Jenny Thomas
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 16
September 16, 2020 Jenny Thomas
Virtual POWERUp 2020 is happening this week, the first time ever being completely online, and possibly the first time ever attending an online conference for many of you. Personally, I like the travel and seeing people in person, plus who doesn’t like the happy hours in the exhibit hall? But we are all learning to adapt and it seems almost fitting that COMMON is celebrating a “quarantine” birthday as so many of us have done this year. At 60 years young, COMMON has quite a legacy of serving the members of this community with education and resources to enhance their …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 9
September 9, 2020 Jenny Thomas
For many of us, Labor Day is a signal that the end of the year is near, and now we are in a straight sprint to survive the holidays and get the heck out of 2020. While it’s probably a good idea to start bracing for whatever grand finale this wacky year has in store for us, IBM might actually be looking forward to what’s in store for Q4. Our top two articles below make some positive predictions for how Big Blue may finish out the year, and it looks like despite the pandemic IBM might come out a winner …
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Four Hundred Monitor, September 2
September 2, 2020 Jenny Thomas
Labor Day is right around the corner, which means the end of summer and the kids are headed back to school. Just like many of you have already done with your jobs, many students are adjusting to doing their schoolwork from home. In my house, day one was bumpy. My son couldn’t get into his first class. But by day two, the kinks were worked out and he was (begrudgingly) officially back to school. While we may be newbs at online schooling, there are plenty of experts in the field right here within our IBM i community. If you’re feeling …
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Four Hundred Monitor, August 24
August 24, 2020 Jenny Thomas
The response to our current worldwide pandemic has forced a lot of change in our industry. Many of us have had to adapt quickly to working remotely, and we have all gotten better at Zoom calls. But now, as parts of the world ease out of quarantine, some enterprises are finding workers are stressed about making a return to the office. Our top story this week looks at one of the ways IBM is trying to help make the road back as safe – while quelling as much anxiety about going back – as possible. Whatever stage of return your …
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Four Hundred Monitor, August 19
August 19, 2020 Jenny Thomas
IT Jungle created Monitor as a place to round up news relevant to our IBM i ecosystem, or that we just think might be of interest to our readers. But as a leader in IBM i news, sometimes our stories are the ones we just don’t think you can miss. This week, two of our articles are featured in the top five. We were simpatico with the hot topics of the week – the launch of Power10 and digital transformation – and you’ll find our coverage of both topics in the top stories below, plus a look at what’s happening …
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Four Hundred Monitor, August 12
August 12, 2020 Jenny Thomas
For many of us, the last 100 days are something we would like to forget. Days running together as we learn to manage work life and home life and all the new rules and social practices that come with a pandemic. Imagine doing that and taking on the leadership role for the biggest IT firm in the world. IBM’s new CEO Arvind Krishna came on board in April just as the coronavirus was taking hold around the world and there was no choice but to hit the ground running. This week, we examined Krishna’s first 100 days, which you can …
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Four Hundred Monitor, August 5
August 5, 2020 Jenny Thomas
The beat goes on, as Sonny and Cher would harmonize, and while many might say that means time keeps marching forward, no matter what, time sure does seem to be moving awfully slow these days. Many aspects of our lives continue to be in a holding pattern as we wait out the pandemic, but in the IT world business continues and many of you haven’t missed a beat, although you have likely had to do a bit of pivoting. Our own Timothy Prickett Morgan found some reasons for optimism when he reviewed the latest Power Systems numbers, which is something …
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Four Hundred Monitor, July 22
July 22, 2020 Jenny Thomas
The struggle to find our way back to some form of normalcy is real. And it seems some of us are ahead of others. Here in Southern California, we have entered our second quarantine as many business have once again been shuttered. But other states are having more success so perhaps better times are ahead for all of us. At IT Jungle, the benefit of online publishing is our work lives have not missed a beat, like many of you in our shared industry, even as our home lives became more complicated with kids home from school and quarantine. Our …
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Four Hundred Monitor, June 24
June 24, 2020 Jenny Thomas
This will be our last Monitor until after the Fourth of July break, which marks the halfway point in the year for us, and this seems like a good time to look back at what 2020 has been for computing. Thanks to the global pandemic (which we are not happy about), we have seen entire workforces move to a remote format and conferences got virtual practically overnight. Sure there have been bumps in the road, but by and large, our ecosystem has been able to overcome and survive. It will be interesting to see how many people go back to …
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Four Hundred Monitor, June 15
June 15, 2020 Jenny Thomas
We survived another week, which in 2020 is probably something to celebrate. And it appears our industry is beginning to wake up as we are starting to see a little more news that isn’t directly related to COVID-19, although it will be some time before the pandemic is out of the conversation and its impact has forever changes the way we will do many things. Travel is still not on the radar for most, but it will be interesting to see what the summer brings. In the meantime, the online game is strong so be sure to check out what’s …
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