IBM announced two new Technology Refreshes (TRs) for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 on April 14, 2020, according to Big Blue’s usual springtime release schedule. The new TR numbers are IBM i 7.3 TR8 and IBM i 7.4 […]

Due to COVID-19 quarantines and shelter in place orders, IBM i (i.e. iSeries, AS400) professionals may be quarantined out of the building where their Power systems running IBM i reside. Fortunately, remotely accessing IBM i systems is nothing new. If you […]

IBM recently announced that IBM i 7.2 will reach end of program support (end of life) on April 30, 2021. That’s roughly a year and a half from now. If you’re still running IBM i 7.2, the clock is running […]

Regulation: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Date in effect: January 1, 2020 Coverage area: Among other things, CCPA confers the following rights upon California residents. These rights also confer corresponding obligations and rights upon businesses and third parties who receive […]

IBM i file editors—such as the i Data File Utility (DFU), the Start SQL (STRSQL) command, and third-party i file editors—allow shops to quickly and easily make critical file changes without writing code. While file editors allow you to quickly […]