System stability is one of the main reasons that IBM i continues to be a force in the market almost 30 years after the launch of the AS/400. Over the years, many anecdotes have circulated about i machines continuing to support the core business despite floods, fires or even being walled up during data centre…

Every organisation running its core business on IBM i, regardless of size, must be able to keep its system and business application up and running during planned and unplanned outages, caused by events like application failure, data corruption, power outage or extreme weather events. Depending on the criticality and size of the business, some organisations are…

On January 31st, IBM announced that its POWER family of processors are potentially impacted by the vulnerabilities popularly known as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”. These vulnerabilities do not allow unauthorized external parties to gain access to a machine, but they could allow a party that has access to the system to view and manipulate data they are not…

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 offer high levels of flexibility, can generate rapid insight from large and fast-growing volumes of structured and unstructured data, and preserve optimal security – all…

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: RHT) today announced a major expansion to their long-standing relationship, which will enable IBM and Red Hat customers to benefit from the combined power of…

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 in a new survey reveal their organizations are keeping legacy IT applications alive – either on IBM i or other platforms – because the historical…

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 led to many insightful conversations about the future of the technology so many rely on. With this year’s survey, we aim to build on that…

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 development bar by delivering the ability to build scalable mobile, web and desktop applications significantly faster than before. This latest release will accelerate customers’ digital…

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 especially popular with IT professionals running IBM i, and the acquisition expands and strengthens HelpSystems capacity planning and monitoring portfolio. Nearly 1,000 companies rely on…

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 users Peterborough, NH, August 9, 2018 – Half of IBM i users questioned in a recent poll  are confident¹ that their organizations are totally compliant…