Building on Your OS/400 Investment: Moving Forward with IBM EServer ISeries in an on Demand World Book

	Introduction	x
	"Why You Must Fix It Even if It's Not Broken"	x
	About the "More On The Web" Boxes	xiii
	Your "Members Only" Web Site	xiii
	Reader Feedback	xiv
Chapter 1	Assessing the e-business Opportunity	1
	The State of e-business Today	1
	The e-business on Demand Strategy	2
	Open	3
	Integrated	4
	Virtualized	5
	Autonomic	5
	The e-business on Demand Adoption Model	6
	Change as a Competitive Advantage	8
	The IBM eServer Strategy	9
	Application Flexibility	12
	Technology Leverage	13
	Risk Mitigation	14
	Infrastructure Efficiency	14
	One Size Does Not Fit All	15
Chapter 2	A Look at the iSeries Line	17
	iSeries Environments	17
	Inside iSeries Servers	18
	Multiple Application Environments	18
	Integrated Operating System	19
	POWER Microprocessors	19
	Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)	21
	Capacity on Demand	23
	Dynamic Logical Partitioning (LPAR)	26
	Understanding iSeries Performance	28
	Benchmarks	29
	5250 Online Transaction Processing	31
	Workload Estimator	33
	iSeries Software	34
	Application Programs	34
	Example IBM Applications for iSeries	36
	iSeries Access	36
	Lotus Notes and Domino	36
	Tivoli	37
	Independent Software Vendor Applications	37
	Custom Application Program Development	38
	Middleware	39
	DB2	40
	WebSphere	40
	Operating Systems	41
	OS/400	42
	Linux	44
	Windows Integration	46
	iSeries Model Specifics	49
	Small to Medium Enterprise Servers	49
	Medium to Large Enterprise Servers	52
	iSeries Storage	54
Chapter 3	Migrating to iSeries--Why Make the Change?	58
	Starting Point: OS/400, Linux, UNIX, or Windows	58
	The Top 10 Things That Tell You It's Time for a Change	59
Number 10	You don't have a solid partner	59
Number 9	There are walls between users and the info	61
Number 8	You feel "Open Competitors" are passing you by	62
Number 7	Much of your computing power is wasted	63
Number 6	Your infrastructure goes down too often	64
Number 5	You're out of computing power	65
Number 4	You can't find the right application program	67
Number 3	You have too many systems to manage	68
Number 2	You need to reduce costs	70
Number 1	Things are running just fine the way they are	72
Chapter 4	A Tale of Migration--Old National Bancorp	74
	About Old National Bancorp	74
	Examining the Need	74
	The Solution	75
	The Results	77
	The Road Ahead	78
Chapter 5	Getting Help	79
	iSeries Technology Center	79
	Business Partners	79
	Consulting Services	80
	Software as a Service	80
	Help From Your Peers	81
	IBM Global Services	81
	Business Consulting Services	82
	e-business Hosting Services	82
	Other iSeries Online Resources	83
	About the Author	84
Appendix A	More On The Web	85