Glen and Ron wrote..

>
>> Is this even a wise choice at this point? Would a 9x8 box (or later) be a
>> "better" choice?
>
>Depending on your processing load, one of the newer 9x9 boxes would
>be the best choice.
>
>> As PowerHouse 7.x is the primary development environment, would it be best
>> to approach Cognos first to see how much box we can afford?
>
>Definitely check with Cognos.  They insisted that we pay a thumping
>upgrade fee (more than the cost of the hardware and HP software)
>to move from a 957 to a 969.  We had to shelve the project.
>

Why not apply a little pressure on Cognos to convert support to user
based, and since you're not really going to add more users, or increase
functionality beyond normal, ask them to apply no penalty costs for your
upgrade :)
This should be especially easy, now that Cognos have declared their
intentions to wind down PowerHouse.

Good luck

Neil

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