IBM Corp reckons that its share of the mid-range computer market reached 18% last year as a result of the AS/400, compared with only 10.5% five years ago; the company is forecasting a slim 3% increase in the mid-range market this year but it reckons that that means that IBM will be able to improve on the 7% it recorded last year, when the market as a whole was flat; the AS/400 generated $14,000m for IBM last year, 23% of the company’s total business, and IBM reckons that it could even see double-digitgrowth if the economy picks up;separately, the company raised prices an average 7% with some exceptions in the UK yesterday.
