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How IBM i 7.4 Improves Security

May 1, 2019 Alex Woodie

The unveiling of Db2 Mirror may have gotten the lion’s share of attention with last week’s introduction of IBM i enhancements. But IBM has also given its customer base some significant security upgrades with the new releases of IBM i, including enhancements to the Authority Collection and support for the latest over-the-wire encryption protocol.

“Our big things are around those two main themes – availability as well as security,” says Alison Butterill, IBM i product offering manager at IBM. “Those are the two main themes. But we have lots of things across the board.”

IBM gave customers significant new user-focused …
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R Comes To i

May 1, 2019 Alex Woodie

IBM is now officially supporting the language R with its IBM i operating system, the company announced last week. The open source language, which has long been a favorite of data scientists, statisticians, and others involved with scientific computing, gives IBM i an immediate boost when it comes to data mining and machine learning.

The R language was originally developed 25 years ago by a pair of computer science professors, Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The software, which was developed largely in C and Fortran, was based largely on S, a programming language …
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Original Refocuses on IBM i Test Automation

May 1, 2019 Alex Woodie

Original Software never left the IBM i software market, though it might have seemed that way to some people. But thanks to a new website devoted to exploring issues, challenges, and solutions on the topic of IBM i test automation, the British software company is redoubling its efforts around the midrange platform.

“We really never un-engaged with it, to be fair,” says Original Software COO George Wilson says of IBM i. “We’ve kind of widened the radar a bit. That was probably 15 years ago. We didn’t want to limit ourselves to the IBM midrange marketplace. What we’ve just done …
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Four Hundred Monitor, May 1

May 1, 2019 Jenny Thomas

Unless you are living under a rock (ha, ha), you probably have some concern about the planet and preserving it for future generations. Maybe you have a composter, or drive an electric car, or you recycle. Whatever your contribution might be, I like to think it helps. And it is nice to see that the planet is also on the radar of tech giants like IBM and Dell Computers, both of which have recently joined a challenge to make a commitment to sustainability. Find out more in our top stories below, and don’t forget to visit our calendar at the …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 17

May 1, 2019 Doug Bidwell

This shouldn’t be news to anyone in IBM i Land, and especially not to readers of IT Jungle, but just in case you managed to miss it, IBM i 7.4 has been announced (219-214)! You can get the details here. This week’s guide also brings news for Hardware and Related PTF group for 7.3, 7.2, and 7.1, as well as MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/v9.0.0/v9.1.0 for 7.3 and 7.2.

See the worksheet in our guide for information on IBM i 7.4 respin/resave. And there are also links to download for the new ACS, Version 1.1.8.2.

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How IBM i 7.4 Improves Security

R Comes To i

Original Refocuses on IBM i Test Automation

Four Hundred Monitor, May 1

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 17

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