How has the Pandemic Reshaped Digital Business Agendas?
Introduction “Digital transformation was supposed to be an ongoing journey—not the turn-on-a-dime situation most businesses were thrust into when COVID-19 first took hold around the globe.” The COVID-19 pandemic completely upended business worldwide and forced unprecedented change to numerous aspects of working life. Organisations had to quickly adapt to newfound challenges – workspaces were forced […]
De-risking the Management of Your IBM i Applications
You have IBM i applications in place running business-critical operations. Why? Well, since its inception, the IBM i and its predecessors (iSeries, AS400, System i) is known for certain attributes: Exceptional business resilience with the lowest total cost of ownership in its class Near zero downtime ensuring mission-critical applications remain up and running Enhanced security […]
International i-Power 2022
Don’t miss out on i-UG’s International i-Power 2022 Date: 7th & 8th June 2022 Venue: Park Inn Hotel By Radisson, Northampton The annual event for IBM i practitioners is back, with two days of education, information, and networking opportunities. Bringing together the largest IBM i user group in the UK, International i-Power 2022 promises to […]
Singing the (Big) Blues: IBM Announces Details of IBM i Version 7.5
It’s been three years in the making, but earlier this week, IBM announced details of IBM i version 7.5, its first iteration of the operating system in all that time. So, what does the newest version mean to IBM i enterprises? I sat down with Andy Nicholson, our IBM i General Sales Manager to look […]
Real-Time IBM i Web Reports, Dashboards and B2B Portals in Minutes
Struggle with getting meaningful analytical information out of your IBM i? Would you like to provide secure access to enterprise information to your partners, customers or employees? We know that the IBM i is a wonderful transactional platform for medium sized businesses. However we also know that one of the problems it gives users is […]
HelpSystems’ Annual IBM i Marketplace Survey 2022: A Year for IBM i Security & the Distributed Workforce
A year for IBM i security & the distributed workforce In this eighth edition of HelpSystems’ Annual IBM i Marketplace Survey 2022, almost 500 global IBM i users have contributed to creating an industry benchmark for how they’re using the IBM i platform. As always, the survey helps everyone within the IBM i community to […]
Remain Software Launches Latest version of TD/OMS
February 2022 brings the latest milestone release for Remain Software’s TD/OMS Always striving to bring the most innovative DevOps solutions to IBM i developers across the globe, Remain’s quarterly milestones and summer releases guarantee to deliver everything you need – now and in the future. What’s new in TD/OMS version 14.0.2? In addition to a […]
Power10 Brings Major Improvements to Performance and What it Means for Companies Running IBM i
Back in 2017, Power9 heralded a new chapter in IBM’s attempts to recapture the server market that they previously dominated. Its price trumped competitors while the performance from the 14 nanometre [nm] processor saw it being used in the Summit supercomputer, which held the top spot as the world’s fastest supercomputer from November 2018 to […]
Taking Your First Steps Towards a Cloud-based IBM i
You’re responsible for maintaining and supporting business-critical applications on IBM i for your business. You’ve managed the IBM i and legacy applications for years with absolutely no problems. But now senior management have announced a move to cloud-based computing. A familiar scenario? Here, we examine… What are your first steps for making your IBM i […]
You Can Count on Abacus: Meet Fresche Solutions’ Latest Acquisition
What does Fresche’s new acquisition bring to the IBM i community? Our partners Fresche Solutions has acquired IBM i cloud, managed services and infrastructure solutions provider Abacus. This now makes Fresche the world’s largest end-to-end provider of IBM i solutions. Adding a cloud portfolio to an already attractive (and very impressive) stack of solutions for […]