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New Power models set to “disrupt” competition
Sometimes you’ve just got to admire Big Blue’s chutzpah. Last Wednesday, the corporation announced that it had pretty much wrapped up the sale of its x86 server manufacturing division to…
ByGerman engineer revs up SAP with BLU Acceleration
A German electronics firm has chosen DB2 with BLU Acceleration over SAP HANA or SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator in a bid to speed up data delivery. Headquartered in Neuhausen, Balluff…
Dutch heavyweight solves paperwork problems
Dutch i-based manufacturer Nedschroef has transformed its paper trail with some nifty gadgetry from IBM. The Helmond-headquartered group is Europe’s biggest supplier of automotive fasteners. It employs 1,500 people across…
IBM i 7.2: How to look into the future with Batch Model
Continuing my recent system performance theme, the next IBM i 7.2 function I’d like to discuss is called Batch Model. Perhaps not the most descriptive of names but, mercifully, it…
ByIBM i top brass head to Sweden
Swedish IBM i user group Data3 is gearing up for Höstkonferensen, its biggest annual event. The three-day conference at Stockholm’s Elite Hotel Marina Tower (pictured) will attract around 180 members…
Proximity signs security deal with Raz-Lee
British IBM i specialist Proximity has signed a deal with America’s Raz-Lee Security. Proximity, which has offices in Leeds and Nottingham, will market and support Raz-Lee’s iSecurity suite of 15…
Get with the cloud and face pay cut, IBM staff told
IBM employees in the States have been told to brush up on their cloud and mobile computing skills at the same time as taking a 10% pay cut. A memo…
Robot/SCHEDULE gets file event monitors
The latest version of HelpSystems’ Power i job scheduling and batch management tool Robot/SCHEDULE features new file event monitors. In Robot/SCHEDULE version 12, event monitors can be set to watch…
Fresche Legacy buys looksoftware
Canada’s Fresche Legacy has bought Australian IBM i apps modernisation specialist looksoftware. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, comes twelve months after Fresche Legacy took over British application and database…
Creating an Etherchannel adapter for resiliency with VIO Server
An important aspect of VIO Server design is high availability and resiliency for your client LPARs. However reliable the equipment is, failures do occur and there is always human error.…
ByEvents diary: Something for everyone at Inforum plus full listings
ERP giant Infor’s European conference schedule gets underway in November with plenty on the agenda for Power i people. Inforum 2014 hits Frankfurt from November 4-5, Paris from November 6-7, …
IBM i 7.2: Finding the job that is killing your system
In my last article, I mentioned that it would be nice if there was tool that you could use to find the cause of performance problems on your system. I…