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Zipping / Unzipping IFS Objects in IBM i
ByThose of you who know me probably know that I’m a lapsed programmer. These days I spend most of my time working at or below the IBM i Operating System…
USB Flash Drives and IBM i
USB Flash Drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, call them what you may, are pretty much everywhere these days and it is a little known fact that you can use them…
Did IBM just offer you a FREE HMC?
OK, so maybe it’s not 100% free, but with the launch of the new Virtual Hardware Management Console (vHMC) the cost of the acquisition for many folks has tumbled by…
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Gain the power to reduce TCO and serve the business better
Fresh challenges and opportunities are constantly emerging in the digital economy, however disruptive competitors are appearing just as fast. To compete in this new world, enterprises need IT systems that…
ByIBM and Red Hat Join Forces to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Adoption
Companies expand collaboration to target hybrid cloud sector through technology and services integration. SAN FRANCISCO – RED HAT SUMMIT – MAY 8, 2018 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Red Hat Inc. (NYSE:…
IBM i professionals reveal security and compliance concerns with legacy enterprise applications
New survey by SoftLanding® Systems outlines key barriers that stop IBM i shops retiring legacy applications PETERBOROUGH, NH – October 16, 2018 – 63 per cent of IBM i users…
2019 IBM i Marketplace Survey
Last year, nearly 650 IBM i users from around the world shared information that gave our community a better understanding of the state of the IBM i platform. The results…
ARCAD releases new Codechecker module to guarantee software quality and reduce DevOps risk
Peterborough, NH and Annecy, France – 16 September 2018 – ARCAD Software, leading vendor in DevOps and Enterprise Modernization solutions for IBM i, today announced the release of a new module…
Open Source Package Management
To follow on from my PowerWire Open Source on IBM i theme, this time I would like to run through Open Source Package Management with you all. So, what is…
ByLANSA Raises Bar for Low-Code Software Development with New Release of Visual LANSA
London, UK —31 July 2018 — LANSA (www.lansa.com), the original low-code vendor, has announced a major new release of its software development platform, Visual LANSA. This raises the enterprise app…
HelpSystems Acquires Midrange Performance Group to Expand Capacity Management Portfolio for IBM i
MINNEAPOLIS August 22, 2018—HelpSystems announced today that it has acquired Midrange Performance Group (MPG), a company whose solutions enable organizations to optimize their IT environments. MPG’s expertise and products have been…
New GDPR poll by SoftLanding Systems
IBM i shops suggest mixed success with GDPR compliance, with challenges still afoot for some, new survey reveals New poll by SoftLanding Systems outlines top GDPR challenges among IBM i…
Removing the storage bottleneck
This article is sponsored by Northdoor. The theoretical peak performance of IBM® Power Systems™ servers continues to rise rapidly with each new generation of hardware, but any system is only…
Selling your expertise
You’re brought in to help because you know something that they don’t. You’ve got a world of experience and an old-school, belts-and-braces approach that makes it much less of a…
Syncsort High Availability Webinars Announced
Following the success of the Fast Friday 15 minute webcast series on GDPR, Syncsort is continuing with a mini webcast series around IBM i security issues, kicking off on Monday…