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Opinion: Toy Story or Rise of The Machines?
Behold, your toddler’s next Power System client device will be a Watson-connected toy dinosaur. But am I the only one who finds the idea of letting a global megacorp’s A.I.…
ByGerman i developer improves cross-platform testing
A German IBM i-based developer has cut errors and test times with Rational Quality Manager. Boppard-based Ehrhardt + Partner specialises in warehouse management and transport logistics solutions. But while it…
Survey shines light on Power i in Europe
Back in October, PowerWire.eu urged our readers to take part in a new survey of the IBM i market conducted by HelpSystems. The reason was simple. Since the i was…
Speedy website’s a winner with Power i and Watson
A German developer has combined the Power i’s strength with Watson’s savvy to carve out a niche in the hotel market. Kaufering-based IT consultant Rainer Ross used a Power 720…
i-UG to hold action-packed event in February
The UK’s i-UG will hold an action-packed conference on Thursday, February 19 at the Mercure Norton Grange Hotel in Rochdale, Lancashire (pictured). Seminars include a look at the latest version…
Brussels conference focuses on security
Common Belgium is kicking off its 2015 schedule with a close look at security. The IBM i user group will hold its first major meeting of the year at the…
How to take advantage of the new, smaller IBM i 7.2
With the release of IBM i version 7.2 Technology Refresh 1, Big Blue has reduced the size requirement for the load-source disk for virtualised storage implementations. “So what?” I hear…
ByOpinion: let IBM i have its day in the sun
Last week, IBM launched its new z13 mainframe (pictured above). Apparently, it had hurried the announcement along so that it came before its latest set of earnings. This move was…
Masterclass: advanced vSCSI disk monitoring (includes scripts)
In my previous article, I showed how you can use nmon in VIOS to display the performance statistics of hdisks that are mapped to client LPARs. This is achieved by…
ByIndian institution jumps to Oracle/Power combo
India’s Council of Agricultural Research has made the jump from paper-based processes to an Oracle-on-Power ERP system supporting well over 100 sites. The ambitious project is something of a coup…
HelpSystems buys Halcyon Software
America’s HelpSystems has bought British systems management specialist Halcyon Software for an undisclosed sum. In a press statement yesterday, HelpSystems, which is headquartered in Minneapolis and has its UK offices…
Can free-form RPG catch on?
Ah, my first article for PowerWire! I hope that the editor chose me for my RPG knowledge, not my photo on LinkedIn (go on, take a look). My experience of…
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