Have you ever wished there was an easy way to move IBM i workloads from one server to another without any downtime? If you have, then you’re in luck – such a capability already exists on the IBM i server. […]

Monitoring for critical events is only one step in regulatory compliance. The other step is risk remediation, to ensure your business is protected. Automatically creating a Help Desk ticket from critical IBM i messages helps ensure that nothing falls through […]

It’s official! IBM will begin shipping the first servers equipped with Power10 in the second half of 2021. When it arrives next year, the ground-breaking Power10 processor will provide a 3x performance and a 2.6x efficiency gain over Power9, which […]

It’s Fall 2020. In a normal year, IBM i personnel would be making reservations for COMMON’s 60th anniversary POWERUp conference. But 2020 is not a normal year. For the first time in 60 years, COMMON will not be held as […]

Earlier this year, we posted a checklist for quarantined IBM i administrators. We highlighted critical items you will need to keep your IBM i servers running and protected when your admins are unavailable due to Covid-19 or working from home. […]

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 […]

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 […]