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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…
ByCan 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…
By7.2 things I love about IBM i 7.2 (part 2)
It’s hard to believe it but 2014, the year that brought us v7.2 and Power8, is almost over. Indeed, it may well be gone by the time you read this.…
ByOpenPower looking strong for 2015 with 80th member
IBM’s OpenPower Foundation appears to be going from strength to strength as it heads into 2015. The consortium Big Blue formed around its Power processor technology found its 80th member…
Ethiopia gets 21st century banking
Ethiopia’s biggest bank has undertaken a huge expansion and modernisation programme based on model 795 and 770 Power Systems. Founded in 1942 and headquartered in Addis Ababa (pictured), Commercial Bank…
Halcyon adds new layer of IBM i protection
Halcyon Software has launched Exit Point Manager, a rule-based security solution for IBM i. Halcyon’s new security tool protects the main exit points on i-based machines and uses a range…
HelpSystems improves BI and security tools
HelpSystems‘ ShowCase division has released a new version of its eponymous IBM i BI tool. ShowCase10 includes new executive dashboards, dynamic drill-down analysis, improved reporting and a redesigned interface. Its…
Masterclass: how to monitor VIOS vSCSI disk performance
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…
By7.2 Things I Love About IBM i 7.2 (Part 1)
I recently gave a presentation at an i-UG event in England on some of the new features in IBM i v7.2. In an attempt to make it a little more…
Big Blue releases new IBM i Express Editions
IBM has made a number of tweaks to its Power Systems lineup. First up, buyers of its new 4-core or 6-core Power S814 models (pictured) have the option of choosing…
Power8 gets more acceleration, new compilers
Altera has unveiled new accelerators for Power chips and Nvidia is to introduce compilers to run x86 Linux apps on the processors more easily. Silicon Valley-based Altera makes field-programmable gate…
IBM & Nvidea team with top German HPC centre
As well as landing a mega deal from the U.S. government, IBM and Nvidia have teamed up with Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre. Together, they plan to set up the POWER…