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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

IBM i Update: May 2024

Welcome to your IBM i update for May 2024. This month we have an announcement on a native IBM i coding assistant by Steve Will, a preview of COMMON Europe [in Milan, no less] with COMMON Vice Chairman, Torbjörn Appehl plus… a dalliance with AS/400 by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. You can watch the video […]

IBM i Update: March/April 2024

Welcome to the #IBMi update for the past four weeks in March / April 2024. This month, we’re at the i-UG event in London and investigate modern development languages with IBM i Champion, Andy Youens as well as why keeping everything on i makes sense for your data. You can watch the video below or […]

IBM i Update: February 2024

Welcome to the #IBMi update for the past four weeks in February 2024. In this update, I review the Fortra 2024 IBM i Marketplace Survey and (in under six minutes) compare the results to the previous year. You can watch the video below or read the full article underneath. Watch the Video: The 2024 IBM […]

IBM i Update: The Top 3 Stories of 2023

Happy New Year and Welcome to the #IBMi update. For the start of 2024, in this update, I’ll be discussing the top three articles from the 2023 IBM i Updates. You can watch the video below or read the full article underneath. Watch the Video:  Full Article: #3 Coding and Developing using AI Now, […]