• Syncsort Strikes Again, Buys Trader’s For HA

  January 10, 2018 Alex Woodie

  Syncsort yesterday announced the acquisition of Trader’s, the French firm behind the Quick-EDD line of high availability software for the IBM i server. It’s the second deal for an IBM i software firm in as many months for Syncsort, which nabbed HA giant Vision Solutions last summer.

  The deal for Trader’s gives Syncsort and Vision Solutions a third major high availability product to sell, in addition to the iTera Availability and MIMIX Availability products. Perhaps more importantly, Trader’s gives Syncsort a stronger global presence, particularly in Europe but also Asia.

  “The addition of Trader’s extends our market-leading position in providing …

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• Four Hundred Monitor, January 10

  January 10, 2018 Dan Burger

  Simultaneously looking forward and looking back does not require eyes in the back of your head. It does require good vision in both directions though. What we’ve learned in the past year (and the years before that) are lessons that are useful in moving organizations forward. Maybe you missed some technology that came to market under your radar. That’s where a guy like Paul Tuohy comes in handy. Tuohy doesn’t miss much when it comes to IBM i application development. Here’s what he saw in the past year that can be useful in the years ahead. And there’s more than …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, The Last Four Weeks

  January 10, 2018 Doug Bidwell

  IT Jungle went on hiatus in the middle of December, as it does every year, but the PTF beat just keeps on rolling even if the presses don’t. So that means we have a backlog of IBM i PTF Guides to get through here in the first week of publishing The Four Hundred here in 2018.

  Let’s take them in chronological order so we don’t lose our minds.

  In Volume 19, Number 50 of the IBM i PTF Guide, there was not much happening that week because the holiday season was in even fuller effect. I found the following …

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• Looking Ahead To The IBM i New Year

  January 8, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan

  There is always plenty to worry about in the world; that is what a world is for, after all. Human beings are both blessed and cursed by their frontal lobes, and all of us are engaged in some kind of prediction and prognostication in our daily lives, from little things like what someone is going to say next to big things like what we want to do with the rest of our lives. Running scenarios and simulations is how we make our way in the world, and it is both fun and useful so long as you don’t take it …

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• Syncsort Bolsters IBM i Security Play With Cilasoft Buy

  January 8, 2018 Alex Woodie

  Syncsort significantly beefed up its security bona fides last month after we went on holiday hiatus when it acquired Cilasoft, an IBM i security software company based in France that also has a significant North American presence. Syncsort, which bought HA giant Vision Solutions last year, recently shared its security product plans – including the possibility of creating a new IBM i product based on technology from Cilasoft and Enforcive and integration with Splunk – with IT Jungle.

  On December 12, Syncsort announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cilasoft, its products and technology, and its approximately …

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• Guru: An Update Conundrum Finally Solved!

  January 8, 2018 Ted Holt

  Russ writes, “Hey, Ted! I was trying to use a pure SQL solution to adjust some data today. My SQL statement worked fine in quality control, but failed in production. I’ve been wondering if the failure was caused by the database or by me! My problem was to renumber sequence numbers for a customer in a table.”

  Russ’s question arrived in my inbox on February 1, 2012. Yes, almost six years ago. At the time, I couldn’t help him. But with the latest technology refreshes from IBM, there is now a way to make the update work properly, and I’m …

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• HelpSystems Adds To Its Non-IBM i Acquisition List

  January 8, 2018 Dan Burger

  HelpSystems, well known for its IBM i security software, has acquired Fox Technologies, a company that specializes in security for Linux and Unix systems. With the acquisition, HelpSystems broadens its software and security software and services across a greater range of operating systems, a business plan it has pursued for the past several years.

  HelpSystems has been steadily expanding its multi-platform capabilities, as well as its IBM i capabilities, with a long list of acquisitions. It is widely recognized in the IBM i community as the largest provider of systems management tools and utilities, but is also a formidable vendor …

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• COMMON Education Gets Member-Driven Tweaks

  January 8, 2018 Dan Burger

  COMMON isn’t an organization that’s prone to making major changes. But that doesn’t mean the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to IBM Power Systems – most obviously IBM i – is opposed to improving what it has and introducing a few new ideas. During the holiday season, COMMON president Justin Porter explained to IT Jungle what moves COMMON made in 2017 and previewed some coming attractions for 2018.

  Porter says COMMON is increasing its emphasis on member-driven training and education, and one of the best examples he talked about was the new for 2017 RPG Boot Camp. The Boot Camp …

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