved availability: IBM's most robust error correction to date can be found in the memory subsystem. A new redundant array of independent memory (RAIM) technology is being introduced to provide protection at the dynamic random access memory (DRAM), dual inline memory module (DIMM), and memory channel level. Three full DRAM failures per rank can be corrected. DIMM level failures, including components such as the controller application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the power regulators, the clocks, and the board, can be corrected. Memory channel failures such as signal lines, control lines, and drivers/receivers on the MCM can be corrected. Upstream and downstream data signals can be spared using two spare wires on both the upstream and downstream paths. One of these signals can be used to spare a clock signal line (one upstream and one downstream). Together these improvements are designed to deliver System z's most resilient memory subsystem to date. Are modules hot-pluggable? Sorry, I don't know. If I happen to run into one of the HW team, I'll ask. I know, cause I saw it (even swapped): NO. You have to remove the book if you want to open the case. That's why the memory cannot be hot-pluggable. However: a) the book itself can be hot-plugged and unplugged (although I'm aware of serious problem caused by such process). b) the memory can be enabled by microcode - like CP. It's even an option for CIU. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2009 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wpacony) wynosi 118.763.528 zotych. W zwizku z realizacj warunkowego podwyszenia kapitau zakadowego, na podstawie uchway XXI WZ z dnia 16 marca 2008r., oraz uchway XVI NWZ z dnia 27 padziernika 2008r., moe ulec podwyszeniu do kwoty 123.763.528 z. Akcje w podwyszonym kapitale zakadowym BRE Banku SA bd w caoci opacone. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
IBM zEnterprise 196 mainframe due July 22 • The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/19/z196_mainframe_blade_interconnect/ quote As El Reg already reportedhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/14/ibm_system_z11_preview/, the System z11 machine will sport 96 cores and give about 80 of them over to running either z/OS or Linux in a single system image (rated at around 50,000 aggregate MIPS by our math) or allow them to be carved up into logical partitions with somewhere around 1,100 MIPS per core. /quote I was off last week and may have missed any discussion of this here. -- John McKown
