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Infoperspectives, edited by Hesh Wiener, is a monthly newsletter for large enterprises, organizations whose central systems are usually IBM and IBM compatible mainframes.
We have suspended publication of this report as we investigate alternatives to subscriber support. There are two reasons for our decision: The cost of useful, valid research has become far too costly for all but the very largest companies. Also, the used mainframe market, which we covered in detail, is no longer a lively, orderly business; there are only a handful of companies trading in used mainframe equipment and this does not allow us to provide a useful portrait of the scene.
We are investigating alternatives, including a substantial change in the scope of our coverage large systems and contemplating a switch to vendor sponsorship.
We will continue to provide research and editorial material to other publishers, to companies with an interest in the large systems business, and to end user organizations that want an additional perspective.
Below, you will find links to a selection of issues from the Infoperspectives library.
Download the July 2001 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Eating Bigfoot | |
| In Depth: IBM's iSeries | |
| Fluctuations: More Of The Same, Less Of The Same | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Market Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripherals Market Trends | |
Download the June 2001 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Damon's Run-In | |
| In Depth: IBM's Unix Boxes | |
| Fluctuations: Oh, Those Fickle Investors! | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Market Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripherals Market Trends | |
Download the May 2001 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Long In The Tooth | |
| In Depth: IBM's Finances | |
| Fluctuations: In Servers, It's An X86 World | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Market Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripherals Market Trends | |
Download the May 2000 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Ruined And Bored | |
| In Depth: IBM's Finances | |
| Fluctuations: EC Doesn't Do It | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the April 2000 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Why It's Hard To Sell A Mainframe | |
| Special Reference Issue: Mainframe Performance | |
| Fluctuations: It Takes 10 Million Hits To Be A Leader | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the March 2000 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Forthright Down The Drain | |
| In Depth: Sun In The Enterprise | |
| Fluctuations: This Clients Still here? Yup. | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the February 2000 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Leg Go | |
| In Depth: Intel-based Servers In The Enterprise | |
| IBM Gets Y2Koed In The Critical Fourth Quarter | |
| Little Mainframes, Big Stakes | |
| Fluctuations: Down Memory Lane (Again) | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the January 2000 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Wheel of Fortune | |
| In Depth: Corporate Workstations | |
| They Also Serve: Who's Using What On The Web | |
| Internet Commerce: Heads You Win, Tails You Win | |
| Fluctuations: Waiting For The Flowerpot | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the December 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: King Lou-e: After Me, Dell's Huge | |
| In Depth: Changes on the Desktop | |
| A Concise Overview Of The Disk Array Market | |
| Fluctuations: Red Hat In Fashion, Bus Fuss | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the November 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Remember D Maine | |
| In Depth: Analysis Of The Multiprise 3000 | |
| The Magic Box: IBM Server Revenue Disappears | |
| New Rules, New Leaders In The PC Sector | |
| Fluctuations: Bad News In Good Times | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the October 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Funny Old Veldt | |
| In Depth: IBM Compatible Mainframes | |
| Planter Redefines The Mainframe Midrange | |
| Multiprise 3000 GOLC Software Prices | |
| Fluctuations: Gates, Gerstner And Goldilocks | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the September 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Sun Reaches For A Star | |
| In Depth: OS/390 | |
| The Email Eunuch | |
| Cisco Takes The Biscuit | |
| Fluctuations: A Server Here, A Server There | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the August 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Ice In The Winter | |
| In Depth: Unix In The Enterprise | |
| IBM Boosts High End Disk And Tape | |
| IBM Reports Another Winning Quarter | |
| Fluctuations: StorageTek Goes It Alone In Disks, Again | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the July 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: $1.9B Lost In Internet Java Spill | |
| In Depth: Mainframe Disk Storage | |
| IBM Contemplates Buyout Of Struggling Sequent | |
| IBM Updates OS/390 Performance Ratings For G5 & G6 | |
| Fluctuations: LTO Raises Hopes Of End To Tape Babel | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the June 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: Q: What's It Cost? A: How Much Have You Got? | |
| In Depth: The Mainframe Masses | |
| IBM Credit: Debt, Where Is Thy Sting? | |
| Hitachi Offers Its Alternative To IBM's G6 | |
| Fluctuations: It's The Internet, Stupid | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the May 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: The Lengthening Shadow | |
| In Depth: IBM's Finances | |
| IBM's First Quarter Pleases Wall Street | |
| IBM G6 Debut Packed With Surprises | |
| Fluctuations: Neck-And-Neck In PCs, Choke Hold In S/390s | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the April 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Comment: A Billion Here, A Billion There | |
| In Depth: AS/400s In The Enterprise | |
| A Forecast Of The 9672 G6 | |
| Rumors Surrounding I-Servers, Some Conflicting, Abound | |
| EMC Gets IBM's Best Disks | |
| Fluctuations: Last Man Stepping In It | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the March 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| A Review Of Tapes And Printers | |
| The Road, For Dell, Is Paved With Good Dimensions | |
| Dell In A Nutshell | |
| New Compact S/390 Due Later This Year | |
| Hitachi Sketches Its Next Generation | |
| Fluctuations: IBM Pays Resellers To Shortsheet Users | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the February 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Intel Servers In The Enterprise | |
| A First Look At IBM's Results For 1998 | |
| Fluctuations: Lunix Ascends, ICC Amends, Hitachi Fends | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the January 1999 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Desktop Computers At Enterprise Computing Sites | |
| Microsoft 4000: Two 2000 Products Are On The Launch Pad | |
| Helping Users Who Don't Want To Leave The DOS Party | |
| No Holds Barred In The Mainframe Market | |
| The Last Year Of The Century | |
| Fluctuations: The Web Is Not Important, Unless You Like Money | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the December 1998 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Desktop Software At Enterprise Computing Sites | |
| Midrange Systems Drive The Disk Array Market | |
| Fluctuations: Microsoft Is The Little Guy's Web Helper | |
| Netscape, AOL, Microsoft And You | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |
Download the November 1998 issue as an Acrobat file.
| Contents | |
| Smaller S/390 Servers | |
| Compaq And Dell Fight For PC Leadership | |
| IBM Shows Strength In Its Third Quarter Results | |
| Fluctuations: We Have Seen The Future And It's Cheap | |
| Used IBM Mainframe Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Disk Drive And Controller Prices And Trends | |
| Used IBM Peripheral Device Prices And Trends | |