Luxembourg, Europe; Common Europe is pleased to welcome its newest country member into its user group community. AIX Portal, of Russia, joins 15 other country user groups belonging to Common Europe which together represent thousands of IT professionals practicing technologies surrounding IBM Power Systems™, IBM i™, AIX™, and Linux. Common Europe continues to strengthen and…

Philadelphia, PA., March 2, 2016:  Maxava is delighted to announce the release of its latest product, Maxava Monitor Mi8. The brand new product is a multi-platform, cloud-native monitoring solution that is easy to set up, easy to use and incredibly cost-effective to operate on a flexible monthly fee. Nathan McClintock, Director Technology commented, “At Maxava,…

HelpSystems Meets Growing Demand for Cybersecurity on Multiple Platforms Minneapolis, MN, March 1, 2016—HelpSystems, a leading provider of systems management, business intelligence, and security solutions, today announced the release of Policy Minder, a new security administration and reporting solution for the Linux, AIX, and IBM i platforms. Policy Minder helps IT teams harden system security…

It’s 2016. Is anyone expanding their IBM i footprint? Now you don’t have to guess. The answer’s right here! Check out the second annual IBM i Marketplace Survey Results from HelpSystems. Now in its second year, HelpSystems, in conjunction with IT Jungle and PowerWire.eu, surveyed over 800 IBM i users from around the world to…

Let’s start with an old joke: Q. How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: One, but the lightbulb has to want to change. This, in essence, is the problem with collaboration software adoption. The technology keeps improving, with more choices and better design. Unfortunately, adoption is held back due to resistance…

HelpSystems Acquires Tango/04 Computing Group to Meet Growing Global Demand Companies combine to help organizations in Europe and Latin America automate systems management, strengthen security, and deliver simple data access. Minneapolis, MN, February 25, 2016—HelpSystems announced today the acquisition of Tango/04 Computing Group, which has built a strong presence in Europe and Latin America providing IT…

TD/OMS integrates with WebSmart PHP to enable robust PHP web applications lifecycle management on IBM i. The Remain Software IBM i Application Lifecycle Management solution, TD/OMS is now integrated with WebSmart PHP from BCD Software to enable PHP and RPG developers to deliver high quality and modern web applications quickly, within budget and according to…

Remain Software addresses CA 2E community by partnering up with the CA 2E expert from Germany, AXSOS AG. Remain Software continues Partner Network expansion by appointing a new value added reseller in Germany, AXSOS AG based in Stuttgart. The new Partner will distribute Remain’s IBM i application lifecycle management solutions, TD/OMS and Gravity in Germany,…

Shield Advanced Solutions, leading providers of High Availability software, today added a new solution to their product suite. RE4i — Object Distribution for IBM i. RE4i provides the ability to distribute objects across IBM i systems installed in your network. It allows objects to be saved and restored onto remote systems, that have RE4i running,…

I was honoured to be asked to speak at last month’s Common Conference in Poland. I say “asked” but that’s not quite how it works. What actually happened was a conversation with Waldemar Puk (Waldek as I know him), Waldek would then start talking about the golden future of IBM i, the way we can…

Web applications with the look and feel of desktop applications. Downers Grove, IL — November 16, 2015 — For more than 25 years, LANSA has continually enhanced its software development tools to make developing business applications easier and to keep pace with technology advances. Visual LANSA version 14 is the next step in this journey…

Fresche Legacy, a premier provider of application management and modernization solutions for the IBM i announced today it has received a $6 million US (C $7.8 million) investment from the Fonds de solidarité FTQ and the regional Fonds de solidarité FTQ Montréal. The investment will be used to fuel Fresche’s aggressive organic growth as it…