IBM i Update: November & December 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for November & December 2024. This month Andy, takes a trip to Wolverhampton for the final i-UG event of the year, where learn more about the IBM i Code Assistant from Douglas Gibbs. Then, Andy explores the rumours of the upcoming Power 11, before finally wishing COBOL a happy […]
IBM i Update: October 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for October 2024. This month, Andy focuses on an article originally published in IT Jungle on, ‘What’s New on PHP?‘ and includes an interview the originator, Alan Seiden to expand on the subject. We then broaden the conversation to the ‘whys and hows’ of developing in PHP on IBM […]
IBM i Update: September 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for September 2024. This month, Andy scores with an #IBMi Ready badge, provides his predictions for the 2025 Fortra IBM i Marketplace Survey and speak swith the guys over at Silent Signal on their recent IBM i ethical hacking presentation. You can watch the video below or read the […]
IBM i Update: August 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for August 2024. This month, Outsourcing company DDC ask the question, ‘is it worth continuing to invest in IBM i’, could Cloudstrike happen on IBM i? And, the latest PTF guide. You can watch the video below or read the full article underneath. Watch the Video: Is it […]
Fresche release v10.1 of Presto

It was only about this time last year that Fresche released version 9.7, now, four major releases later, we can enjoy Presto 10.1. Andy Nicholson sat down with Greg Patterson, IBM i Modernisation Specialist and Presto expert to ask about the latest release and what’s changed in the product in the past year. Discussing the […]
IBM i Update: July 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for July 2024. This month, i have a brief report from the i-Power event in Northampton. In addition, following his successful workshop during the conference, I caught up with Andy Youens to discuss Python, with a bit of PHP and Node.JS too. You can watch the video below or […]
Turn Green Screens into Automation on the IBM i

Do you have a bottleneck in data entry? Are you manually entering data through the green screen and experiencing data accuracy errors? And, don’t you have better things for your expensive administrators to do anyway? Let’s explore how we can reduce the burden of data entry involved in inputting data into your IBM i systems… […]
Remain Software Releases TD/OMS Version 16.1

Customer satisfaction is extremely important to Remain Software and providing exceptional software and support is a tenant of their business. And, our colleagues from the Netherlands have now been doing this for 25 years – delivering on a commitment of quarterly updates and releases. So, with the recent release of TD/OMS version 16.1, on a […]
IBM i Update – A Year in Review

Welcome to the IBM i Update… A Year (and a bit) in Review! Over the last 12 months or so, I’ve published an (almost) monthly ‘IBM i Update’, in which I give my views on the news from within the IBM i community. I cover IBM i events, provide interviews with leading IBM i luminaries […]
IBM i Update: June 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for June 2024. This month we have a last chance to be part of the ALL400s community IBM i survey, plus we have a full report from COMMON Europe in Milan, including presentations by Steve Will and Charlie Guarino. You can watch the video below or read the full […]