IT Organizational planning isn’t a one-time thing. It’s a continual process that should be constantly updated. Here a checklist of items to review on a yearly basis for your 2019 and 2020 IT Organizational planning. Meet with relevant stakeholders to […]

One of the best ways to protect your IBM i from any vulnerability is to keep your PTFs current. Paying your Software Maintenance bill entitles you to bug fixes, enhancements and new versions of IBM i. IBM continuously releases fixes […]

While it’s true you can’t execute a virus on an IBM I, active viruses and malware can be stored inside the Integrated File System (IFS), which can infect your network. Ransomware can also rename and encrypt IFS stream files, which […]

IBM i natively captures system and security information needed for auditing and compliance. However, it can be difficult to use native information to detect system problems and produce auditing and compliance reports. For all its capabilities, IBM i auditing tools […]

For batch job scheduling, many shops use the native IBM i job scheduler that comes with the i operating system. After all, if your job scheduling solution already resides inside the OS then there’s no additional cost in using the […]