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Webinar: Planning a Successful IBM i 7.6 Upgrade
16 October | 4 P.M. BST
Join IBM i expert Pete Massiello as he walks you through the essential steps to prepare for your next upgrade.
From prerequisites to post-installation requirements, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to complete your upgrade correctly.
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IBM i user groups urged to apply for cash grants
International HA specialist Maxava is once again giving $50,000 away to IBM i-related user groups. The firm’s Maxava iFoundation announced the new funding pool today to help user groups to…
BySAP HANA comes to Power
IBM has announced that SAP HANA will now run on Power 8 hardware on SuSE Linux. It has also launched two Power System Solution Editions specifically for running SAP’s in-memory…
AIX tech tip: Userproof your scripts, or else…
It must be the techie in me, but I don’t like to make arrangements to meet someone without having a backup plan. What if they don’t make it on time?…
New E850 packs AIX and Linux-only punch
Big Blue has broadened its Power Systems range with the introduction of a new E850 model. But while other recently introduced models like the E880 and E870 can run AIX,…
IBM i tech refresh gets thumbs-up
It was technical refresh time for our favourite operating system last week when Big Blue released IBM i 7.2 TR 2 and IBM i 7.1 TR 10. Key announcements included…
i-UG announces International i-Power dates
UK Power i user group i-UG has announced the dates of its biggest conference of the year. International i-Power 2015 will take place at the Wyboston Lakes Executive Centre (pictured)…
Masterclass: Using the Storwize CLI for repetitive commands
In my last article I introduced you to running some basic commands on the Storwize CLI such as lsvdisk and lsmdisk. I also showed you how to use the -filtervalue…
ByExclusive preview: How Windows 10 works with Power i
With the release of Microsoft Windows 10 looming, I thought it would be a good idea to go through how this new desktop operating system will interact with IBM i…
ByHas IBM halted Power’s sales slide?
IBM reported its latest quarterly results this week and, for a change, there was actually something to cheer about for Power people. If one looked beyond the corporation’s generally lacklustre…
How to speed up your IBM i backups
With the ever increasing pressure to get more from our existing infrastructures, many of you will be under pressure to extend the working day of your companies’ IT systems. This…
ByReadySpace launches $300-per-month AIX cloud
An ambitious Southeast Asian cloud specialist has launched a new service based on Power Systems running AIX and Linux. Singapore-headquartered ReadySpace is offering instances of AIX from $300 (U.S.) per…
Webinar to dissect Europe’s IBM i market
PowerWire will team up with HelpSystems on May 7 to present a live webinar and you are invited. With the self-explanatory title “IBM i Marketplace Survey Reveals Key Differences between…